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Aurangabad divisional Jail inmate dies after 'chest pain'

AURANGABAD, July 28 -- A 50-year-old inmate of Aurangabad Divisional Jail, incarcerated for the last 15 years, died during treatment for 'chest pain' on Sunday, officials said on Monday. Mrityunjay Mi... Read More


Crocodile menace: Villagers erect makeshift bridge across water body in W Champaran

BETTIAH, July 28 -- Several villagers at Sirisiya Gurlahiya under Naurangiya police station area of Bagaha police district in Bihar's West Champaran district on Monday erected a 50-foot long bamboo 'c... Read More


Excessive mining, loss of wetland intensified deluge

GUWAHATI, July 28 -- Rupak Gogoi, a 38-year-old government school teacher in Assam's Sonari, the headquarters of Charaideo district, and his elderly parents and 31-year-old brother, had barely finishe... Read More


Child dies in womb as officials 'delay' mother's leave

RANCHI, July 28 -- An unborn child died in the womb after district education officials allegedly withheld a teacher's childcare leave, demanding a bribe of Rs.50,000. Mukesh Kumar Tiwari of Lesliganj,... Read More


Patient's death prompts road construction

Jamshedpur, July 28 -- East Singhbhum deputy commissioner (DC) has ordered a road construction up to Chitamati tollah in Dumaria Block after a patient had to be carried on a cot for 4 km downhill to t... Read More


Drive against squatters intensified

DHANBAD, July 28 -- Stepping up its campaign to improve urban sanitation and ensure smooth drainage during the monsoon, the Dhanbad Municipal Corporation (DMC) on Monday carried out an anti-encroachme... Read More


Will PK be able to break through BJP's bastion?

PATNA, July 27 -- Battery-operated 'totos' blaring campaign songs and slogans, a handful of corner meetings, padyatras and door-to-door canvassing offer the only visible signs of electioneering in Ban... Read More


patna protests: Tej Pratap held, sent to 14-day judicial custody

PATNA, July 27 -- Former Bihar minister and chief of Janshakti Janata Dal Tej Pratap Yadav, also the elder son of RJD supremo and senior Bihar leader Lalu Prasad, was sent to 14-day judicial custody o... Read More


Top Maoist Misir Besra spotted in Tonto; 18 more ultras may surrender tomorrow

JAMSHEDPUR, July 27 -- In what could be a fatal blow to the Maoist insurgency in Jharkhand, about 18-20 extremists from the banned LWE outfit CPI (Maoist) are expected to surrender and lay their guns ... Read More


New edu min takes charge, holds meet

New Delhi, July 27 -- Union minister Pralhad Joshi on Sunday took additional charge of the education ministry at Kartavya Bhavan on Sunday. After taking charge, he chaired a meeting in which he review... Read More