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Biosecurity to be tight after H5N1 kills 8,500 birds at poultry farms

PATNA, March 18 -- The dairy, fisheries and animal resources department has advised the Bihar Animal Sciences University (BASU) to strengthen biosecurity measures, following an outbreak of H5N1 avian ... Read More


DA case against engineer after raids at 7 locations

PATNA, March 18 -- The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar police on Tuesday raided seven locations linked to an executive engineer Manoj Kumar Rajak of North Bihar Power Distribution Company Limite... Read More


Saran MP rudy seeks CID probe into alleged rape-murder of minor student

PATNA, March 18 -- ran MP and former union minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Tuesday demand for a CID probe into the suspicious death of a 16-year-old student of Saran, which body recovered from a well on... Read More


Wife cuts private part of alcoholic husband in Ara

ARA, March 18 -- A wife on Monday night cut off private part of her husband in Kharaicha village located within the Garahni police station area of the district, locals said. The wife is said to have s... Read More


Clerk caught with Rs.10K bribe

BETTIAH, March 18 -- Close on the heels of arresting a dairy field officer, the Bihar Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday nabbed a head clerk of a community health centre (CHC) for allegedly accepting a bribe... Read More


NDA wrests all 5 RS seats in Bihar

PATNA, March 17 -- As expected, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won all the five seats in the Rajya Sabha election in Bihar held on Monday with a sound strategy for the fifth seat, while the Op... Read More


No 'blanket arrangement' with Iran over Hormuz: Jaishankar

New Delhi, March 17 -- India does not have a "blanket arrangement" with Iran for Indian-flagged ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz and "every ship movement is an individual happening", external aff... Read More


At least 10 killed in Odisha hospital fire

Bhubaneswar, March 17 -- At least 10 patients died after a fire broke out in the Trauma Care Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Cuttack's SCB Medical College and Hospital, the biggest state government healt... Read More


Nitish to start 4th leg of Samriddhi Yatra today

PATNA, March 17 -- Beginning Tuesday, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar will embark on a four-day tour, covering eight districts of the state, as part of the fourth leg of his Samriddhi Yatra, a publi... Read More


Kosi-based writer wins Sahitya Akademi for Maithili memoirs

SAHARSA, March 17 -- Renowned writer Prof Mahendra of Bihar's Kosi region won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 announced on Monday for his book Dhatri Paat San Gaam in Maithili. The award winning work, ... Read More