A trader in Patna seeking divorce from his wife was arrested and had to spend a night in a police lock-up due to a Bihar cop’s poor English. The police officer mistook the word ‘warrant’ to an arrest warrant and put the man behind bars. However, the ‘warrant’ written on top of[Read More…]
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Ground Report: Bihar’s premier hospital (PMCH) to have super-speciality facility is a distant dream
Since last year, Bihar’s premier government hospital, the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) has become a priority for state government as many announcements, declarations with an installation of medical equipment have taken place. The above mentioned proclamations are as follows: PMCH to become a seven-storey hospital which will be[Read More…]
Air Pollution: Bihar’s Muzaffarpur and Patna among the most polluted cities in India
In a fresh report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) released for Wednesday 21st November, Muzaffarpur is been marked as the most polluted city among all. The figures released by the CPCB were for all cities of India and just not Bihar. The cities with severe air quality were:[Read More…]
Bihar: High-tech sex racket busted in the state capital
The Patna police on an anonymous tip conducted a raid on Exhibition Road and busted an online sex racket. The raid took place at an area that falls under the jurisdiction of Gandhi Ground Police station resulted in arrested three people. Amongst the three arrested, Sanwarmal Berwa belongs to Rajasthan[Read More…]
Patna University Students’ Union election on December 5
Patna University PUSU Election: PUSU election 2018-19 date has been announced. Patna University Students’ Union Election will be held in the first week of December. According to the official election schedule, the Patna University students’ union poll 2018-19 will be held on December. Students from 10 colleges and 45 post[Read More…]
Upendra Kushwaha ready to quit NDA; waiting for BJP’s response
Patna: Rashtriya Lok Samata Party chief and Union Cabinet minister Upendra Kushwaha is all set to quit National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over the seat sharing issue for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls 2019. Kushwaha who is also the minister of state in the Human Resource Department is waiting for the[Read More…]
Bihar: Tejaswi Yadav alleges CM Nitish Kumar of snooping
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejaswi Yadav accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of snooping. Tejaswi has tweeted about the breach of privacy on Thursday. In a tweet, Tejaswi launched the attack against Nitish Kumar and said, “Is this Nitish Ji’s paranoia for[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: Court orders to seize the property of Brajesh Thakur’s wife
Muzaffarpur: The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court has ordered to seize the property of the main accused Brajesh Thakur’s wife, in the Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case. The continuous hearing is going on in this case and the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday has summoned Bihar Chief Secretary and Director General[Read More…]
Prashant Kishor’s attempt to connect youth and students wing of JDU lacks basic homework
New Delhi: Janata Dal-United national vice president Prashant Kishor (PK) soon after assuming the chair clears his priority and immediately held a meeting with the students and youth organisations leaders at the party headquarter in Patna. It is a welcome move and will be helpful in reviving the Chhatra Janata[Read More…]
Bihar: Woman Police dies; Agitating Policemen creates ruckus
Patna: Bihar Police personal creates mayhem after a woman police constable dies. She allegedly requested for a sick leave earlier but denied by the department. Agitating Police personals surrounded the residence of Police Commandant Mohammad Masruddin and create a ruckus in his office. Police fired ten rounds to control the mayhem of[Read More…]
Meet Matuk Nath, a 65-year-old retired Love Guru who wants to marry again
65-year-old Love Guru from Patna, Matuknath Choudhary, who retired as head of Hindi postgraduate department at B N College in Patna University (PU) on Wednesday, wishes to get married again. Matuknath, who had married his 30 year younger student Julie in 2006 but divorced last year, was given a grand[Read More…]
Sub-Inspector Mains Exam Result repealed, results to be announced afresh
Bihar: The result of the mains exam for Police Recruitment has been repealed and will be announced afresh. The Patna High Court has declared the mains exam illegal. The High Court had earlier put a stay on the final result of the recruitment process. On Wednesday, Justice Shivaji Pandey accepted the writ[Read More…]
SC collegium recommends elevation of four judges to top court
