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Govt hikes circle rates of rural and urban land in Bihar

PATNA, June 19 -- After over a decade, the Bihar government on Thursday enhanced the minimum value register (MVR) or circle rate of rural and urban land with immediate effect making now the registrati... Read More


NDA-backed Nathwani, JMM nominee triumph

RANCHI, June 19 -- Punching a hole in the claims of unity within the ruling INDIA bloc in Jharkhand, NDA-backed independent candidate Parimal Nathwani won one of the two Rajya Sabha seats in Jharkhand... Read More


Nepal police to seek additional 5-day remand of Prince Yadav's travelling companions

BETTIAH, June 19 -- Nepal's Morang district police said that they will seek additional five days remand of four companions of the brother of Gyan Bindu Academy director Roushan Anand, Prince Yadav, wh... Read More


'Lalu-Rabri security cover modified, not downgraded'

PATNA, June 19 -- The Bihar Police refuted claims that security cover for RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his wife and former chief minister, and current leader of opposition in legislative council, R... Read More


Three youths drown in thora river in Buxar

BUXAR, June 19 -- Three youths drowned in Thora River in Sarsati village of Buxar district on Thursday, police said. According to locals, four friends-- Kalyan Sharma, Shamar Kumar Sharma (13), Krishn... Read More


3 cops suspended after encounter

PATNA/BHOJPUR, June 19 -- The anger over the killing of a local youth in the encounter with police on Thursday spilled over the streets of Ara as the family of the deceased and the villagers blocked t... Read More


cartridges, wood & stones found in private parts of woman 'gangraped' by 5

PATNA, June 19 -- Doctors have found cartridges, stones and wood pieces from the private parts of a 28-year-old woman who was allegedly gang-raped by five youths six days back, police said. The incide... Read More


38 girls among 105 rescued from Samastipur fake job racket

India, June 19 -- PATNA: A joint team of Anti-Human Trafficking Unit and the Samastipur police rescued 105 persons including 38 girls from Assam, West Bengal and Bihar have been rescued from the Mufas... Read More


Can Bihar's abandoned rivers become makhana reservoirs?

DARBHANGA, June 19 -- Unexpected patches of naturally growing makhana (Euryale Ferox) in the impounded waters of a derelict channel of the Kamla River at Gausa Ghat in Bihar's Darbhanga district have ... Read More


Bihar min writes to CM for reconstruction of above 100 vital roads

BHABUA/SASARAM, June 19 -- More than 100 vital main roads and connecting roads in the Kaimur and Rohtas districts have been ruined due to the unregulated movement of heavy vehicles involved in the con... Read More