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Nitish launches projects worth Rs.820 cr in 2 distts

BHAGALPUR/KHAGARIA, Sept. 26 -- Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday laid foundation stones and inaugurated multiple development projects worth Rs.820 crore i... Read More


Finish transfers of staffers on poll duty by Oct 6: EC

PATNA, Sept. 26 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued directives to the top brass of the Bihar administration to complete the exercise of mandatory transfers of officers and employees i... Read More


HC overturns acquittal of RJD MLA Ritlal Yadav

PATNA, Sept. 26 -- The Patna High Court on Thursday overturned the acquittal of RJD MLA from Danapur Ritlal Yadav and his associates in the high-profile Satyanarayan Sinha murder case and ordered a re... Read More


Nigerian national held at India-Nepal border

BETTIAH, Sept. 26 -- Immigration department sleuths arrested a 46-year-old Nigerian citizen for attempting to enter India from Nepal on a fraudulently procured passport of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoir... Read More


Muslims being used as vote bank: Owaisi

KISHANGANJ, Sept. 26 -- On the second day of his 'Nyay Yatra' in Seemanchal's Araria, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi cautioned Muslims against being used as a 'vote bank' by so-called secular partie... Read More


Violence erupts on Nalanda engineering college campus after student's 'suicide'

PATNA, Sept. 26 -- Violence and arson took place on the premises of government-run Nalanda Engineering College under Chandi police station of Nalanda district on Wednesday night after a girl student d... Read More


First liver transplant held at AIIMS-Patna

PATNA, Sept. 26 -- The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, marked a major milestone on its 14th foundation day on Thursday by taking up its first-ever liver transplant surgery, sai... Read More


Court sentences three drug smugglers to 10-15 years in jail

Rudrapur, Sept. 26 -- A special court in Champawat has convicted three men for possessing Cannabis (charas) and sentenced them to rigorous imprisonment ranging from 10 to 15 years. The court also impo... Read More


Five class 11 students drown in Falgu river in Bihar's Gaya Ji

GAYA JI, Sept. 26 -- Five Class 11 students drowned in the Falgu river near Panari bridge under Belaganj police station in Gaya Ji district on Thursday afternoon, police said. The deceased-Md Kaif (17... Read More


Harivansh inaugurates two research centres at IIT-Patna

PATNA, Sept. 26 -- Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh on Thursday inaugurated two state-of-the-art research and academic facilities at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Patna - the Laborato... Read More