New Delhi: The Supreme court collegium is understood to have recommended the elevation of the Chief Justices of Patna, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Tripura high courts as judges of the Supreme Court. The four Chief Justices who have been recommended for elevation to the top court include Justice M.R. Shah,[Read More…]
Bachendri Pal travels through Ganga to reach Patna from Haridwar
Indian mountaineer and the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, Bachendri Pal took the river Ganga route to travel from Haridwar to Patna. Accompanied by a 40-member team, she travelled 2,000 kilometers to reach Patna on Sunday. After participating in the Ganga Aarti on October 05,[Read More…]
Residents in Patna attacked by people with hockey sticks, iron rods
A group clash in Patna’s Rajendra Nagar erupted on Sunday evening over a trivial issue following police raids in the locality. A group of people from Sahni Mohalla came laced with hockey sticks, iron rods, and other weapons to attack the residents of Rajendra Nagar road no 10, that is[Read More…]
Bihar: Hungry pig runs away with 2-day-old baby from hospital
Patna: In a horrifying incident, a pig was spotted carrying a newborn infant in its jaws at the Sadar hospital at Saharsa district, Bihar, on Wednesday. According to the reports, stray pig entered the hospital with a baby’s body lying in a compound adjacent to the hospital premises. While people[Read More…]
Four died, 30 injured after passenger bus fell into ditch in Patna
In a fatal incident, four dead and 30 sustained severe injury after a passenger-laden bus fell into a ditch in Patna. More people are expected to be buried under the bus. The bus had departed from Mithapur bus stand and was heading towards Rosda. The accident occurred near the Agakkunia[Read More…]
CPI to hold massive rally in Patna on October 25, claims support of opposition parties
In view of Lok Sabha elections 2019 and to ensure the defeat of BJP-led NDA in polls, several national leaders of the Left and other like-minded parties will participate in the state-level Communist Party of India (CPI) rally ‘Bhajpa Bhagao, Desh Bachao’ to be held Patna at Gandhi Maidan on[Read More…]
Bihar: BMP constable shoots himself in Patna
In a horrific incident, a constable of Bihar Military Police (BMP) reportedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his own service rifle on Tuesday in Patna. Soon after the incident, police reached the spot including senior officials. While searching the crime spot, a Carbide was recovered from the site. The[Read More…]
Bihar: JDU and BJP have sealed seat-sharing deal, tells JDU spokesperson Sanjay Singh
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) have sealed a seat-sharing deal in Bihar for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The agreement will be formally announced soon, said JDU spokesperson Sanjay Singh on Tuesday in Patna. Earlier, there were disagreements over the seat-sharing between[Read More…]
Sushil Modi encourages students for innovation; promises 10% reservation to start-ups
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi urged IIT students to do new researches in the field of education, health, and agriculture so that they can solve problems of these areas under ‘Solve for Bihar’ and ‘SOLVE FOR INDIA’ scheme. He also announced a reservation of 10 per cent to the[Read More…]
Arjun Kapoor delighted to shoot in Patna
Mumbai: Actor Arjun Kapoor was in Patna for more than a fortnight in September shooting for Rajkumar Gupta’s “Indias Most Wanted”. He says he had the time of his life. “I feel proud that as a mainstream Bollywood actor, I was one of the first to make that journey to[Read More…]
Bihar: Woman gang raped while taking bath in Ganga, 2 arrested
Patna, Oct 3 (IANS) A woman in Bihar was gang raped on the banks of the Ganga river when she had gone for a bath two days back. Police said on Wednesday that they have arrested the two accused who recorded the crime and even posted it on the social[Read More…]
BIHAR: Patna sub-judge court orders auctioning of ‘Sinchai Bhawan’
Bihar state government’s secretariat (Sinchai Bhawan) structure is announced to be sold in an auctioned. A Patna Sub-Judge court has ordered to attach the Sinchai Bhawan building for auctioning and make the payment to the petitioner Mohan Kumar Khandelwal, whose payment was due for the last seven years and it[Read More…]
Rail, road traffic hit in Bihar; slogans raised against PM Modi, CM Nitish Kumar
In Bihar, Opposition parties took to streets early Monday morning to stage protests in wake of the Bharat Bandh. Over a dozen long route trains were halted at Patna, Gaya, Bhojpur, Jehanabad, Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur railway stations, reported news agency IANS. The shutdown is being supported by the opposition Rashtriya[Read More…]