NEW DELHI: Road transport ministry informed Rajya Sabha Wednesday that in the past two years, 1,497 e-challans imposing Rs 48 lakh as fines were issued in six states and UTs for the offence of allowing minors to drive vehicles. As per data entered by states in the e-challan portal, Bihar had the maximum number of…
MUNGER: Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Santosh Kumar Singh succumbed to injuries at Patna hospital on Friday while receiving treatment, following a purported assault by a family residing in Nandalpur village, situated in Bihar‘s Munger district.According to SDPO Abhishek Anand, “ASI Santosh Kumar Singh lost his life after being attacked by individuals in Munger. He was responding…
NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday once again indulged into a heated argument with an RJD MLC, claiming that women had no issues in the state. This came after the opposition party leader questioned the JDU government over higher education of females in the state.Urmila Thakur was voicing her dissatisfaction with education…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a stinging attack at rival Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar, saying “jungle raj people are having a problem with Maha Kumbh“.Using “jungle raj” to allude to Lalu Yadav‘s governance in Bihar, PM Modi those who were rattled by Ram Mandir in Ayodhya are now abusing…
Shardul Thakur. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India seamer Shardul Thakur took a hat-trick for Mumbai against Meghalaya in a crucial Ranji Trophy encounter at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy in Mumbai on Thursday.As Mumbai bowled first against Meghalaya, Thakur opened the bowling and removed Anirudh B, Sumit Kumar, and Jaskirat in the third over before…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that a few select organisations, including RSS and industrial houses, are running the country.The Lok Sabha LoP also called for a nationwide caste census and said that the Congress will remove the barrier of 50% reservations.“Caste census should be conducted to understand the true situation of…
NEW DELHI: An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck 93 km northeast of Lobuche, Nepal, at 6.35 am IST on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported. Tremors were also felt across Bihar and several parts of North India. A day earlier, on Monday, an earthquake of magnitude 4.5 hit Afghanistan at 12.47 pm IST, the…
Purnea MP Pappu Yadav (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Bihar‘s Purnea Lok Sabha MP Pappu Yadav on Saturday asked the government to probe the reasons behind death threats he has been receiving allegedly from the Lawrance Bishnoi gang.The Independent MP said it’s the responsibility of the nation’s security agencies like the Research and Analysis Wing (Raw)…
NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj supremo Prashant Kishore on Saturday criticised the 35-year rule of Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar, saying that it has stripped Bihar‘s children of their school bags and replaced them with the burdens of labor. Kishor explained the significance of the school bag as his party’s election symbol, saying that education is…
PATNA: After Bollywood actor Salman Khan, Member of Parliament from Purnia in Bihar, Pappu Yadav received a death threat allegedly from the Lawrence Gang. The unknown caller claimed to be working for Lawrence Bishnoi, a notorious gangster currently lodged in Sabarmati Jail.According to police sources, the caller warned Yadav to stay away from the Salman…
