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Feudal era is coming back in Bihar: Dipankar

SASARAM, Aug. 18 -- CPI (ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya said following the state polls-and particularly since Nitish Kumar stepped aside and open BJP rule began-Bihar had desce... Read More


UP ATS arrests Bihar man over alleged JeM links, terror funding

LUCKNOW, Aug. 18 -- The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested a 24-year-old Bihar resident for his alleged links with the Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), ... Read More


Monsoon losing steam, rain deficit stuck at 12%

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- After pulling India back from a near 40% rainfall deficit at the end of June, the southwest monsoon is losing momentum again. The all-India rainfall deficit remained stuck at 12%... Read More


Art & culture dept's recommendations keep Sultan Palace's five-star hotel plan in limbo

PATNA, Aug. 17 -- The state tourism department's long-running bid to develop a five-star hotel on the sprawling grounds of the century-old Sultan Palace-which until recently housed the office of the t... Read More


3 drown in Ganga, one body recovered: Police

PATNA, Aug. 17 -- Three teenagers drowned while taking a bath in the Ganga at Adilpur Ghat under Khushrupur police station on Sunday morning. One body was fished out, while the search for the other tw... Read More


Passenger bus catches fire

PATNA, Aug. 17 -- A parked passenger bus suddenly caught fire at the Bairiya bus stand in Muzaffarpur on Sunday, police said, adding that the incident triggered panic among passengers and bus employee... Read More


Two pilgrims among four killed, five injured in GT Road accident

BHABUA, Aug. 17 -- Four youths, including two pilgrims, were killed and five others critically injured in three separate accidents on GT Road (NH 19) in Kaimur district on Saturday evening, police sai... Read More


Gaya: Body of missing nine-year-old boy recovered from river

GAYA JI, Aug. 17 -- The body of a nine-year-old boy, missing since Friday evening, was found in the Mohane river in Gaya on Sunday, police said. Aniket Kumar, a Class 1 student and son of widow Durgaw... Read More


Pappu joins protesting students seeking BPSC exam cancellation

PATNA, Aug. 17 -- Independent MP from Purnea, Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, sat on a day-long fast at the Gardanibagh protest site in Patna on Sunday, throwing his weight behind aspirants, demandin... Read More


state govt and Centre turning Bihar into 'paper leak capital': LoP

PATNA, Aug. 17 -- Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and leader of opposition in assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Sunday trained his guns on both the state and central governments, accusing them of tu... Read More