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Smart meter users to pay more during peak hours

PATNA, March 20 -- Around 8.7 million electricity consumers in Bihar using smart prepaid meters (SPMs) will face a differential tariff structure from April 1, with power usage during evening peak hour... Read More


Loss of trained commando in encounter shocks PHQ

PATNA, March 20 -- The death of a young and highly trained Special Task Force (STF) personnel, Shriram Kumar Yadav, during an encounter with trigger-happy criminals in Bihar's Motihari district on Tue... Read More


Patna: stf busts Lottery racket, 18 nabbed with Rs.1 crore tickets

PATNA, March 20 -- A lottery racket was busted on Wednesday evening, and tickets worth Rs.1 crore were recovered from a roadside house in Paijaba, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Bypass poli... Read More


J'khand House adopts resolution against VB-G RAM G

RANCHI, March 19 -- The Jharkhand government on Wednesday adopted a resolution against the V-B GRAM G Act 2025, underlining that no changes should be made to the soul of the MNREGA Act 2005 to 'protec... Read More


Israel claims another top Iranian official killed; iran hits kill 2 in Tel Aviv

DUBAI, March 19 -- Israel said on Wednesday that it killed another top Iranian official, the third in two days, while Iran lashed out with attacks on its Persian Gulf neighbours and Israel, using some... Read More


8 of Bihar family burnt to death in EV-sparked blaze in Indore

KISHANGANJ, March 19 -- In a heart-rending incident, eight members of a family from Kishanganj, Bihar, were burnt alive when a fire broke out in a three-storey house after an explosion at an Electric ... Read More


Three kin killed over 'witchcraft'

DHANBAD, March 19 -- Three members of a family were brutally murdered in Jharkhand's Godda district, allegedly over suspicions of witchcraft, police said on Tuesday. The incident occurred in Danga vil... Read More


CM rolls out Rs.1,213-cr new projects

JAMUI/NAWADA, March 19 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, who is touring Bihar in the fourth phase of the Samriddhi Yatra, which is perhaps his last as state's CM, was on Wednesday in Jamui and Naw... Read More


Hydroponic cannabis found at Gaya airport

PATNA, March 19 -- The custom department on Wednesday recovered hydroponic cannabis worth Rs.10 crore from two suspicious bag from Gaya International Airport. The bags were lying unclaimed but no one ... Read More


Is Nitish backing Samrat as his successor in Bihar?

JAMUI/PATNA, March 19 -- On Wednesday, while on his 'Samriddhi Yatra' in Jamui, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar made a remark that has set speculations flying about the name of the possible next chi... Read More