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ODISHA: TOP MAOIST LEADER AMONG 6 KILLED IN ENCOUNTER

bHUBANESWAR, Dec. 26 -- Top Naxal leader Ganesh Uike, who carried a bounty of Rs.1.1 crore on his head, was among six red rebels killed in gun battles with security forces in Odisha's Kandhamal, polic... Read More


3-day Prakash Utsav begins at Takht Sahib

PATNA, Dec. 26 -- Members of the Sikh community on Thursday took out a 'Badi Prabhat Pheri' on the occasion of the 359th birth anniversary celebration (Prakash Utsav) of Sri Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj fr... Read More


BJP booth prez shot dead in Samastipur

SAMASTIPUR, Dec. 26 -- A BJP booth president was shot dead by gun-toting assailants in Bihar's Samastipur district on Wednesday evening, police said. The incident occurred at Shadipur Ghat, under the ... Read More


Minister dropped from list for asst prof appointment

PATNA, Dec. 26 -- In a new development, the joining of Bihar rural work minister Ashok Choudhary, who was recommended for the post of assistant professor in Pataliputra University last year in August ... Read More


Free from Naxalism, Kajra Hills now banks on solar plant, govt's development initiatives

LAKHISARAI / PATNA, Dec. 26 -- Shukadi Khoda, 26, has seen poverty, violence and exploitation by the Naxals in his early years. Today, for six to seven months a year, he is working on one job or the o... Read More


Temple theft: 3 suspects on police radar

BETTIAH, Dec. 26 -- Close on the heels of the arrest of Deepak Rai, an alleged key conspirator, Gopalganj police on Thursday said they have begun zeroing in on three other suspects and Rai's girlfrien... Read More


Nitish leads tributes to Vajpayee on birth anniv

Patna, Dec. 26 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and senior state BJP leaders on Thursday paid tributes to former prime minister, late Atal Bihar Vajpayee, on his 101st birth anniversary. Kumar, al... Read More


6 held with narcotics, Rs.12L cash recovered

PATNA, Dec. 26 -- Patna police on Thursday arrested six persons and recovered a large quantity of narcotics, a country-made pistol, three live cartridges, a pistol magazine, foreign liquor, cash, one ... Read More


Purnea: 250-yr-old observatory to get upgraded new look in '26

PURNEA, Dec. 26 -- One of the oldest observatories of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in the country, located in Purnea, is all set to get an upgraded new look next year, officials said. Onc... Read More


High courts must embody the principles of equality, says SC

New Delhi, Dec. 26 -- High courts must not only dispense justice by upholding equality and fairness in their judicial role but also embody those constitutional values in their own administrative funct... Read More