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After 45-day journey, 210-tonne shivling reaches Bihar, to be installed on Jan 17

PATNA, Jan. 5 -- The upcoming Virat Ramayan Mandir at Kaithwalia under Kalyanpur block of East Champaran will have the world's largest shivling, weighting 210 tonnes and 33 feet in height and 33 feet ... Read More


Priyanka to head Cong panel for Assam polls

SILCHAR, Jan. 5 -- The Congress party has appointed party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the chairperson of its screening committee for the upcoming Assam assembly elections, signalling the party's f... Read More


Bihar parties eye rejig after Makar Sankranti

PATNA, Jan. 5 -- All three political parties of Bihar -- the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress - are set for organisational shake-up and are holding up on much-... Read More


munda terms pesa act rules a fraud on tribals

RANCHI, Jan. 5 -- Former Jharkhand chief minister and union tribal affairs minister Arjun Munda expressed his displeasure over the PESA rules being notified for implementation of the 29-year- old PESA... Read More


BCB seeks shift of wC matches out of India

DHAKA, Jan. 5 -- The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Sunday decided against sending its national team to India for the T20 World Cup next month citing security concerns and government advice, follow... Read More


20mn Bihar farmers to get digital IDs for perks

PATNA, Jan. 5 -- The state agriculture department will provide digital identification cards (IDs) to around 20 million farmers in Bihar as part of the Agri Stack project to make a digital database of ... Read More


106 more planes this yr to boost civil aviation

New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- India will add 106 aircraft to its current fleet of 843 in 2026, civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu said on Sunday. The country added 80 aircraft in 2025, the minister said, ... Read More


Bihar parties eye shake-up in 'auspicious' days after Jan 14

PATNA, Jan. 5 -- As the winter chill begins to wane in Bihar, the state's political landscape is poised for a shake-up. Three major parties of the state - the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rashtriya J... Read More


Fake marriage gang busted, 'bride' among 5 arrested

SASARAM, Jan. 5 -- Rohtas police busted an interstate fake marriage gang involved in cheating the overaged unmarried men from western states and taking their cash and ornaments on pretext of marriage.... Read More


Lawyer kills minor daughter over 'inter-caste' love affair

PATNA, Jan. 5 -- Police in Banka district of Bihar on Saturday arrested a professional lawyer and his son for allegedly killing his 17-year-old daughter over suspecting that she was having an affair w... Read More