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Elderly farmer injured in bear attack in VTR

BETTIAH, Jan. 30 -- An elderly farmer Sukhal Mahato (60), was critically injured after being attacked by a bear in a forested area on the fringes of the Goverdhana forest range of the Valmiki Tiger Re... Read More


4 absentee govt teachers suspended

BETTIAH, Jan. 30 -- The West Champaran district education officer has suspended four teachers of Uchchtar Madhyamik Vidyalaya after they were found absent from the school despite having marked their a... Read More


Male tiger dies after coming into contact with live wire

BETTIAH, Jan. 29 -- A three-year-old male tiger allegedly died after coming into contact with a live electric wire illegally laid by a farmer to protect his wheat crop on the fringe of forested areas ... Read More


Infant 'sexually assaulted', worker held under POCSO

BETTIAH, Jan. 28 -- A one-half-year old daughter of a labourer was allegedly sexually assaulted by a migrant worker in Bihar's Gopalganj district on Monday evening, triggering outrage and sharp politi... Read More


Man arrested for throwing acid on woman in E Champaran

BETTIAH, Jan. 28 -- Patahi police on Monday evening arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly throwing acid on the face of a 21-year-old woman after she refused his proposal to enter into a love affair... Read More


E Champaran: 1 held for selling adulterated fuel

BETTIAH, Jan. 26 -- Bihar's Kalyanpur police arrested a man and seized 2,200 litres of alleged adulterated fuel being sold in villages across the district after mixing it with chemicals to increase it... Read More


Bihar govt set to run, revive 25 sugar mills

BETTIAH, Jan. 24 -- In line with its poll commitments, the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government has decided to run and revive 25 sugar mills. Bihar sugarcane industries minister Sanjay Paswan on Friday sai... Read More


Nitish rolls out Rs.853-cr works in Muzaffarpur, vows new plans

BETTIAH, Jan. 24 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday doled out projects worth Rs.853 crore through a wide range of inaugurations and laying of foundation stones in Muzaffarpur district duri... Read More


Two skeletons found at VTR in West Champaran

BETTIAH, Jan. 23 -- Laukaria police on Thursday recovered two skeletons from the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR), suspected to be of a 14-year-old girl and her 20-year-old girlfriend who had eloped in Sep... Read More


East Champaran admn proposes industrial hub on Bettiah Raj land

BETTIAH, Jan. 22 -- In a major push towards industrialisation in north Bihar, the East Champaran district administration has identified 1,506 acres of land belonging to the Bettiah Raj estate across m... Read More