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School bus catches fire, children safe

PATNA, April 10 -- A private school bus carrying 17 children caught fire in Patna on Tuesday, but nobody was injured, police said. The CNG-operated bus, which had departed from DY Patil school, had r... Read More


Wanted Bihar gangster arrested

PATNA, April 9 -- A notorious gangster of North Bihar who hit the headlines for the 2005 abduction of a DPS student, Kislay Gupta, was arrested on Sunday from India-Nepal border, police said. The arr... Read More


Youth shot dead over IPL betting dispute

PATNA, April 9 -- An 18-year-old boy was shot dead by unidentified assailants at Maner police station area of rural Patna after he allegedly refused to pay up Rs 50,000 lost over betting on the Indian... Read More


Missing class 9 student found hanging in school

PATNA, April 7 -- A student of class nine, who had been missing for twenty-four hours, was found hanging from a window of the classroom on Saturday under mysterious circumstances in Samastipur distric... Read More


Rohini flouting model code, BJP tells EC

PATNA, April 7 -- Bihar BJP president and deputy chief minister Samrat Chaudhary on Saturday said the party has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against the alleged misuse of security p... Read More


CID to probe custodial death of BPSC aspirant in Bihar capital

PATNA, April 6 -- The probe into the alleged custodial death of a Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) aspirant was transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), as per a notification ... Read More


Bengal man arrested with 8,774 SIM cards

PATNA, April 6 -- Gopalganj police on Friday arrested three persons and seized 8,774 SIM cards of various telecom companies, Rs 18,800 Nepali currency and five cell phones. "In view of the impending ... Read More


45-yr-old dies in police custody at Sitamarhi, 2nd incident in a week

PATNA, April 5 -- A middle-aged man, who was caught with illegal liquor bottles, died mysteriously in police lock-up in Sitamarhi district late on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Jaiprakash K... Read More


India, Nepal beef up security along 831-km porous border in Bihar

PATNA, April 4 -- A multi-tier security arrangement has been put in place along the 831-km porous Indo-Nepal border across Madhubani, Araria, Supaul, Sitamarhi, Kishanganj, East and West Champaran dis... Read More


Bihar: BJP MLA gets extortion call; FIR registered, probe on

India, April 1 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Pawan Yadav on Monday lodged an FIR after receiving a phone call from an unidentified caller for an extortion amount of Rs.50 lakh and death threats ... Read More