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Injured leopard rescued in West Champaran

BETTIAH, Feb. 9 -- The forest department rescued a leopard that had wandered from the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) and became entangled in barbed fencing, sustaining severe injuries in a village in Bih... Read More


Former Maoist shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Gaya

PATNA, Feb. 9 -- Former Maoist Rambilas Manjhi was gunned down by unidentified men at Jamuawan Hari Bigha village under Wazirganj police station area in Gaya district of Bihar late Friday night. The p... Read More


Prof Atul Aditya takes charge as head of patna science college

PATNA, Feb. 8 -- Prof Atul Aditya Pandey on Thursday took charge as the new principal (professor-in-charge) of the prestigious Patna Science College. He took charge soon after the notification of his... Read More


RG Kar case: Hc dismisses state govt's plea for death penalty

Kolkata, Feb. 8 -- The Calcutta high court on Friday dismissed the West Bengal government's appeal seeking death penalty for RG Kar hospital rape-murder case convict Sanjay Roy, but accepted a similar... Read More


Two SI nabbed taking bribe

PATNA, Feb. 8 -- The state vigilance investigation bureau (VIB) on Thursday evening apprehended two newly-appointed sub-inspectors (SIs) of police for accepting a bribe of Rs.50,000 from a complainant... Read More


CM spurs women for Bihar growth

JAMUI, Feb. 8 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday dedicated Government Women College and Woman Police Station to the women in Bihar's Jamui district and urged them to come forward to make B... Read More


Kameshwar Chaupal, who laid first stone of Ayodhya Ram Temple, dies

PATNA, Feb. 8 -- Kameshwar Chaupal, the man who is credited with laying the first shila (stone) for the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, breathed his last at Gangaram Hospital in New Delhi a... Read More


Dad beheads 7-year-old for demanding school fee

BETTIAH, Feb. 8 -- In a gruesome murder, a 45-year-old man attacked his seven-year-old son with a knife and beheaded him after the allegedly pestered him for his school fee at a village in Bihar's Gop... Read More


Rs.1.5-cr theft at transporter's residence

PATNA, Feb. 8 -- Miscreants took away cash and valuables worth Rs.1.5 crore from the house of a transporter at Sabalpur which falls under the jurisdiction of Nandi police station on Thursday. The vict... Read More


Woman sacrifices neighbour's minor boy for childless daughter; 5 arrested

BHABUA, Feb. 8 -- Egged by an exorcist and driven by the desire of her daughter to bear a child, a woman mercilessly strangulated and chopped off the legs of a two-year-old child in a sacrificial ritu... Read More