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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


Abducted teacher rescued, 3 arrested

PATNA, Jan. 8 -- Saran police rescued an abducted schoolteacher from the clutches of abductors and arrested three persons involved in the incident, police said on Wednesday. The abducted teacher has b... Read More


Bihar to set up colleges in all uncovered blocks

PATNA, Jan. 8 -- The newly created higher education department plans to set up degree colleges in all those blocks of the state, which have got none, and upgrade old institutions into centres of excel... Read More


'Erring officials being taken to task; land related plaints have come down sharply'

PATNA, Jan. 8 -- Deputy chief minister-cum-revenue minister Vijay Kumar Sinha on Wednesday said the revenue and land reforms department had started pulling up erring officials having lackadaisical att... Read More


13.07 acres opium crop Destroyed in Gaya Ji distt

GAYA, Jan. 8 -- In a joint operation against illegal cultivation and smuggling of opium, CRPF), STF, excise and forest officials destroyed 13.07 acres of opium crop in Gaya Ji district, officials said... Read More


Confusion prevails over 'ban on customers with veil' at jewellery shops

PATNA, Jan. 8 -- Amid reports that a section of jewellery shops had decided not to sell gold ornaments to women wearing a veil, the main bullion traders' association on Wednesday issued a clarificatio... Read More