Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Fire at Patna hotel, five injured in melee

PATNA, July 29 -- Five persons suffered injuries and 15 persons were rescued after a major fire broke out at Mayfair hotel on Dak Bungalow roundabout under Kotwali police station here late Sunday nigh... Read More


RJD MLA Ritlal's wife under police radar for being partner in business

PATNA, July 29 -- Wife of gangster-turned politician and RJD MLA from Danapur, Ritlal Yadav, faces trouble for running businessman with her husband while being a school teacher in Patna. It might spel... Read More


Bihar launches renewable energy plan

PATNA, July 28 -- The Bihar government on Saturday formally launched the Bihar Policy of New and Renewable Energy Sources 2025 and Bihar Policy for Pumped Storage Project 2025 at an event held at the ... Read More


BJP deploys workers to boost women outreach

PATNA, July 28 -- After initiating programmes to reach out Dalits voters and over 30 million migrant voters across different states, BJP in a bid to woo women voters has started a programme to reach o... Read More


CBI court sends 1st JPSC chief to 2-year jail for Rs.13.56L pilferage

Ranchi, July 28 -- A special CBI court in Ranchi has sentenced the first chairman of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC), Dilip Prasad, to two years' imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs.1... Read More


Sanitation workers' panel soon in Bihar

PATNA, July 28 -- Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday announced the formation of Bihar State Safai Karmachari Commission, in yet another welfare initiative ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections i... Read More


woman killed by tenant in Gaya ji, probe on: Police

GAYA JI, July 28 -- A 55-year-old woman, a widow, was beaten to death allegedly by her tenant after tying her hands and feet in Gaya Ji district on Sunday, police said. Police said Chameli Devi was li... Read More


CAG flags state's rising public debt

PATNA, July 28 -- The public debt-GSDP (gross state domestic product) ratio of Bihar increased from 25.47% in 2019-20 to 32.78% in 2023-24, which indicates entailing risk in debt stabilisation, warns ... Read More


5-year-old raped and killed in Gaya Ji, minor accused held

GAYA JI, July 28 -- Four days after a similar incident in Gaya Ji district, a five-year-old girl was raped and strangled to death near a village under Dobhi police station in the district on Saturday ... Read More


Deputy CM Choudhary receives death threat with '24-hr ultimatum'

PATNA, July 28 -- Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary received a threat message, in which the sender warned he would be shot within 24 hours. The message, from an unknown number, was sent to the phone of one o... Read More