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Prashant Kishor takes oath as Bankipur MLA

PATNA, Aug. 18 -- After winning the Bankipur assembly constituency by-poll on August 3rd, Jan Suraaj party(JSP) founder Prashant Kishor took oath as MLA at the state legislative assembly in the presen... Read More


2 dead, 2 missing as seven girls drown in Ganga river in Patna

PATNA, Aug. 18 -- Two girls died and as many went missing after seven girls drowned while bathing in river Ganga at Ranisarai ghat under Bakhatiyarpur police station on Monday morning, police said. Of... Read More


After school collapses, 40 families now at risk of becoming homeless

BETTIAH, Aug. 18 -- Close on the heels of rendering about 150 people homeless, the turbulent Gandak river on Monday engulfed a portion of a government school in Chiurahi panchayat of Bihar's West Cham... Read More


Victims' kin, witnesses allege security, management lapses

PATNA, Aug. 18 -- Eyewitnesses and relatives of victims of the Lakhisarai stampede at Ashokdham temple have alleged serious lapses in crowd management and security arrangements, claiming that the loca... Read More


3 killed as bikes collide

PURNEA, Aug. 18 -- Three persons assisting kanwariyas during their pilgrimage to Deoghar were killed after two motorcycles collided head-on late Sunday near Usraa village under Beldaur PS in Bihar's K... Read More


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