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Bard, who gave words to love, loss & life's everyday moorings, passes away

NEW Delhi, May 29 -- Bashir Badr, the much-feted and beloved Urdu poet with an immense mass following, passed away on Tuesday. He was 91 and ailing from dementia and other age-related issues. Badr was... Read More


Govt working on proposal to hike circle rates of land

PATNA, May 29 -- The state government is actively working on a proposal to hike the minimum value register (MVR) or circle rates, for land/flats during property registration. Top officials familiar wi... Read More


High-profile contractor linked to Bihar babus arrested by SVU

PATNA, May 29 -- Hours after raids at the house of Bihar's controversial and high-profile contractor Rishu Ranjan Sinha alias Rishu Shree, he was arrested and forwarded to judicial custody by the sleu... Read More


maoist with Rs.10L bounty held in J'khand's lapung

RANCHI, May 29 -- In a major breakthrough against left-wing extremism, Ranchi Police arrested Amrit Horo, alias 'Mecho', the top commander and current supremo of the banned People's Liberation Front o... Read More


Boat capsizes in Ganga, 3 dead, four missing

SAMASTIPUR, May 29 -- At least three people died and four others were missing after a boat carrying 14 passengers capsized in the Ganga near Sultanpur Diara in Bihar's Samastipur district on Thursday ... Read More


Assent to 4-year UG AEDP courses, bar on tenders for UMIS

PATNA, May 29 -- Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain on Thursday accorded assent to the Ordinance and Regulations for 4-Year Under Graduate Apprenticeship Embedded Degree Programme (AEDP) and seve... Read More


Governor cancels old advts for appointment of 4 VCs midway

PATNA, May 29 -- In a sudden development, the Bihar Governor's Secretariat has cancelled the advertisements inviting applications for the appointment of vice-chancellors in four state universities. Th... Read More


Admn identifies site linked to Todar Mal in E Champaran

BETTIAH, May 29 -- The district administration of East Champaran has identified a site associated with Raja Todar Mal, celebrated as one of the Navaratnas (nine gems) of Akbar's court, to develop it a... Read More


Jeweller shot, cash and ornaments worth Rs.40L looted in Gaya Ji

GAYA JI, May 29 -- Armed criminals shot a jeweller and looted Rs.5 lakh in cash along with jewellery worth Rs.35 lakh in the Gurua market under Gaya district on Wednesday late evening. Critically inju... Read More


SVU conducts raids at premises of contractor rishu shree

PATNA, May 28 -- Nine days after the dismissal of Criminal Writ Miscellaneous petition by the Patna High Court in connection with Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), sleuths of Special Vigilan... Read More