Patna: At least 13 people, including women and children, were killed and nearly half a dozen injured in incidents of lightning strikes across Bihar in last 24 hours, an official said here on Wednesday. Deaths were reported from Kaimur, East Champaran, Jehanabad, Gaya, Patna, Vaishali and Muzaffarpur, a Bihar State Disaster Department official said. According […]
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Muzaffarpur horror victim gangraped in moving vehicle in Bihar
Patna: A girl, who alleged mental abuse at the infamous Muzaffarpur shelter home in Bihar, was gangraped by four people in West Champaran district, police said on Monday. Town police station in-charge Sashibhusan Thakur said a case was registered based on the rape survivor’s statement against four the accused. The victim informed police that last Friday […]
Bihar village where Hindus maintain a centuries-old mosque
Patna: Amid rising religious fanaticism and daily instances of communal flare-ups in the country, a village in Bihar’s Nalanda district is a rare and textbook case of liberalism and open-mindedness. Maadhi village has no Muslims, but namaz at its over 200-year-old mosque is offered five times a day by the Hindus. The Hindus also take […]
To treat hydrocele, doctors operate upon man’s leg in Bihar
Patna: In another case of medical negligence, doctors at a government-run hospital in Bihar wrongly operated upon the leg of a patient, who was there for a treatment of hydrocele — a build-up of fluid inside the scrotum. Rambhajan Yadav, who is in his early 50s, was admitted at Gaya’s Anugrah Narayan Medical College and Hospital […]
Bihar to observe Jaitley’s birth anniversary
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced that Bihar will observe the birth anniversary of late BJP leader and former union minister Arun Jaitley every year as a mark of respect to the departed soul. He said Bihar will also install Arun Jaitley’s statue in the state capital Patna. Expressing sorrow over Jaitley’s […]
Bihar man gives triple talaq for dowry, held
Patna: The police arrested a man on Saturday for allegedly giving triple talaq to his wife over dowry. Peerbahor SHO Rizwan Ahmed told IANS: “An FIR was registered based on the victim’s statement under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 and the accused Mohammad Ali, a resident of Alamganj, has been […]
Bihar men marry Kashmiri sisters after Article 370 revocation, arrested for kidnapping
Supaul (Bihar): Two brothers found their wedding bliss cut short after they were arrested on charges of kidnapping two Kashmiri sisters, whom they claim to have married just days back. According to a report in hindustantimes.com, two men married Kashmiri sisters soon after the revocation of Article 370. Police from Jammu and Kashmir with the aid of […]
Bihar Judge in trouble for questioning corruption in judiciary, all matters pending before him withdrawn
Patna: The Patna High Court Chief Justice on Thursday issued a notice to withdraw all cases from a senior judge after he alleged corruption in judiciary while hearing a case against a former IAS officer. According to a notice issued by the order of the Patna High Court Chief Justice, “all matters pending before Justice Rakesh […]
Minor gangraped, tonsured, paraded in Bihar, 6 detained
Patna: Six people were detained on Tuesday in connection with a shocking case in which a minor girl was gangraped and later tonsured and paraded through her village as punishment by the panchayat in Gaya district of Bihar, police said. According to the police, the girl was kidnapped in a vehicle by a group of men […]
Bihar Police get Anant Singh’s 2-day transit remand
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday granted two-day transit remand to the Bihar Police for Anant Singh, lawmaker from Mokama. Duty Magistrate Archana Beniwal while granting the transit remand said Singh should be produced before a competent court in Bihar before 2 p.m. of August 26. During the hearing, Bihar’s standing counsel Advocate Gopal […]