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Bihar: Headmaster suspended, teachers’ salary withheld after schoolgirls drowned
Updated on Jul 22, 2024 06:05 PM IST
The two Class III students had gone to a nearby ditch to attend nature’s call as the school toilets were allegedly locked
Aditya Nath Jha
Bihar: Four Bhagalpur boys drown in Ganga after going for a holy dip
While seven others were saved by local divers, the bodies of the four, aged between 15 and 20 years, were fished out at Madhurapur Ganga Ghat
Updated on Jul 22, 2024 01:47 PM IST
Aditya Nath Jha
Smoke in Bihar Sampark Kranti Express caused due to extinguisher, say officials
According to the spokesman of Samastipur rail division, the Darbhanga-New Delhi Bihar Sampark Kranti Express had arrived at Samastipur station at 9.21am
Published on Jul 21, 2024 05:43 PM IST
Bishnu K Jha
Bihar man files FIR against neighbour after electric fence kills 4 street dogs
Sushil Kumar Singh said he will pursue the FIR to its logical conclusion to ensure justice for the four dogs that were killed by the electric fence
Updated on Jul 17, 2024 09:48 PM IST
20-year-old man kills Bihar teen, father and younger sister; arrested: Police
Police said that the mother, who is undergoing treatment in the district Sadar Hospital, told the police that the assailants, armed with sharp weapons, targeted her daughters, husband, and herself around 2am
Published on Jul 17, 2024 01:56 PM IST
Bihar: Vikashsheel Ishaan Party chief Mukesh Sahani’s father Jitan Sahani killed
A large number of people had gathered outside the residence of Jitan Sahni’s home demanding immediate arrest of the accused persons
Published on Jul 16, 2024 09:46 AM IST
Bangladesh national trying to cross into Nepal on Indian passport arrested: Police
Police said the suspect, G M Sohag of Patuakhali district in south-central Bangladesh, was stopped by Indian immigration officials at Raxaul
Published on Jul 15, 2024 07:20 PM IST
Independent candidate defeats JD-U and RJD in Bihar’s Rupauli bypoll
Independent candidate Shankar Singh defeated the JD-U’s Kaladhar Mandal and RJD’s Bima Bharti in Bihar’s Rupauli bypoll
Published on Jul 13, 2024 04:45 PM IST
Aditya Nath Jha
CBI arrests Rakesh Ranjan in NEET-UG leak case, gets 10 days custody
Rakesh Ranjan was arrested in Patna and produced before a special CBI court which remanded him in CBI custody for 10 days.
Published on Jul 11, 2024 07:26 PM IST
Ex-IAS officer Manish Kumar Verma joins Nitish Kumar’s JD (U)
Manish Kumar Verma, a 2000-batch IAS officer of the Odisha cadre, came to Bihar on an inter-cadre deputation in 2012 and never went back
Published on Jul 09, 2024 07:12 PM IST
Bihar: Six people killed in Begusarai road accident
Eyewitnesses said the incident took place when the car tried to overtake another vehicle from the opposite direction
Published on Jul 09, 2024 09:21 AM IST
Bihar man, 24, caught by residents on suspicion of theft dies in police custody
24-year-old man beaten by mob for burglary suspicion in Bihar's Gaya dies in police custody. Family blames neglect, police refute. Autopsy pending.
Updated on Jul 08, 2024 04:30 PM IST
Congress to soon take a call on its claim for assembly by-poll seats
“We will sit together this week and discuss which seats will be right for the Congress to contest in the by-election. The Congress and the SP will contest the by-poll in alliance with each other,” said Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president Ajay Rai on Wednesday.
