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Pistol missing after being deposited at PS in Katihar dist

KATIHAR, Jan. 9 -- A licensed pistol deposited at the police station in Bihar's Katihar during last year's assembly elections went missing mysteriously, officials said According to the press release i... Read More


Bihar's per capita GSDP rises to over Rs.76k in FY 2024-25, says state planning minister

PATNA, Jan. 8 -- Bihar's planning and development minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav announced on Wednesday that the state's per capita gross state domestic product (GSDP) reached Rs.76,490 at current pri... Read More


CM Nitish directs officials to meet people every Monday, Friday

PATNA, Jan. 8 -- To make the bureaucracy more answerable and interact frequently with people, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday directed government officials across the state to be present in t... Read More


Hijab controversy doc Nusrat Parveen joins Bihar health service

PATNA, Jan. 8 -- Dr Nusrat Parveen, a young Unani doctor who came into the spotlight after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar tugged at her hijab during an appointment-letter distribution ceremony in P... Read More


Tirkey demands tribal status for Jharkhand tribes in Andaman

RANCHI, Jan. 8 -- Former state minister and working president of the Jharkhand Congress Bandhu Tirkey demanded scheduled tribe (ST) status to tribals from Jharkhand settled in Andaman and Nicobar. "Th... Read More


Patna IG to join NIA, 2nd officer from Bihar to be in top agency

PATNA, Jan. 8 -- Senior Bihar IPS officer Vinay Kumar is set to join the National Investigation Agency (NIA), only the second officer from the state to be selected for the apex probe agency. The state... Read More


SC: State govts failed to implement ABC rules

New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that it has not ordered the killing of stray dogs and emphasised that roads and institutional premises must be kept free of strays in the i... Read More


HC orders removal of posts linking BJP leader to 2022 murder case

New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- The Delhi high court on Wednesday directed the take-down of social media posts within 24 hours linking Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dushyant Gautam to the 2022 murder of An... Read More


Motion to remove justice Varma wasn't admitted in rs as it was defective, SC told

New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- The motion to remove Allahabad high court judge, justice Yashwant Varma, was never admitted in the Rajya Sabha on account of being "defective", the Lok Sabha Speaker's office told... Read More


Netanyahu calls PM Modi; talks on Gaza Peace Plan status

New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu briefed his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on the implementation of the Gaza peace plan on Wednesday, and the two leaders also discussed... Read More