Patna | After a series of cases where poor villagers have received crores of rupees in their bank accounts, a daily wager learnt that he was having Rs 9.99 crore in the Union Bank of India, Supaul branch. Interestingly, the labourer named Vipin Chauhan claims that he never opened an account in any bank. Chauhan, a […]
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Doctor in Bihar’s Jamui killed for ‘illicit’ relationship
Patna | A doctor in Bihar’s Jamui district was beaten to death on Tuesday on the suspicion of having an illicit relationship, police said. The deceased was identified as Manoj Pandit (40), a resident of Nichli Sewa village. He was in the clinic when four persons barged in, dragged him out, and brutally assaulted him with […]
Bihar: Cop held for uploading semi-nude photograph of woman colleague
Patna | A police constable in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district was arrested on Tuesday for uploading a semi-nude photograph of a fellow female constable on social media. The accused was identified as Altaf Khan, a native of Turuk Bigha village under Kachwa police station in Rohtas district, and deployed at Muzaffarpur police lines. The victim is also […]
Man sentenced to death in Bihar for rape & murder of minor
Patna | A district court in Rohtas in Bihar has sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a minor girl. After the Additional Sessions Judge pronounced the judgement, the family members of the victim said that they have finally got justice. In November 2020, Balram Singh, a resident of Dalmianagar in Rohtas […]
Youth lynched on suspicion of theft in Bihar
Patna | A youth in Bihar’s Araria district was brutally beaten to death by villagers on Monday morning. The district police have arrested two of the alleged attackers. The deceased’s father has levelled allegations against 18 persons for this brutal act. The incident took place at Chakai village under Jokihat police station when a group of […]
Now, Malayalam actress Anupama Parameswaran passes Bihar teacher exam!
Patna | The Bihar Education Department continues to figure in controversies, now with Malayalam actress Anupama Parmeshwaran shown qualifying in the State Teacher Eligibility Test (STET). In results published by STET, the certificate of Anupama Parmeshwaran went viral on social media, though it has only her photo while the name of the candidate is of a male […]
‘Raped me in dreams’: Bihar woman approaches police against occultist
Patna | A woman of Bihar’s Aurangabad district filed a complaint with local police, alleging that an occultist “repeatedly raped her in her dreams”. The woman, a resident of Gandhi Maidan locality under Kudwa police station, had approached occultist Prashant Chaturvedi in January this year as her son was seriously ill. He had given her a […]
Uncle Paras conspiring against me since my Dad was in ICU: Chirag Paswan
Patna | LJP chief Chirag Paswan, who is facing a massive rebellion in the party, alleged that his uncle Pasupati Kumar Paras was conspiring against him since his father and LJP founder Ram Vilas Paswan was in ICU in a Delhi hospital last year. He also alleged that during Paswan senior’s last rites, his mother Reena […]
Deer hunted in Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar, 1 held
Patna | A team of the Forest Department in Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bagha district of Bihar arrested a person on the charge of poaching a deer on Saturday. The accused is identified as Ratnesh Kumar Singh, a native of Siswa village in Uttar Pradesh’s Balia district. The Forest Department officials have also recovered 25 kg […]
Wife died due to lack of ventilator support, claims JDU MLA
Patna | A legislator of the ruling Janata Dal United said that his wife lost her life since ventilators were not functional at the Sadar Hospital in Bihar’s Araria district and at the Covid care centre in adjoining Forbesganj. Achmit Rishidev, the JDU MLA from Raniganj in Araria district, revealed his ordeal after Chief Minister Nitish […]