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Official in Bihar’s Madhubani goes missing, kidnapping case registered: Police
Published on Feb 06, 2023 04:26 PM IST
Rajesh Kumar Mishra, a DPO posted in Madhubani, mysteriously disappeared from Ahiyapur in Muzaffarpur

‘Speaking on someone else’s behalf’: Nitish Kumar on Upendra Kushwaha’s barbs
Chief minister Nitish Kumar was responding to Upendra Kushwaha’s open letter that called party leaders to meetings on February 19 and 20 to discuss what he has called a special deal between the JD-U and RJD

Published on Feb 06, 2023 04:19 PM IST
Section 144 imposed in Saran district after protests over youth’s murder: Police
Talking to HT, Saran SP Dr Gaurav Mangla said police have lodged three separate FIRs in connection with murder, arson and spreading rumours

Published on Feb 06, 2023 12:01 PM IST
Upset Kushwaha calls JD(U) workers’ meet
Janata Dal (United) leader Rajiv Ranjan rubbished Upendra Kushwaha’s claims as a figment of his imagination

Published on Feb 06, 2023 08:18 AM IST
Cabinet expansion is CM’s prerogative: State Cong chief
Deputy chief minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Thursday had dismissed the Congress’s claim that it would be getting additional berths in the cabinet, saying that there were no talks about chief minister Nitish Kumar going for any cabinet expansion.

Published on Feb 05, 2023 10:47 PM IST
Two more PFI activists held for conspiring to carry out targeted killings in Bihar
The duo was arrested during raids conducted at eight locations in a bid to disrupt a conspiracy hatched by PFI cadres to carry out targeted killing in East Champaran on Saturday.

Published on Feb 05, 2023 10:47 PM IST
Fraud allegations against Adani should be looked into: Nitish Kumar
Hindenburg Research in its report alleged that Adani Group engaged in brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud over the course of decades

Updated on Feb 05, 2023 04:28 PM IST
3 Vande Bharat Express trains to run via Bihar from April
Bihar has got a record allocation of ?8,505 crore in the railway budget for the fiscal 2023-24 and 87 stations will be redeveloped in the state, besides construction of new rail bridge parallel to Rajendra bridge between Mokama and Begusarai, an East Central Railway (ECR) official said, citing a statement by railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Published on Feb 04, 2023 10:38 PM IST
Avinash Kumar, Patna
Chakradhari Sharan Singh is new chief justice of Patna High Court
Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah have been appointed judges of the Supreme Court.

Published on Feb 04, 2023 10:32 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
57-yr-old case disposed after Aurangabad court finds all accused died long ago
The case had been pending due to non-appearance of the accused persons for 46 years and they were declared as absconders by police all these years

Published on Feb 04, 2023 05:27 PM IST
Bihar: Three PFI suspects detained in Phulwari Sharif related case
An official familiar with the matter said that two of the three suspected PFI activists, including one Riyaz Marif alias Babloo and Mohammad Yaqoob, were said to be active members of the banned outfit

Updated on Feb 04, 2023 01:16 PM IST
Chief secy probing IAS officer’s ‘abusive’ video
The IAS officer in question, additional chief secretary (excise & registration) KK Pathak, had expressed his “regret” on Thursday, a day after the video clip began circulating on social media.

Published on Feb 03, 2023 10:29 PM IST
Subhash Pathak, Patna
Actor Riya murder case: Man arrested from rural Patna
Patna SSP M S Dhillon said Sandip Singh, a resident of Ranchi, was arrested Thursday night from Fatehpur village in rural Patna, where he was attending last rites of a deceased relative.

Published on Feb 03, 2023 10:29 PM IST
Avinash Kumar, Patna
49 trains passing through Bihar cancelled from Feb 4-11 for maintenance works
These trains have been cancelled from February 4 till February 11 for maintenance work and the demolition of an old rail overbridge at Burdwan station in West Bengal, railway officials said.

Updated on Feb 03, 2023 10:29 PM IST
Avinash Kumar, Patna
‘Never demanded’: Tejashwi rules out speculations about Bihar Cabinet expansion
Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav said his party RJD has never demanded more cabinet berths and added that he is not aware if the Congress has done so

Updated on Feb 03, 2023 03:24 PM IST
Top Bihar IAS officer faces police case after ‘abusive’ video clip surfaces
A purported video clip of the incident, which some officials dated to November last year, has been circulating on social media since Wednesday.

