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BAU bags patent for breakthrough saffron propagation technology

BHAGALPUR, Jan. 16 -- In a major achievement for agricultural biotechnology, a team of scientists from Bihar Agricultural University (BAU), Sabour, has been granted a patent for an innovative inventio... Read More


Bihar: Bullet found in postmortem of Class 11 girl; cops probe 'unnatural death'

India, Jan. 15 -- Police in Bihar's Supaul district have launched an investigation into the mysterious death of a 16-year-old girl who was found dead in her room on Tuesday evening. Her family members... Read More


Nagar Parishad chairperson alleged to be Nepali citizen, deleted from vote rolls

SUPAUL, Jan. 11 -- In a complaint lodged by ex-pramukh Triveniganj block Yogendra Yadav, a resident of Triveniganj Nagar Parishad in Supaul, and the subsequent investigation by the Sub-Divisional Offi... Read More


Two women killed in road accident

KATIHAR, Jan. 11 -- Two women were killed and three others, including the auto driver, were injured when the auto-rickshaw they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck in Katihar district la... Read More


SI mowed down by speeding truck in Banka

BANKA, Jan. 9 -- A police sub-inspector (SI) was crushed to death by a speeding truck while discharging his duty in Bihar's Banka district late Wednesday night, police said. The incident occurred at D... Read More


SI mowed down by speeding truck in Banka

BANKA, Jan. 9 -- A police sub-inspector (SI) was crushed to death by a speeding truck while discharging his duty in Bihar's Banka district late Wednesday night, police said. The incident occurred at D... Read More


Pistol missing after being deposited at PS in Katihar dist

KATIHAR, Jan. 9 -- A licensed pistol deposited at the police station in Bihar's Katihar during last year's assembly elections went missing mysteriously, officials said According to the press release i... Read More


6 of bike-lifters' gang held

PURNEA, Jan. 8 -- An inter-district bike-lifting gang was busted with the arrest of six members on Wednesday in Purnea, police said. Purnea SP Sweety Sahrawat said a sudden surge in bike-lifting incid... Read More


Araria woman reunites with her trafficked son after 13 yrs

ARARIA, Jan. 7 -- A 55-year-old woman from Bihar's Araria district was reunited with her son after 13 years, after he was allegedly trafficked by a human trafficking racket, officials said. The son's ... Read More


15-kg Hanuman idol, donation box, bell stolen from temple in Madhepura distt

MADHEPURA, Jan. 7 -- A two-foot-high and around 15-kg Ashtadhatu (mixed metals) idol, a donation box and a temple bell were stolen from an under-construction Lord Hanuman temple in Bihar's Madhepura d... Read More