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'Law and order weak': BJP seeks deployment of central forces for civic polls

RANCHI, Feb. 15 -- The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded the deployment of central forces during the upcoming civic polls, alleging a "deteriorating" law and order situation in the ... Read More


CPI-ML leader, associate get life term for killing student

PATNA, Feb. 15 -- The additional district and sessions court of Gopalganj sentenced CPI-ML leader Jitendra Paswan and his associate Shriram Bhagat to life imprisonment for the murder of a student name... Read More


1.512mn examinees to appear for Matric exam from Feb 17

PATNA, Feb. 15 -- Around 1.512 million examinees will appear in the matriculation examination this year beginning from February 17 which would be conducted in 1,699 examination centers across the stat... Read More


Land papers ready for downloads from June

PATNA, Feb. 15 -- In a major relief for lakhs of landowners across Bihar, the revenue and land reforms department will begin allowing direct downloads of old land deeds, registry papers, and related d... Read More


NEET girl's death: Police press for accountability of coaching centres

PATNA, Feb. 15 -- In the wake of the NEET aspirant girl's death in a private hostel, the the Weaker Section Wing under the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Bihar police has intensified e... Read More


2 bank robbers involved in 7.53-kg jewellery loot in Odissa held in Patna

PATNA, Feb. 15 -- A joint team of Bihar STF and Odissa police arrested two dacoits from the state capital on Saturday in connection with the robbery case at the Bank of Maharashtra branch at Barbil in... Read More


Bihar chief justice & judges visit mental health institute

ARA, Feb. 15 -- The chief justice of the Patna high court, Sangam Kumar Sahoo, and other judges visited the Bihar State Institute of Mental Health and Allied Sciences, Koilwar, Bhojpur. The visit was ... Read More


Doctor slap row: IMA warns of strike

ARARIA, Feb. 15 -- The doctor's slap row in Bihar's Araria escalated into a major crisis with private doctors in Araria's Forbesganj remaining on strike for the second day on Saturday in support of th... Read More


Bihar to re-start 9 closed sugar mills in industrial revival drive

PATNA, Feb. 15 -- The Bihar government is accelerating plans to restart nine long-shuttered sugar mills, with the Sasamusa unit in Gopalganj district expected to resume crushing soon, officials said. ... Read More


Pappu Yadav walks out of jail after bail in 3 more past cases

PATNA, Feb. 14 -- Independent MP from Bihar's Purnea, Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, walked out of jail on Friday after being granted bail in three cases by a special Patna court. His plea was earli... Read More