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prisoner facing wife's murder charge dies,probe underway

JAMUI, Aug. 24 -- An undertrial prisoner, arrested on charges of killing his wife on August 18, died in Jamui jail on Friday afternoon, police said. Family members alleged that he was killed inside th... Read More


Engineer held with cash, burnt notes sent to jail

PATNA, Aug. 24 -- The superintending engineer of the Rural Works Department, Vinod Kumar Rai, who was nabbed by the sleuths of the Economic Offence Unit (EOU) on Friday in a corruption case, was forwa... Read More


Kishanganj cops unearth domicile certificate fraud

KISHANGANJ, Aug. 24 -- Kishanganj police on Saturday said they had busted an interdistrict racket allegedly involved in preparing fake residential certificates to be used in the ongoing Special Intens... Read More


'RJD patronised corruption during its rule in Bihar in 1990s'

BETTIAH, Aug. 24 -- Janata Dal (United)'s Bihar state president Umesh Kushwaha on Saturday launched a frontal attack on the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), alleging that the party had patronise... Read More


Twelve weighing bridges sealed in Bhojpur distt

ARA, Aug. 24 -- In a major crackdown on the sand mafia, Bhojpur police and the mining department sealed 12 weighing bridges (dharmkantas) and imposed a fine of over Rs.37.80 lakh, officials said. The ... Read More


Arrest warrant issued against DMCH official, Singhwara SHO

DARBHANGA, Aug. 24 -- The court of in-charge sessions judge Suman Kumar Diwakar on Saturday issued warrants of arrest (WA) against the superintendent of Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) a... Read More


'Lucknow Model' for dog population control to be replicated across UP

LUCKNOW, Aug. 24 -- The UP government is set to replicate the 'Lucknow Model' for dog population control across the state while also complying fully with the Supreme Court's order on the release of st... Read More


Soren bio to be taught in schools

Ranchi, Aug. 23 -- Students of Jharkhand from Class 1 to 12 will read the biography of Dishom Guru Shibu Soren in their text books from April next year. An official of the school education and literac... Read More


Modi unveils Bihar infra works, slams RJD-Cong

patna, Aug. 23 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attacked the RJD and the Congress, alleging that the Opposition parties were against the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill as most of their l... Read More


SC slams 'inaction' of political parties on exclusion of voters

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- The Supreme Court on Friday expressed dismay at the "inaction" of political parties in Bihar over the exclusion of nearly 6.5 million voters from draft electoral rolls, ordering ... Read More