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'Bihar free of naxals': Maoist with 60 cases surrenders to s.t.f. in Munger

PATNA, Feb. 19 -- Notorious Naxal commander Suresh Koda, who the police claims to be the last armed insurgent in Bihar and someone involved in killing of more than 15 security personnel, surrendered o... Read More


villagers burn mother, infant after branding woman 'witch'

PATNA, Feb. 19 -- Four persons have been arrested on charges of burning alive a 32-year-old woman and her 2-month-old newborn baby to death, branding her as 'witch' in Kalaiya (Kudasai) village under ... Read More


Bihar prohibition poor, illicit trade on rise: Patna HC

PATNA, Feb. 19 -- The Patna high court has expressed concern over increasing illicit trade of liquor leading to increase in number of cases in the lower court and the Patna high court and failure of t... Read More


Galgotias vacate stall at ai expo after big fiasco

New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- Artificial intelligence met human stupidity in a huge embarrassment for the organisers of the AI Impact Summit, with claims by an exhibitor, a Noida-based university, on developi... Read More


Call for 'blood test' to check prohibition disrupts House

PATNA, Feb. 19 -- With the Opposition as well as the ruling dispensation demanding review of prohibition in Bihar and the issue causing uproar as soon as the second sitting began on Wednesday over "bl... Read More


JD(U) minister, RJD MLC spar over 'fake degree' accusation

PATNA, Feb. 19 -- Acrimonious scenes unfolded in the Bihar legislative council on Wednesday after a sharp war of words broke out between rural works department minister Ashok Kumar Choudhary of the JD... Read More


NDA leads race for RS poll numbers in Bihar

PATNA, Feb. 19 -- The Rajya Sabha polls for five seats from Bihar, out of a total of 37 seats from across the nation, announced on Wednesday, have put the spotlight on the numerical strength of MLAs i... Read More


Bihar has gone a long way since 2005: Min

PATNA, Feb. 19 -- Rural works minister Ashok Choudhary on Wednesday hit out at the Opposition critical of the department's functioning, drawing a comparison with the situation in the state prior to 20... Read More


Man drowns as tractor hits motorcycle on narrow bridge

BETTIAH, Feb. 19 -- A youth drowned and another was injured after a tractor allegedly rammed their motorcycle off a narrow bridge into a canal in Ramnagar block of West Champaran on Wednesday morning,... Read More


Land acquisition starts for Saharsa airport expansion & modernisation

SAHARSA, Feb. 19 -- The Saharsa district administration has started the land acquisition process for the expansion and modernisation of the Saharsa airport and the process is likely to be completed wi... Read More