Updated on Jul 04, 2024 06:54 AM IST
Bihar: Armed criminals loot ₹5 lakh from maize trader in Purnea; case lodged
The SHO said traders in the area had been advised to inform the police whenever they carry large amounts of cash, but “they hardly follow the directive”
Updated on Jul 03, 2024 03:22 PM IST
Aditya Nath Jha
4 armed men loot bank branch of ₹28 lakh in Bihar’s Sheikhpura town
Police said the four men went to the Axis Bank branch at Sri Krishna Chowk in Sheikhpura town, about 50km north of state capital Patna, at about 10:20am
Updated on Jul 01, 2024 05:01 PM IST
CBI grills 13 accused in NEET question paper leak case at Beur jail in Patna
Almost all the accused implicated Sanjeev Kumar alias Sajeev Mukhiya and Sikandar Yadvendu as the masterminds behind leaking question papers of the NEET exam
Updated on Jun 30, 2024 08:06 PM IST
Left to rot at Patna Museum for over a year, vintage roadroller rescued and restored
Left to rot at Patna Museum for over a year, vintage roadroller rescued and restored
Published on Jun 30, 2024 10:49 AM IST
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CBI arrests fifth accused in NEET question paper leak case, 3 on 4-day remand
The fifth accused has been identified as Jamaluddin Ansari, a marketing professional with a Hindi media organisation
Published on Jun 29, 2024 07:49 PM IST
Indian man helps British vlogger negotiate fare with Bihar auto driver. Watch
A video of an Indian man negotiating with an auto driver in Bihar to help a British vlogger has won people’s hearts. The clip will also leave you with a smile.
Published on Jun 29, 2024 11:08 AM IST
Nitish Kumar leaves for Delhi to attend JD-U’s national executive meet on Saturday
The party’s old demand from the Centre for a special category status to Bihar may come up in the meeting, according to party sources
Published on Jun 28, 2024 04:53 PM IST
Bihar: Bike-borne assailants open fire at patrolling police, 1 constable injured
Superintendent of police Vineet Kumar said that a case of attempt to murder has been registered against unidentified criminals
Updated on Jun 28, 2024 03:20 PM IST
Prasun K Mishra
Another bridge collapses in Bihar, this time in Kishanganj
The 70-metre-long and 12-metre-wide bridge, built under the Mukhyamantri Gram Sadak Yojana in 2011 at a cost of ₹25 lakh, caved in due to the force of floodwaters
Updated on Jun 27, 2024 03:40 PM IST
Aditya Nath Jha
Bihar cancels ₹800 crore tenders awarded during RJD minister’s tenure
Deputy chief minister Samrat Chaudhary said the cancelled tenders relate to the period when the RJD minister oversaw the public health and engineering department
Published on Jun 26, 2024 09:38 PM IST
Bihar property dealer, who survived attempt to kill him 2 weeks back, shot dead
Police said Jai Prakash Singh was going home after being discharged from hospital where he was being treated for gunshot wounds when he was shot at
Published on Jun 26, 2024 06:39 PM IST
Bihar teen, held in February for opening fire, dies by suicide in Gaya remand home
The 17-year-old was a resident of Bairagi Mohalla and had been in custody since February 20 in a case of firing
Published on Jun 25, 2024 02:39 PM IST
Prasun K Mishra
Bihar EOU team visits NEET-UG exam centres in Hazaribag, to handover case to CBI
The five accused, who were arreste on Saturday in the NEET-UG paper leak case, were brought to Shastrinagar police station, Patna, on Sunday, and sent to hospital for medical examination
Published on Jun 23, 2024 08:24 PM IST
CBI team probing UGC-NET paper leak case attacked by villagers in Bihar
The CBI team had reached the village looking for some suspects involved in the UGC NET question paper leak case based on the location of their cell phones.
Updated on Jun 24, 2024 12:21 AM IST
Bridge collapses in Motihari, third such incident in Bihar this week
The ₹1.5-crore bridge was being constructed by the state government's Rural Works Department (RWD).
Published on Jun 23, 2024 02:32 PM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
BJP, RJD clash over quota ruling by Patna HC, both vow to move Supreme Court
Tejashwi Yadav, who was deputy CM when the law was introduced, accused the BJP of trying to scuttle the caste survey, which formed the basis of the quota hike.
Published on Jun 20, 2024 09:28 PM IST
Setback to Nitish Kumar as Patna HC scraps Bihar govt's quota hike to 65%
The notification, issued in November 2023, sought to amend existing reservation laws, which would have brought the total reservation in the state to 75%.
Updated on Jun 20, 2024 12:20 PM IST
