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…
The aircraft was returning from Darbhanga after delivering relief supplies, a senior police officer said. NEW DELHI: An IAF helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in Bihar‘s Muzaffarpur district on Wednesday due to a technical issue.The Advanced Light Helicopter was returning from Darbhanga after delivering relief supplies, a senior police officer said.“The helicopter…
As many as 19 members of the Christian community, including 11 women, have been arrested in Bihar’s Kaimur district for distributing religious literature among students of two government-run schools without taking permission from the headmasters concerned.Police said 17 of the arrested persons were from Telangana. Three four-wheelers, a bike and religious literature, including Bibles, photos…
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…
