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2 die as trucks collide

BUXAR / PATNA, Jan. 9 -- Two people lost their lives when two trucks collided due to dense fog on Thursday in Buxar district, police said. Police further said that the mishap occurred at Karsar villag... Read More


SI mowed down by speeding truck in Banka

BANKA, Jan. 9 -- A police sub-inspector (SI) was crushed to death by a speeding truck while discharging his duty in Bihar's Banka district late Wednesday night, police said. The incident occurred at D... Read More


Couple's brutal murder case solved, two held from J'khand

GAYA JI, Jan. 9 -- Gaya police solved the Sherghati couple's brutal murder case by arresting two accused from Jharkhand. Police also recovered the murder weapon and other evidence. The main accused wa... Read More


48 'modern' US, Israel-made weapons seized from Maoists

Hyderabad, Jan. 9 -- The recovery of 48 weapons, including sophisticated "modern weaponry", from an arms dump of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) on Telangana-Chhattisgarh borders, following the ... Read More


Pistol missing after being deposited at PS in Katihar dist

KATIHAR, Jan. 9 -- A licensed pistol deposited at the police station in Bihar's Katihar during last year's assembly elections went missing mysteriously, officials said According to the press release i... Read More


Bihar's per capita GSDP rises to over Rs.76k in FY 2024-25, says state planning minister

PATNA, Jan. 8 -- Bihar's planning and development minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav announced on Wednesday that the state's per capita gross state domestic product (GSDP) reached Rs.76,490 at current pri... Read More


CM Nitish directs officials to meet people every Monday, Friday

PATNA, Jan. 8 -- To make the bureaucracy more answerable and interact frequently with people, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday directed government officials across the state to be present in t... Read More


Hijab controversy doc Nusrat Parveen joins Bihar health service

PATNA, Jan. 8 -- Dr Nusrat Parveen, a young Unani doctor who came into the spotlight after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar tugged at her hijab during an appointment-letter distribution ceremony in P... Read More


Tirkey demands tribal status for Jharkhand tribes in Andaman

RANCHI, Jan. 8 -- Former state minister and working president of the Jharkhand Congress Bandhu Tirkey demanded scheduled tribe (ST) status to tribals from Jharkhand settled in Andaman and Nicobar. "Th... Read More


Patna IG to join NIA, 2nd officer from Bihar to be in top agency

PATNA, Jan. 8 -- Senior Bihar IPS officer Vinay Kumar is set to join the National Investigation Agency (NIA), only the second officer from the state to be selected for the apex probe agency. The state... Read More