Patna | After the liquor tragedy in Saran, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that ‘those who drink liquor would die’. The chief minister said this while interacting with the media persons at the Bihar Assembly. He also targeted the BJP leaders, and said, “BJP leaders should go in public and make people aware […]
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Eight killed as truck ploughs into devotees in Bihar’s Vaishali, PM Modi announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia
Patna | At least eight persons were killed and several others injured after a speeding truck rammed into a crowd of devotees at a roadside temple in Bihar’s Vaishali district on Sunday evening. The accident occurred at Naya Gaon Tola village under Desri police station in the district around 8.30 p.m. The village is located on […]
Court acquits man in 26-yr-old case, he dies of heart attack
Patna | An elderly person died due to heart attack soon after he was acquitted in a 26-year-old case in Bihar’s Banka district. The deceased has been identified as Nago Singh (76), a native of Jhunka village under Belhar police station in the district. Nago Singh, along with four others, were booked in a crop destruction […]
‘Wanted to kill my father’, says IPS officer Shivdeep Lande
Patna | Bihar supercop Shivdeep Wamanrao Lande claimed that he wanted to kill his father when he was a child. He made this sensational revelation during the launch of his book ‘Women behind the lion’ on Sunday. Lande, a 2006 batch Bihar cadre IPS officer, is currently deployed as Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Kosi […]
Lalu Prasad demands ban on RSS, BJP hits back
Patna | In wake of the ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI), RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said that every organisation, including the RSS, which are responsible for creating communal hatred in the country should also be banned. “I firmly believe that the RSS should also be banned in the country. It is […]
Nitish Kumar foiled BJP’s ‘Eknath Shinde plan’ in Bihar: JD-U leader
Patna | While Janata Dal-United reached the stage where it planned to break away from the NDA in Bihar, the BJP leadership activated the “Eknath Shinde plan” to sabotage the Nitish Kumar government but the Chief Minister spotted it within time and changed the entire game, a JD-U leader claimed. The claim by a party leader, […]
BJP leaders slam Patna SSP for ‘comparing’ PFI with RSS
Patna | Patna SSP Manavjeet Singh Dhillon has drawn criticism after he “compared” the Popular Front of India (PFI) with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Thursday. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Haribhushan Thakur slamming Dhillon, demanded his termination from the post after his public statement. He said that the Patna SSP has “lost his mental […]
RJD lawmaker charged with sodomy
Patna | Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLC Rambali Singh Chandravanshi has been charged after he reportedly tried to sodomise a youth at the lawmaker’s apartment, an official said. The victim moved an application with the secretariat police station in Patna to register an FIR. The police said that the matter is under investigation. The complainant said […]
Former JD-U MLA to organise “Piyakkar Sammelan” in Bihar’s Siwan
Patna | Janata Dal-United (JD-U) lawmakers and workers are backing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s liquor ban decision, but a former party MLA on Tuesday announced “Piyakkar Sammelan” (Drunkards convention) in the state’s Siwan soon. Liquor is currently banned in Bihar and Nitish Kumar is facing the huge criticism on this issue due to its implementation […]
40 more lose vision in one eye after cataract surgery in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur
Patna | With 40 more people losing vision in an eye after contracting severe infection post cataract surgery, the number of affected people rose to 65, officials said on Wednesday. Following the operations between November 22 and 27, the victims developed severe eye infection. Twenty-five victims were detected till Tuesday. While hospitals of Muzaffarpur and Patna […]