NEW DELHI: At least 43 people, including 37 children, drowned and three others went missing while taking a holy dip in rivers and ponds in separate incidents during the ‘Jivitputrika’ festival in Bihar, the state govt said in a statement on Thursday.The incidents occurred in 15 districts of the state during the festival held on…
NEW DELHI: Janata Dal United (JDU) leader Neeraj Kumar on Saturday criticised the Assam government‘s decision to end the practice of a two-hour adjournment for Jumma prayers in the state assembly. He claimed that the decision, which was unanimously taken by Hindu and Muslim MLAs, undermines religious beliefs and suggests that the Assam chief minister…
Ajay Kumar was shot dead by the unidentified armed assailants near his house PATNA: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former general secretary of Bajrangpuri Mandal, Ajay Kumar alias Ajay Sah (50) was shot dead by the unidentified armed assailants near his house at Bajrangpuri area in Patna City on late Tuesday night.The incident…
A viral video from Patna’s Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport shows an intense confrontation between a cobra and mongooses on the runway. NEW DELHI: A video showing an intense fight between a cobra and mongooses has gone viral on social media. The incident is reported to be from Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport in Patna,…
PATNA: Political strategist-turned activist Prashant Kishor has said that the people of Bihar are fed up with the JD(U), BJP and RJD and on October 2, they will float a new political party to end this ‘vicious cycle’. Prashant Kishor was speaking in Patna after a function of the ‘Jan Suraaj’ campaign he had launched…
PATNA: The body of a Class VIII student, with his private part chopped off, was recovered from an orchard behind his house in Begusarai district on Thursday morning. The student was allegedly strangled with a rope and his private part was cut off. The family members alleged that the boy was killed by a local…
NEW DELHI: A five-year-old nursery student brought a handgun to school and opened fire on a classmate, injuring a Class 3 student. The incident took place on Wednesday, with the ten-year-old victim sustaining an injury to his arm.According to Superintendent of Police Shaishav Yadav, “The student fired at a 10-year-old boy, who studies in the…
The Union Budget allocated Rs 11,500 crore for harnessing the waters of the Kosi river in Bihar. In addition, Bihar received infrastructure projects including expressways, a bridge, power plant, and more PATNA: The Union Budget, presented on Tuesday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, made a provision of Rs 11,500 crore for harnessing and utilizing the…
PATNA: Voting began for eight Lok Sabha seats in Bihar amid tight security on Saturday morning, an official from the office of the state’s chief electoral officer (CEO) said.The polling began at 7 am in Valmikinagar, Pashchim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Sheohar, Siwan, Gopalganj, Maharajganj and Vaishali constituencies. It would continue till 6 pm, he said.Over…
PATNA: Two persons lost their lives when a boat overturned in the Ganga River near Mahavir Tola ghat at Maner, located in the Patna district on Sunday morning.The boat was carrying a total of 12 passengers, all of whom were farmers carrying their vegetables from the Diyara area to Mahavir tola. According to the Police…
