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BJP woos EBC Nonia caste group as Bihar Assembly election draws near

PATNA, June 17 -- As the Bihar assembly polls get nearer, the BJP has started working on a strategy to balance the caste equations in the state. In a bid to lure Nonia community, Union minister Shivra... Read More


Bihar to revive fast track courts for speedy trial of criminals: DGP

PATNA, June 17 -- Bihar DGP Vinay Kumar on Monday said that the state government had written to the Centre to revive the Fast Track Courts (FTCs), which had remained closed since 2011, to ensure speed... Read More


5 dead, 20 hurt in road accident

PATNA, June 17 -- Five people, including three women and a seven-year-old boy, lost their lives and 20 others were injured when a pickup van carrying them overturned in Bihar's Saran district on Monda... Read More


Bihar identifies land for runway extension

PATNA, June 17 -- The civil aviation department (CAD) and the Patna district administration have identified land for extension of the runway at Patna's Jayprakash Narayan International (JPNI) airport ... Read More


'Centre to initiate water metro service in Patna'

PATNA, June 17 -- Union minister for ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday announced that the central government would initiate steps to develop water metro service in the river G... Read More


Elderly Couple commits suicide in Banka district

PATNA, June 17 -- An elderly couple ended their lives by jumping before a moving train in Chandan police station of Bihar's Banka, police said on Monday. According to SHO of Chanan police station Bish... Read More


Darbhanga: Missing BJP MP's son found

DARBHANGA, June 17 -- The son of Ashok Kumar Yadav, BJP MP from Madhubani, who had gone missing from his house in Bengali Tola under Laheriasarai PS since Sunday morning, was found safe on Monday - ne... Read More


Six killed in lightning strikes across Bihar

BUXAR/BETTIAH/BHABUA, June 17 -- At least six persons were killed as lightning struck at Buxar and West Champaran villages whereas 10 tribal persons, nine of them children, were injured at Chainpura h... Read More


Patna airport safety issues: Bihar CS asks Centre to send team

PATNA, June 16 -- The Bihar government had requested the Centre to send a multi-disciplinary team to suggest actions for safe air operations from the Jayprakash Narayan International (JPNI) airport in... Read More


Govt is blatantly promoting nepotism, alleges Tejashwi; JD(U)-BJP hits back

PATNA, June 16 -- Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Sunday came down heavily against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led NDA government, accusing the state government of promoting ne... Read More