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Bhagalpur bridge opens to traffic

PURNEA, June 8 -- After 35 days, light vehicular traffic was restored on the Vikramshila Setu in Bhagalpur on Sunday with minister for road construction Kumar Shailendra crossing it first in his offic... Read More


2 youths drown in river while shooting reels

BETTIAH, June 8 -- Two youths drowned while shooting reels for social media on the bank of Gandak river in Amawa Majhar village under Mufassil police station area of Bettiah in West Champaran on Sunda... Read More


Low water level at Maithon dam adversely hits local business

Dhanbad, June 8 -- The unusually low water level at Maithon dam this summer has affected tourism and the livelihoods of boatmen and small vendors who depend on visitors arriving at one of the region's... Read More


Police arrest 9 within 8 hrs of gang rape in J'khand's Mander

RANCHI, June 8 -- In a swift and decisive overnight operation, Ranchi Police arrested eight men and detained a juvenile within eight hours of a gang rape being reported in Mander police station area. ... Read More


No clarity on MLC bid; min stares at Bihar cabinet exit

PATNA, June 8 -- Fate of Deepak Prakash, son of Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) president Upendra Kushwaha and a recently sworn-in minister in the Bihar government, hangs in a balance ahead of the biennial... Read More


State releases ghariyal hatchlings in Gandak

BETTIAH, June 7 -- The forest department in Bihar's West Champaran district on Saturday released 31 gharial hatchlings into Gandak river which harbours the country's second-largest population of the s... Read More


Veteran journo Rai Atul Krishna passes away

PATNA, June 7 -- Veteran journalist and former Deputy Resident Editor (DRE) of the Hindustan Times, Patna, Rai Atul Krishna passed away following a cardiac arrest on Friday afternoon after a brief ill... Read More


LJP(RV) names Ashraf Ansari as candidate for Bihar Council polls

PATNA, June 7 -- Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) on Saturday announced its working state president Ashraf Ansari as the party's candidate for the 2026 biennial elections to the Bihar Legislative Counc... Read More


Bihar orders fire safety audit of hospitals after Muzaffarpur tragedy

PATNA, June 7 -- The Bihar health department directed district magistrates to conduct a comprehensive fire safety audit of government and private hospitals across the state, two days after seven peopl... Read More


Hosp fire toll rises to 7; licence suspended

PATNA, June 7 -- With death of one more patient, the toll in Muzaffarpur hospital fire rose to seven on Saturday. Meanwhile, the district authorities also suspended the licence of Prasad Hospital wher... Read More