Category: PATNA

JD(U) MLC Neeraj Kumar on Monday slammed his alliance partner RJD MLA Ajay Yadav for his remarks that BJP will explode bombs in Ayodhya and blame Pakistanis backed militant organisations or Muslims to gain electorally in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The Chief Minister of Bihar, while explaining reservation on the basis of the caste census, unnecessarily brought population control in his speech in the Assembly and Council recently. The explanation by Nitish Kumar created a furore inside and outside the House.

Three persons -- two elderly women and a minor boy -- died and 14 others were injured in a stampede at a Durga Puja Pandal in Bihar's Gopalganj district on Monday evening, police said.

The incident took place in July in Sadar hospital where one Sulekha Devi was admitted after she developed labour pains. She delivered a healthy baby via C-section but the doctors left a piece of surgical sponge in her abdomen.

The majority of the casualties took place on Saturday evening when women went to various ghats to have holy bath on the festival of 'Jitiya', a local festival wherein mothers keeps fast for her children's well-being.

Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday asserted that the Prime Minister candidate of INDIA bloc will be selected post the Lok Sabha election.

Amid the ongoing efforts to finalise the name of the convenor of the 'INDIA’ bloc, the Janata Dal (United) has stepped up its pitch for naming Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar as the Opposition’s prime ministerial candidate in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

A man, who was released from jail five months ago and was involved in Bihar’s biggest gold loot, was gunned down by four bike-borne assailants in Vaishali, said officials on Monday.

A tribal woman in Bihar’s Munger district was kidnapped and gang raped by 6 persons, police said on Friday. The accused kidnapped the woman from Maoist-affected Haveli Kharagpur village and took her to an isolated place and sexually assaulted her.

She along with her husband Amit Kumar, former IAS officer KP Ramaiya were declared fugitive since the FIR was registered against them in Kotwali police station in Bhagalpur. 

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has said that the per capita income of Bihar is lower than its neighbours -- Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh.

In a written complaint, the victim's mother alleged that the accused from Siswania village under Saraiya police station came in a car and kidnapped her daughter on July 9.

The Mahagathbandhan government will soon complete one year in Bihar, but a discussion is already underway whether an alliance government or a full majority government is good for the people.

The incident took place in Singhpur village under the limits of Balia Balon police station and the victims were identified as Safad Zarin, her 8-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter.

Kajal Kumari, along with her husband, was on her way to Darjeeling for a honeymoon trip in the New Delhi-New Jalpaiguri Superfast train on July 28. The couple boarded the train from Muzaffarpur in Bihar.

A Bihar Military Police (BMP) jawan was lynched by his relative over property dispute in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Vipendra Kumar Singh.

The victim has been identified as Kishan Dev Chaurasia (45) and a 20-year-old girl. Chaurasia is a music teacher who plays harmonium in religious (Bhajan Kirtan) programmes in the district and also gives tuition to youngsters.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, who returned here from his US visit on Sunday, said that he, along with his RJD's chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, will do "surgery" of the BJP in the coming days.

The Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas on Sunday authorised party chief Chirag Paswan to take all decisions for the party. The decision was taken during the national Executive Committee meeting held in Patna on Sunday.

The incident took place at Lahri village under Alauli police station limitsa. Those who fell ill have been admitted to the primary health centre (PHC) in Alauli and the Sadar hospital in Khagaria.

The surprising incident occurred at Ganesh Dutt College in Begusarai which is affiliated to LNMU. The admit card was issued to a girl student named Aajhul Kumari, but the photograph on it was that of PM Modi.

In a bid to stop celebratory firing in the state, usually at weddings, the Bihar Police have come up with the plan seeking all people inform their local police stations about any marriage taking place in the family.

The BJP is celebrating 9 years 'Bemisal' of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and its lawmakers are going before the people to list the government's achievements. However, they are also facing some basic questions asked by the people.

National Conference (NC) working president Omar Abdullah on Friday accused the BJP government at the Centre for breaking the country and asked why democracy does not reach Jammu and Kashmir.

Ahead of the opposition meeting, Congress senior leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday appealed to his party leaders to stay united in a fight with the BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha polls, and that the BJP-RSS has 'Bharat Todo' ideology in contrast to Congress' 'Bharat Jodo' faith.