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HC clears permanent Lok Adalats to hear cases of traffic challans

India, July 4 -- In a significant development, the Patna high court has directed permanent lok adalats (PLAs) in district courts across Bihar to hear and dispose of compoundable traffic challan cases,... Read More


10 Circular Road bungalow in BCD possession after rabri exit

PATNA, July 4 -- The building construction department (BCD) formally took possession of the 10 Circular Road bungalow on Friday after thorough verification of the inventory. The property was vacared b... Read More


UT prisoner dies by jumping off distt jail's roof

PURNEA, July 4 -- An under-trial prisoner died allegedly by suicide after jumping off the roof of the district jail in Bihar's Munger Friday. The deceased facing the charge of fratricide had been in j... Read More


Patna HC upholds conviction of retired judicial officer, advocate

PATNA, July 4 -- The Patna high court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a retired judicial officer and a practising advocate of a trial court in a 2005 assault case related to a land dispute, but ... Read More


2 kids among 3 killed as sand-laden truck overturns on roadside house

PURNEA, July 4 -- Three people, including two children, were killed and seven others sustained serious injuries after a speeding sand-laden truck overturned onto a roadside house on NH-31 near Narayan... Read More


Identity dispute: 2 claim dead man as husband

SAMASTIPUR, July 4 -- A bizarre case of disputed identity emerged in Samastipur district after two families claimed the same deceased man, with the second claim surfacing only after the body had alrea... Read More


portions of illegal building demolished in Giridih

Dhanbad, July 4 -- A day after launching a citywide anti-encroachment drive to ease traffic congestion, Giridih municipal corporation on Friday demolished alleged illegal portions of a three-storey co... Read More


J'khand: Brain malaria rages as toll reaches 5

Jamshedpur, July 4 -- The fifth death due to cerebral malaria has been reported from Adityapur even as 64 new brain malaria patients were detected in testing of 1,223 samples in 25 villages under the ... Read More


SC refuses jail to Sonam in Raja Raghuvanshi murder

New Delhi, July 4 -- The Supreme Court on Friday refused to send Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the alleged murder of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi during their honeymoon in Meghalaya last yea... Read More


bankipur bypoll on july 30; nabin, samrat face test

PATNA, July 3 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday announced the schedule for by-elections for three seats, including the high-profile Bankipur assembly seat in Patna, on July 30. The... Read More