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6-yr-old WB boy sold to UP man rescued

PURNEA, Feb. 18 -- With the rescue of a six-year-old boy from West Bengal, the Bihar police on Tuesday busted an inter-state human trafficking racket, which is especially active in the state's border ... Read More


Cricketer Suryavanshi skips, Class 10 exams start in Bihar

PATNA, Feb. 18 -- Amid tight security at the examination centres, the matriculation examination began in Bihar with around 1.512 million examinees appearing at the annual examination with five student... Read More


2 NDA partners seeks review of prohibition in Bihar assembly

PATNA, Feb. 18 -- Two constituents of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Tuesday raised questions over the efficacy of prohibition in the Bihar Vidhan Sabha. Rashtriya Lok Morcha legislator Mad... Read More


Bihar PSUs eye NSE listing to tap public funds

PATNA, Feb. 18 -- In a first for the state, three government-run entities - Bihar State Power Transmission Company Limited (BSPTCL), Bihar State Road Development Corporation Limited (BSRDCL) and the P... Read More


Bihar distt hospitals to turn into super specialty units: Min

PATNA, Feb. 17 -- Health minister Mangal Pandey on Monday said in the Vidhan Sabha that in the coming years the district hospitals would be developed as super speciality hospitals and block level hosp... Read More


Bihar min appointed Asst Prof after BSUSC clean chit

PATNA, Feb. 17 -- Putting all controversies at rest, Bihar's minister for rural work department Ashok Choudhary on Monday finally got appointed as Assistant Professor in the Political Science Departme... Read More


Ruckus in House as LJP(RV) attacks RJD over Paswan remark

PATNA, Feb. 17 -- Ruckus broke out in the Bihar legislative assembly on Monday as the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), a junior partner in the ruling NDA, launched a vociferous attack on the Rashtriya... Read More


Land disputes claim 1,000 lives annually in state: Dy CM Sinha

PATNA, Feb. 17 -- Asserting land issues as a major source of violence, deputy chief minister Vijay Kumar Sinha, who holds the revenue and land reforms portfolio, said that about 800 to 1,000 lives are... Read More


Saharsa and Mansi rail track doubling stuck in delay for nod to low cost

SAHARSA, Feb. 17 -- Despite the Samastipur railway division significantly reducing the cost of the proposed doubling of the 44-km-long Saharsa-Mansi railway line project, locals are irked over the del... Read More


300 shops gutted in fire at Katihar market

KATIHAR, Feb. 17 -- Around 300 shops in Kursela market of Bihar's Katihar district were gutted in a fire that broke out late Sunday evening, police said on Monday. The fire which is believed to have s... Read More