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BEST mulls reducing bus fares and route rationalisation a month after 100% hike

MUMBAI, June 13 -- In a little over a month after it hiked bus fares by 100 percent, the BEST Undertaking is set to bring them down. The authorities are working on reducing the fares by Rs.2-3 as well... Read More


union cabinet okays shortest railway link to connect patna and ranchi

PATNA, June 12 -- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved two projects of Ministry of Railways with total cost of Rs.6,405 crore. These pro... Read More


18 BSAP personnel injured in accident

PATNA, June 12 -- At least 18 Bihar Special Auxiliary Police (BSAP) personnel were injured, 13 of them critically, after a sand-laden truck collided with a private bus carrying them on the Veer Kunwar... Read More


Patna gets first double-decker flyover and Govt Urdu Library

PATNA, June 12 -- Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday inaugurated a state-of-the-art double-decker flyover and a newly-constructed Government Urdu Library on Ashok Rajpath, marking a significant ... Read More


'Ordeal over': univ teachers, retirees to get salaries stuck for months

PATNA, June 12 -- In a big relief after months for thousands of teachers and retired staff of Bihar's 13 state universities, the grant of Rs.1,094.091-crore has been released to the institutions for p... Read More


Point blank firing: Fifth killing in Patna in 48-hr

PATNA, June 12 -- In yet another killing in the state capital - the fifth in the last 48 hours - armed criminals shot at two men in Mainpura locality under Pataliputra police station's jurisdiction. O... Read More


GRP SI held for accepting bribe

SASARAM, June 12 -- Vigilance sleuths from Patna on Wednesday arrested a Government Railway Police sub-inspector Vijay Kumar Singh red-handed while he was taking a bribe of Rs.5,000 from an excise dep... Read More


Ex-mukhiya beaten to death in Aurangabad

AURANGABAD, June 12 -- A former mukhiya was allegedly beaten to death after he was caught in an objectionable condition with an unmarried 18-year-old girl in Aurangabad district in the early hours of ... Read More


Two die by suicide in Patna in two incidents

PATNA, June 12 -- A woman and a man allegedly died by suicide in separate incidents in the state capital late on Tuesday night, police said, adding that the bodies were later sent for autopsy. The fir... Read More


Nathmalpur Bhagad Bihar's 1st fully Centre-funded conservation project

PATNA, June 12 -- In a groundbreaking stride for environmental conservation, Bihar's Nathmalpur Bhagad wetland in Bhojpur district is set to emerge as a beacon of ecological restoration because of a p... Read More