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Salaries of over 500,000 employees face scrutiny

PATNA, Oct. 17 -- The Bihar government has launched a massive verification drive of salaries and entitlements (allowances) for over 500,000 state employees, mainly in the education and home department... Read More


candidate pulls out of council polls; rebellion in rlm doused

PATNA, Oct. 17 -- Suspended Rashtriya Loktantrik Morcha leader Ramapukar Sinha on Friday withdrew from the electoral fray for the Saran Teachers' Constituency seat in the legislative council elections... Read More


SC to hear plea demanding f.i.r. against rahul

New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on October 26 an application seeking registration of an FIR against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over the alleged... Read More


Modi to visit Canada in December

Toronto/NEW delhi, Oct. 17 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Canada in December, people familiar with the matter said on Friday against the backdrop of fast-track negotiations for a trad... Read More


MoRTH clears Rs.1.64L-cr Bihar highway projects

PATNA, Oct. 17 -- The Central ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) on Friday cleared projects worth Rs.1,64,518 crore spanning 2,424 kilometres under the annual work plan for Bihar during t... Read More


Jamui residential school earns 2nd All India ranking across categories

PATNA, Oct. 17 -- Jamui's renowned Simultala Awasiya Vidyalaya (SAV) has clinched the second rank nationwide in the prestigious Cfore School Rankings 2026 under the government residential schools cate... Read More


Suspended RLM leader quits MLC race; rebellion subdued

PATNA, Oct. 17 -- Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM)'s rebel Ramapukar Sinha, who had fled nomination to contest the upcoming legislative council polls and was suspended by the party for six years for doing s... Read More


Cousin of RJD MLA shot dead in Madhepura

MADHEPURA, Oct. 17 -- A 25-year-old PhD scholar, a cousin of RJD MLA Chandrashekhar Yadav, was shot dead allegedly by motorcycle-borne assailants in Bihar's Madhepura district on Friday, officials sai... Read More


Where revolution meets ritual: Inside Bangali Akhada's fabled Druga Puja

PATNA, Oct. 17 -- Deep inside Kadamkuan, the resonant rhythm of the dhaak and the piercing call of conch shells do more than herald the homecoming of the Divine Mother-they echo over a century of defi... Read More


PESU flags 22 unsafe pandals across Patna

PATNA, Oct. 17 -- With the festive season drawing large crowds to Durga Puja pandals across Patna, the Patna Electricity Supply Undertaking (PESU) identified 22 of around 650 pandals as unsafe and pro... Read More