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Three Bihar leaders find place in new BJP national team

PATNA, Aug. 18 -- Three leaders from Bihar have secured key positions in the newly-constituted national team of the BJP. Siddharth Shambhu has been appointed as a national secretary - part of a 16-mem... Read More


7 women devotees die in Bihar temple stampede

PATNA, Aug. 18 -- At least seven women devotees, including three of a family, died in a stampede near Ashok Dham temple, Lakhisarai, approximately 130 km north-east of Patna, on Monday morning. Bihar ... Read More


J'khand to cancel JSSC CGL, probe all exams since 2014

RANCHI, Aug. 18 -- Agreeing to one of the major demands of the students protesting against the alleged irregularities in the recruitment examinations, the Jharkhand government on Monday decided to can... Read More


DGCA to mandate drug tests for pilots across domestic airlines

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- Aviation safety regulator the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) may soon ask all domestic airlines to conduct drug tests for their pilots, a move prompted by the pilot... Read More


342 kg cannabis seized from abandoned boat in Supaul distt

PURNEA, Aug. 18 -- Police in Bihar's Supaul seized 342 kilograms of cannabis valued at approximately Rs.1.36 crore from a makeshift boat near Raniganj Kosi embankment under Bhimnagar police station on... Read More


Prashant Kishor takes oath as Bankipur MLA

PATNA, Aug. 18 -- After winning the Bankipur assembly constituency by-poll on August 3rd, Jan Suraaj party(JSP) founder Prashant Kishor took oath as MLA at the state legislative assembly in the presen... Read More


2 dead, 2 missing as seven girls drown in Ganga river in Patna

PATNA, Aug. 18 -- Two girls died and as many went missing after seven girls drowned while bathing in river Ganga at Ranisarai ghat under Bakhatiyarpur police station on Monday morning, police said. Of... Read More


After school collapses, 40 families now at risk of becoming homeless

BETTIAH, Aug. 18 -- Close on the heels of rendering about 150 people homeless, the turbulent Gandak river on Monday engulfed a portion of a government school in Chiurahi panchayat of Bihar's West Cham... Read More


Victims' kin, witnesses allege security, management lapses

PATNA, Aug. 18 -- Eyewitnesses and relatives of victims of the Lakhisarai stampede at Ashokdham temple have alleged serious lapses in crowd management and security arrangements, claiming that the loca... Read More


3 killed as bikes collide

PURNEA, Aug. 18 -- Three persons assisting kanwariyas during their pilgrimage to Deoghar were killed after two motorcycles collided head-on late Sunday near Usraa village under Beldaur PS in Bihar's K... Read More