Patna: At least 19 persons, who arrived from the United Kingdom recently, are missing in Patna, officials said on Monday. Patna Civil Surgeon, Dr Vibha Kumari, said that the matter has been handed over to the police. “The Patna airport has given the list of passengers who came from the UK from November 23 to December […]
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Two extortionists lynched by villagers in Bihar
Patna: Two extortionists were lynched in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district on Monday. Sitamarhi Superintendent of Police Sujeet Kumar confirmed the incident. He said the accused were local goons and they were lynched by villagers. The incident took place in Mayorva village between 11 a.m. to 11.30 am on Monday. “The accused identified as Sonu Paswan and Suraj […]
Teenager gang-raped in presence of younger sibling in Bihar
Patna: A 16-year-old girl, returning from a household chore, was allegedly waylaid and gang raped by three known persons in Bihar’s Rohtas district, police said on Monday. The crime was committed in Rohtas’ Dehri-on-Sone locality on December 23 but was reported to police only on Friday, Dehri SDPO Sanjay Kumar said. “We have registered an FIR […]
Tej Pratap: After Arunachal, JD(U) will break in Bihar as well
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Bihar health minister Tej Pratap Yadav on Saturday predicted that the Janata Dal (United) will soon disintegrate in the state. The soon of RJD chief Lalu Prasad said on Saturday: “The decline of JD (U) is now certain. It has begun in Arunachal Pradesh and soon it will disintegrate […]
BJP emerging as largest party, NDA edging out Grand Alliance
Patna: The BJP seems to have almost secured the single-largest party position in Bihar Assembly polls with trends showing it has an edge over the key opposition party RJD with a big gap, leading the NDA above the half-way mark in a close contest with Grand Alliance or the Mahagathbandhan (MGB). Latest Election Commission results showed […]
Over 18% voting as glitches in 75 EVMs hassle Bihar voters
Patna: Even as the Election Commission said that 18.48 per cent polling was recorded till 11 am during the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections in 71 constituencies on Wednesday, voters in some districts faced inconvenience due to technical glitches in EVMs. Voters waited in queues for over an hour and some even returned home without […]
BJP releases manifesto for Bihar polls, promises free Covid vaccine
Patna: With just six days left for polling for the first phase in the three-phase Bihar Assembly elections, the BJP on Thursday released its election manifesto or ‘Sankalp Patra’, making a slew of promises. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman released the manifesto at a function held in Patna. Speaking on the occasion, Sitharaman said that Bihar’s […]
BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain tests Covid-19 positive
Patna: Former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain was tested Covid-19 positive on Wednesday. Hussain is a star campaigner for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. He has shared the information about being tested positive through Twitter. “I came in contact with Corona positive patients. Their reports have […]
Bihar Minister Kapil Dev Kamat succumbs to corona
Patna: Prominent Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Kapil Dev Kamat passed away on Friday in a hospital in the Bihar capital. He was 69. Kamat, the Minister of Panchayati Raj in the Nitish Kumar government, was admitted in Patna AIIMS after suffering from kidney infection. He was undergoing dialysis every alternate day. His condition deteriorated after he […]
Bihar CM facing criticism for allotment of poll ticket to Muzaffarpur girls shelter home case accused
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is facing huge criticism for allotment of a poll ticket to tainted leader Manju Verma, a co-accused in the Muzaffarpur girls shelter home case. Verma managed to bag seat from Cheria Bariyarpur constituency in Begusarai district. She is facing charges of criminal conspiracy along with her husband and having links […]