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Bihar govt to acquire 50 acres in Sitamarhi for Sita temple
Published on Mar 19, 2024 09:18 AM IST
Sitamarhi in north Bihar is considered to be the birthplace of Goddess Sita.
HT News Desk, New Delhi
Bihar road accident: 7 dead in tractor, car collision
The impact of the collision was such that both the SUV and the tractor suffered heavy damage and all seven persons died on the spot
Published on Mar 18, 2024 10:33 AM IST
Bihar: 60 children fall sick after eating midday meal, school refutes allegations
School headmaster Abhinandan Rishidev alleged that the children of only one locality fell ill as they had eaten at a local village feast
Published on Mar 14, 2024 03:47 PM IST
Two arrested for robbing Thailand tourists in Bihar’s Gaya district: Police
The Royal Thai Consulate General in Kolkata had written a strongly worded letter to Gaya DM demanding safety and security of Thai and foreign pilgrims, especially women and the elderly
Published on Mar 14, 2024 11:46 AM IST
2024 general elections: AIMIM to contest on 11 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar
The party will field candidates in Darbhanga, Bhagalpur, Karakat, Buxar, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Ujiyarpur besides Seemanchal’s four seats – Purnea, Katihar, Araria and Kishanganj
Published on Mar 13, 2024 03:40 PM IST
Bihar education department sounds alert after detecting 20 lakh ‘ghost students’
The names of around 23.97 lakh students were removed from the registers of Bihar schools in 2023-24 for remaining consistently absent and of them only 3.98 lakh students sought readmission
Published on Mar 13, 2024 01:26 PM IST
Four killed after speeding truck runs over bike in Patna: Police
They were going to attend a wedding at Chakand market of the district when a speeding truck from the opposite direction ran over them
Published on Mar 12, 2024 03:14 PM IST
Over ₹13 lakh looted from two SBI kiosks in E Champaran: Police
The exact amount looted from the ATM has not been known. Bank authorities are still working on it, police said
Published on Mar 09, 2024 05:45 PM IST
MLC polls: RJD to contest four seats, CPI-ML(L) one
Former chief minister Rabri Devi, former minister Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Urmila Thakur and Syed Faisal Ali will be the RJD candidates while Shashi Yadav will be the CPI-ML (Liberation) nominee, according to the list issued by RJD state president Jagdanand Singh on Friday.
Published on Mar 08, 2024 10:05 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Rabri Devi, Abdul Bari Siddiqui likely to be RJD candidates for MLC election
Former Bihar minister Abdul Bari Siddiqui declined to comment on buzz about his nomination as a RJD candidate for the legislative council election
Published on Mar 07, 2024 07:04 PM IST
Bihar BJP Lok Sabha nominees discussed; final call post central poll panel nod
A BJP leader said the late induction of the Janata Dal-United or JD(U) into the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) could limit the prospects for other allies
Published on Mar 07, 2024 02:40 PM IST
LS polls looming, Nitish leaves for 5-day UK visit
On Sunday, former minister and Rajya Sabha member-elect Sanjay Jha had announced that CM would be visiting Scotland in the UK to see the science city and meet the select group of businessmen
Published on Mar 06, 2024 10:21 PM IST
Subhash Pathak, Patna
Micro light aircraft of Officers’ Training Academy in Gaya makes emergency landing
Police said the crash took place in fields adjoining Kanchanpur village under Bodh Gaya block, when the pilots tried to make an emergency landing
Published on Mar 05, 2024 10:49 AM IST
Bihar: Unable to repay loan, elderly couple dies by suicide
Police suspect that the couple took the extreme step due to repeated calls from the lenders and an investigation is underway
Updated on Mar 04, 2024 04:18 PM IST
K K Pathak seeks Delhi deputation, nod likely
Pathak, who was only recently praised by chief minister Nitish Kumar as an “honest officer”, has courted numerous controversies in his less than a year of his stint in the education department.
