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Patna: Security forces have destroyed opium crops in 620 acres of land in three districts of Bihar in the past one year, an official of state police said on Tuesday. Farming of opium in Naxal-affected districts of Jamui, Aurangabad and Gaya Ji is turning out to be a major source of revenue generation for the […]
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New Delhi: Two newly-elected Rajya Sabha members Ravichandra Vaddiraju and Aneel Prasad Hegde from Telangana and Bihar took oath on Monday. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu administered the oath to both the members of Rajya Sabha in his chamber. Vaddiraju and Hegde were elected as members of Rajya Sabha in the bye-election from Telangana […]
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Siddipet: Two migrant labourers, who were working in a local company were drowned in a check dam at Nacharam in Wargal Mandal on Sunday evening. The victims were Om Prakash and (27) and Surendar (28). According to locals, the two labourers from Bihar went deep into the check swimming but could not swim back. The […]
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Warangal: Inavolu police arrested a three-member interstate cybercrime gang and recovered Rs 10.07 lakh cash from them, said Warangal Police Commissioner Dr Tarun Joshi here on Thursday. The arrested were Manoj Jaiswal, Gnanendra Yadav of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh and Raj Kumar of Warisaliganj in Bihar. He said that the gang had cheated one Bontha […]
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Patna: After going viral on the internet, the video of a girl wearing school uniform walking one kilometer on one leg to reach her school in Jamui district of Bihar, got noticed by actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood. The girl’s leg had to be amputated after an unfortunate accident, reported a local media outlet, yet […]
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Nizamabad: A bus carrying 38 pilgrims from Nizamabad was hit by a lorry from the rear side on NH-19 near Son Plaza Hotel in Aurangabad district of Bihar on Tuesday night. While a woman died, 25 others are said to have sustained injuries. About 38 persons from Velmal, Dattapur, Talaveda and Donkeshwar in Nizamabad district […]
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Nizamabad: A bus carrying 38 pilgrims from Nizamabad was hit by a lorry from the rear side on NH-19 near Son Plaza Hotel in Aurangabad district of Bihar on Tuesday night. While a woman died, 25 others are said to have sustained injuries. About 38 persons from Velmal, Dattapur, Talaveda and Donkeshwar in Nizamabad district […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana’s demand for caste-based census has just got strengthened with Bihar joining the chorus. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday initiated efforts to hold an all-party meeting on caste-based census, which has become a highly emotive issue in the State. Telangana was probably the first State to have the Assembly pass a resolution […]
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Patna: Eight labourers died and eight others were injured after a truck laden with pipes overturned in Bihar’s Purnea district on Monday morning. The accident occurred at the Kali temple under the Jalalgarh police station on the Siliguri-Delhi four lane National Highway 57 at 3.30 a.m. Surendra Kumar Saroj, SDPO of Purnea (Sadar) told IANS […]
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By Arun Sinha Prashant Kishor, who won great fame as an election strategist in the past eight years, has sprung a surprise on the nation: he would no longer be an election strategist but a ‘political activist’. That is a significant turn in his career, but whether that will mark a significant turn in Indian […]
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Hyderabad: Industry body FTCCI said the one-time settlement scheme (OTS) announced by the Telangana government will help release manpower engaged in legacy issues and allow more time for GST related issues. It also allows closure to litigations and at the same time effect early recoveries of tax dues. The State government on Monday announced ‘one-time […]
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Patna: Ace poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Thursday put paid to speculations of him floating a new political platform stating that he is set to embark on a 3000 km ‘padyatra’ that will start from Mahatma Gandhi’s ashram in Bihar’s Champaran on October 2. He said he will launch a ‘Jan Surraj’ (Good Governance) campaign […]
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Mancherial: Authorities of district headquarters hospital and a voluntary organization jointly performed final rites of a daily wage earner of Uttar Pradesh whose body was abandoned in a government hospital here on Sunday evening. The body of Mothi Shah was left at a mortuary of the hospital when his brother was unable to pay charges […]
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Patna: Acknowledging power shortage across the state, Bihar’s Power Minister, Bijendra Prasad Yadav assured on Thursday that a power shortage of around 1000 Megawatt (MW) power will be resolved in a day or two. “A power supply shortage of around 1000MW is presently going on in the state and it will be resolved in a […]
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Hyderabad: It is not just the victims in cybercrime cases who are finding their purses getting thinner. Cops investigating a majority of cybercrime cases are seeing their budgets being wiped out faster than ever. The increase in cybercrime cases, officials say, is costing a bomb to the police with huge amounts being spent for identifying […]
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Patna: The Iftar party, hosted by the RJD at the official residence of former Chief Minister Rabri Devi on Friday, attracted attention of every political party in the state. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, accepting the invitation sent to him by Rabri Devi, and her sons Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav, walked from his 7 […]
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Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Cybercrime police arrested a Bihar native on charges of harassing and threatening a woman from Abdullapurmet on social media. The suspect, Mohd Israel, a construction worker and resident of Abdullapurmet and the woman, who works at a local market, were allegedly in an extramarital relationship. Police said the suspect often pressurized the […]
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Sheohar: A person hailing from Bihar’s Sheohar district has come up with a unique protest against the fuel price hike across the country by riding a horse while going to work. The man, who works with the state electricity department, collected electricity bills from people while riding a horse from one village to another, instead […]
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Sushil Kumar, SP of Lakhisarai, confirmed the incident. He told IANS that the bomb exploded in Walipur village under Piparia police station around 7 a.m. in the morning.
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Patna: A cargo ship carrying 18 trucks sank in the river Ganga in Bihar’s Katihar district. The incident happened on Thursday night. The ship was on its way from Jharkhand’s Sahibganj to Manihari in Katihar district. Ansar Ali, one of the employees of the cargo ship, managed to swim out from the river after the […]
