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12 IPS officers transferred in minor reshuffle ahead of polls

PATNA, July 12 -- The state government on Friday effected a minor reshuffle of 12 IPS officers including Katihar SP. According to a notification by the home department, 2018 batch IPS officer Vaibhav ... Read More


Aadhaar row broadensin Seemanchal districts

KISHANGANJ, July 12 -- Two Bangladeshi nationals, identified as 30-year-old Saharyar Sajib Khan and 43-year-old Mohammad Sagar, were arrested on the Indo-Nepal border near Galgalia in Bihar's Kishanga... Read More


Many in Bihar hunt for papers they don't have

Hajipur/Saran/Danapur/Patna, July 12 -- Jitender Kumar is on a mission. As the booth level officer (BLO) in Patna's Danapur, the schoolteacher is forever fending off questions on the ongoing special i... Read More


Three elephants died in six days in Saranda Forests

JAMSHEDPUR, July 12 -- The 14-year-old female elephant, again suspected to have been injured in a Maoist IED blast near Tirilposi inside Saranda Forests, died during treatment at Manoharpur late Thurs... Read More


1st tranche of hiked pensions released

PATNA, July 12 -- Amola Devi, a resident of Jindapur village in Bodh Gaya block of Gayaji district, lost her husband in 2012. Coming from a poor background, she used to get Rs.400 per month as widow p... Read More


CRPF jawan jailed for life in wife's murder case

BETTIAH, July 12 -- The court of additional district judge (ADJ)4 Manvendra Mishra on Friday awarded life sentence to a CRPF jawan for murdering his wife in 2024 in West Champaran district. Additional... Read More


8 arrested in Begusarai after communal clash

PATNA, July 12 -- More than a dozen people were injured in a stone-pelting incident following a clash between members of two communities over a petty dispute in Bihar's Begusarai district, police said... Read More


Guv defends lottery system for state college principals' posting

PATNA, July 12 -- In the face of growing criticism on posting of principals in Bihar's colleges through lottery system, Governor and Chancellor of Universities, Arif Mohammad Khan, defended the decisi... Read More


Bizman Gopal Khemka murder case: Court grants police 5-day remand of two accused

PATNA, July 12 -- In a significant development in the high-profile Gopal Khemka murder case, SDJM court, Patna on Friday granted five days of police remand to the two accused, allowing further interro... Read More


College students protest after attack on campus

PATNA, July 12 -- The students of Patna Veterinary College, which is one of the well-known colleges in the state, on Friday staged a protest, went on an indefinite strike, demanding security after an ... Read More