Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday confirmed 25 deaths due to flood in Bihar. The situation continues to remain grim with over 2.5 million people affected, officials said. Nitish Kumar had carried out an aerial survey of the flood-affected Seemanchal and Koshi regions on Sunday and Monday. He told the Assembly on Tuesday that […]
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Is Bihar Governor a puppet, asks civil service exam paper
Patna: A question in a paper of the ongoing main examination of the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) has sparked off a controversy, after it sought to know from the civil service aspirants if the state Governor was “merely a puppet”. The second question in the first part of the General Studies Paper II, held on […]
Flood havoc continues in Bihar, over 18 lakh people affected
Patna: From villages to cities, entire north Bihar is facing a serious flood situation, forcing people to abandon their inundated houses to seek shelter at safer places, even as water levels of rivers in the area continues to rise. The worst-affected districts are Araria, Kishanganj, Supaul, Darbhanga, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, East Champaran, Madhubani, and Muzaffarpur. According […]
Bihar fears floods as heavy rains swell rivers
Patna: After drought-like situation till last week, Bihar now fears floods as the water levels of several rivers have been rising following heavy rains in the past six days. According to a state disaster department official here on Saturday, the rising water levels of Koshi, Gandak, Budhi Gandak, Ganga and Bagmati rivers are causing panic […]
Bihar: Elderly man rapes seven-year-old girl in temple, arrested
Patna: Police on Wednesday arrested a 65-year-old man for raping a seven-year-old girl in a temple in Bhojpur district of Bihar and a youth for filming the act and uploading its video on the social media. Bhojpur Superintendent of Police Sushil Kumar said Rangbaaj Yadav on Tuesday offered a chocolate and lured the minor girl, a […]
Bihar MLA displays poster of India winning World Cup semifinal
Patna: An opposition RJD legislator surprised one and all on Tuesday when he stood outside the main gate of Bihar Assembly with a poster in his hands, saying India will win the semi-final match of the ongoing World Cup against New Zealand to be played at the Old Trafford in Manchester. Rahul Tiwary, a young […]
Rahul Gandhi enjoys dosa at Patna restaurant
Patna: Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday shocked the visitors at a restaurant in Patna when he suddenly arrived there to have dosa and coffee. He was in the city to attend the hearing in a defamation case. After attending the hearing at the Patna Civil Court, Gandhi reached a local restaurant in […]
Tejashwi RJD’s CM candidate in 2020 Bihar Assembly polls
Patna: The RJD on Saturday announced that party leader Tejashwi Yadav will be the party’s chief ministerial candidate in the 2020 Bihar Assembly polls. The announcement was made during the party’s national executive meeting here, in the presence of senior party leaders Jaiprakash Narayan Yadav, former MP and RJD state President Ramchander Purve. The former […]
Rahul granted bail by Bihar court in defamation case filed by Sushil Kumar Modi
Patna: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was on Saturday granted bail by a court in connection with a defamation case filed by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi. The Patna civil court granted the bail to Gandhi, a government lawyer said. In April, Modi filed a defamation case against Gandhi for his statement “all thieves have […]
Tea seller in Bihar shot dead over free cold drinks
Patna: A tea seller was shot dead here by motorcycle borne criminals over free cold drinks, police said on Thursday. Syed Faizad was shot on Wednesday night by one of the three bike-borne criminals who had a heated argument with him on June 25 after they demanded free cold drinks, a district police official said. A […]