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Vikram-1 scripts private space history

India, July 19 -- India's first privately developed orbital-class rocket, Vikram-1, lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 12.05pm on Saturday. Built by Hyderabad-based Skyro... Read More


'There's never a wrong time for ice cream'

India, July 19 -- Butterscotch. It's sweet, comforting, and somehow every scoop feels a little nostalgic. The one I had during my Cannes trip. I don't remember the flavour, but it came in a flower-sha... Read More


'Ice cream cones and I have a complicated relationship'

India, July 19 -- Dark chocolate. Mint chocolate chip. Me and ice cream cones have a complicated relationship. They somehow always end up on the floor and so does my elegance A giant tub of dark choco... Read More


BPSC puts off July 26 prelim exam for 1,186 state posts

PATNA, July 19 -- The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) on Saturday postponed the 72nd Combined (Preliminary) Competitive Examination 2026. The exam for 1,186 posts in various state services was ... Read More


Student killed in Bhojpur district: police

ARA, July 19 -- An 18-year-old student who had left home to buy groceries was found murdered with his throat slit in Bhojpur district, police said on Saturday. The incident took place in Masadh villag... Read More


Guv directs MU to probe distribution of PhDs to foreigners

PATNA, July 19 -- The Bihar Governor's secretariat wrote a letter to the Vice Chancellor of Magadh University (MU) directing him to probe the entire episode of the university's alleged fake PhD degree... Read More


Paramours kill woman to hide affair from their newlywed wives; 3 held

GAYA, July 19 -- Gaya police claim to have solved the murder mystery of the woman whose body was found in Imamganj on Thursday. Police officers said two of her paramours killed her to save their newly... Read More


Uzbek woman held at India-Nepal border

BETTIAH, July 19 -- Personnel of the 47th Battalion of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on Thursday evening apprehended a 32-year-old woman from Uzbekistan who had allegedly been overstaying in India for... Read More


2 bodies found even as flooding rivers recede

BETTIAH, July 19 -- As the major rivers flowing through West Champaran receded, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Saturday recovered the bodies of two of the three people who had drowned in ... Read More


Two children die after brick wall collapses in Bhojpur district

ARA, July 19 -- Two children were killed and a man was injured after a brick wall collapsed in Bihar's Bhojpur district on Saturday morning, police said. The incident occurred at Dhobiya Mohalla in Bi... Read More