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teen gang-raped in Aurangabad; 2 held, manhunt on for third

AURANGABAD, Sept. 2 -- A 15-year-old student was allegedly gang-raped by three men from her village in Bihar's Aurangabad district on Monday, police said, adding that the suspects lured the victim int... Read More


JD(U) pushes for Bihar's role in Kosi dam project

PATNA, Sept. 2 -- Senior leaders of the Janata Dal (United), including deputy chief minister and water resources minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Kumar Jha have stepped up ... Read More


700 model schools, airports: CM unveils Rs.285cr projects for Bihar

BETTIAH, Sept. 2 -- Laying the foundation stones and inauguration of projects worth Rs.285 crore in East Champaran, chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday said Bihar was entering a new phase of tr... Read More


J'khand couple missing, family alleges Nepal not sharing info

Jamshedpur, Sept. 2 -- A middle-aged couple from Potka Block of Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district has gone traceless on the way to Kailash-Mansarovar from Gyirong land port on Nepal-Tibet (China) bo... Read More


Woman dies, girl missing after boat capsizes in Bihar's Saharsa

PURNEA, Sept. 2 -- A- 35-year-old woman died and a teenage girl went missing after a boat capsized in Tilave river in the Simri Bakhtiyarpur block of Bihar's Saharsa on Tuesday evening, police said, a... Read More


'Cloning tests underway for rubber plantation in J'khand'

Kottayam, Sept. 2 -- Jharkhand is one of the few states in the country with potential for rubber cultivation and the Rubber Board was presently conducting cloning tests at Birsa Agricultural Universit... Read More


Bihar, Jharkhand ink pact to share Sone river waters

NEW delhi, Sept. 1 -- Twenty-six years after Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar, birthing an over two decade long water dispute, the two states signed an agreement Monday formalising the sharing of Son... Read More


BPSC postpones online applications for TRE-4

PATNA, Sept. 1 -- The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) has put on hold its decision to invite applications for Teachers' Recruitment Examination (TRE)- 4 from September 1. A notification issued ... Read More


Indrapuri reservoir project set for revival after Sone river water pact

PATNA, Sept. 1 -- The long-pending Indrapuri reservoir project on Sone river is set to get a fresh lease of life after the formalisation of the river's water-sharing agreement between Bihar and Jharkh... Read More


'Hooch tragedy': Police probe liquor, poison angles behind 4 deaths

PATNA, Sept. 1 -- Police investigation into the death of four people during a 'liquor party' has intensified. The fifth glass found from the scene has given a new turn to the investigation, with polic... Read More