Published on Feb 02, 2023 10:07 PM IST
Avinash Kumar, Patna
Revised central devolution estimates lend room for Bihar budget to swell
The budget size could increase by 5-7% compared to the current budget size of ?2.37 lakh crore, they said, adding that education, rural development, health and agriculture would be the focus areas.

Updated on Feb 02, 2023 10:06 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Top Bihar IAS officer faces police case as ‘abusive’ video clip surfaces
The Bihar Administrative Services Association (BASA) has demanded top IAS officer K K Pathak’s removal from his posts and announced that its members will wear black badges at work on Friday

Updated on Feb 02, 2023 08:15 PM IST
Village headman shot 6 times in Bihar’s Begusarai, killed: Police
The villagers in Begusarai district kept the Mukhiya’s body on the National Highway and blocked vehicular traffic, demanding arrest of the criminals

Updated on Feb 02, 2023 05:38 PM IST
BSCRPC to recommend action against exploiting minor girls for shows, processions
The Bihar State Child Rights Protection Commission (BSCRPC) said it had particularly noticed several reports of exploitation of young girls during weddings in and around the state Capital Patna

Updated on Feb 02, 2023 01:36 PM IST
BSEB intermediate exams begin amid tight security, 68 examinees expelled on Day 1
Despite tight security arrangements, as many as 68 examinees were expelled in the state for using unfair means during the exam while two impersonators were caught in Bihar’s Supaul district.

Published on Feb 01, 2023 10:32 PM IST
Two labourers injured after under-construction bridge collapses in Bihar’s Purnia
Executive engineer Ramu Ramu Prasad, who reached the site late Tuesday evening, alleged that the contractor violated the guidelines being issued to him regarding the construction of the bridge

Published on Feb 01, 2023 05:31 PM IST
Enrollment of differently-abled children increased in Bihar govt schools: Report
The BEPC report mentioned that among the districts, Gaya witnessed the highest number of enrollment of children with special needs. 8,311 special children in Gaya district joined schools under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, while in Patna, 7,820 such children were enrolled, according to the report

Published on Feb 01, 2023 01:35 PM IST
Gaya: Four police personnel including SHO injured in alleged liquor mafia attack
According to police sources, the attack was engineered by people allegedly involved in making spurious liquor

Published on Feb 01, 2023 12:04 PM IST
Chirag Paswan mocks Nitish Kumar over ‘won’t join hands with BJP' remark
Speaking to reporters in Parliament complex, Paswan said Kumar can't be trusted as he has repeatedly "used" parties and people in pursuit of power and had dumped the RJD, his current ally, and the BJP earlier too by making similar assertion of never tying up with them again.

Published on Jan 31, 2023 10:49 PM IST
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Nitish unable to act on his own, I want my share: Kushwaha
The former union minister said it was true that Nitish Kumar made him the parliamentary board chairman and amended the party constitution to make such a provision, but it was made meaningless and reduced to a mere “jhunjhuna (a child’s rattle)” by the way he was treated

Published on Jan 31, 2023 10:02 PM IST
Arun Kumar, Patna
Five ‘sadhus’ from UP town held in Nawada, herbal ‘remedies’ seized
SP Ambrish Rahul told HT that the locals saw six men, all dressed in saffron robes, alighting from a passenger train at Chatar railway halt and asking people for alms

Updated on Jan 31, 2023 10:02 PM IST
Avinash Kumar, Patna
Kushwaha says Nitish Kumar gave him position without power, ignored suggestions
He said he also respects Kumar and therefore wanted the chief minister to be alert and handle things well or else the party will be damaged

Updated on Jan 31, 2023 04:28 PM IST
Bihar university ex-professor, wife found dead at their residence in Arrah
Police said that they found CCTV footage of three persons going towards the professor’s house on Monday evening and suspect them to be behind the alleged murder as two of them had their faces covered

Updated on Jan 31, 2023 01:17 PM IST
Youth allegedly shot dead by three bike-borne men in Patna
The 18-year-old victim was rushed to the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) where he succumbed to his injuries, police said

Published on Jan 31, 2023 10:33 AM IST