Updated on Feb 29, 2024 10:00 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
In Bihar, V-Cs issued show cause notices for skipping bureaucrat’s meeting
The meeting notice from Bihar’s Raj Bhavan was sent hours after the education department criticised top university officials for skipping a meeting
Published on Feb 29, 2024 06:03 PM IST
Bihar to have stricter laws to check crime, graft; bills tabled in Assembly
The drafts of two new Bills- Bihar Control of Crime Bill and Public Security Enforcement Bill-- were passed by the state cabinet on Tuesday
Published on Feb 28, 2024 07:17 PM IST
Setback for Opposition after 3 Congress, RJD MLAs sit with NDA in Bihar assembly
The three MLAs, two of the Congress and one of the RJD, who shifted to the treasury side have not made a formal announcement about changing their party
Updated on Feb 27, 2024 09:24 PM IST
ED conducts searches at three locations of former RJD MLA in PMLA case
Separate teams of the central agency first arrived at the ex-RJD MLA’s house located at Agiaon village in Bhojpur and then later at his wife’s official residence
Published on Feb 27, 2024 05:31 PM IST
Bihar: 1 killed after Tejashwi Yadav’s escort convoy collides with car in accident
The homeguard jawan, a resident of Madhubani locality in Purnea town area, who was driving the escort Jeep died on the spot
Published on Feb 27, 2024 11:16 AM IST
Bihar: 9 dead in multiple collisions on national highway
The bodies were sent to Bhabua district hospital for postmortem examination, Mohania SHO Awadhesh Kumar said
Published on Feb 26, 2024 11:42 AM IST
In a first for Bihar, CUSB in UGC’s Category 1 list
For the CUSB, which was set up in 2009 and received the highest ‘A++’ rating from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in June 2023, it is another feather in the cap in a state where state universities are mostly unaccredited and struggling with late sessions and poor performance.
Updated on Feb 23, 2024 09:35 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Bihar: Bike-borne criminals loot ₹12 lakh from bank employees, one arrested
Villagers rushed to the site of the incident and saw an injured robber hiding in a maize farm. They nabbed him and handed him over to the police
Updated on Feb 23, 2024 02:03 PM IST
Bihar woman ASI suspended for allegedly taking bribe from rape survivor
District superintendent of police (SP) Upendranath Verma said that Kumari was suspended based on the probe report submitted by the sub-divisional police officer (SDPO), adding that further investigation is underway
Published on Feb 22, 2024 01:26 PM IST
Bihar dusts off 2007 policy, no more +2 in colleges
Intermediate education will now be imparted only in higher secondary schools from the new session starting April 1, 2024.
Published on Feb 21, 2024 09:36 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Bihar: Nine killed, six injured in road accident in Lakhisarai
Police suspect the incident occurred when the truck driver lost control and rammed into the auto-rickshaw, carrying 14 passengers, that was coming from the opposite direction
Published on Feb 21, 2024 10:40 AM IST
Six candidates unanimously elected to Rajya Sabha from Bihar
Two seats have gone to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) each, while one each went to the Janata Dal (United) (JD-U) and the Congress after scrutiny of applications
Published on Feb 20, 2024 05:35 PM IST
Ex-Bihar minister who flagged corruption in department in 2022 throws a challenge
As Bihar’s agriculture minister, Sudhakar Singh in 2022 described officials in the agriculture department as thieves and flagged poor implementation of plans as a key concern
Updated on Feb 20, 2024 03:12 PM IST
Over 40 injured in communal clashes across Bihar during Saraswati idol immersion
Officials said that internet services were suspended in Darbhanga district on Saturday for 48 hours following violence and continuing tension between the two communities since Wednesday
Updated on Feb 17, 2024 08:16 PM IST
3 Bihar teens hire cab driver, kill him in Madhubani after watching video; caught
The three students of classes 8, 9 and 11, told the police that the murder was inspired by a YouTube video clip of a crime that they had seen and were trying to replicate
Published on Feb 16, 2024 04:41 PM IST