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Cases against stand-up comedians annulled

New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- The Supreme Court on Friday quashed criminal proceedings against comedian Samay Raina and four other comedians over insensitive remarks concerning persons with disabilities on th... Read More


HC refers MBBS impersonation case to division bench

PATNA, Aug. 15 -- The Patna high court referred the case of an MBBS student expelled for allegedly having a fellow student impersonate him in an examination to a division bench. The court found its ow... Read More


19 personnel get police medals

PATNA, Aug. 15 -- On the eve of Independence Day, 19 personnel of the Bihar Police received police medals in recognition of gallantry, distinguished, and meritorious services. One police inspector was... Read More


Four farmers, including man and son, die of asphyxia in a village well

GAYAJI, Aug. 15 -- Four farmers, including a father and son, died from suffocation due to toxic gas inside a well in Garh Karmouni village, under the Dobhi police station area of Gaya district on Frid... Read More


Purnea maintains midnight hoisting of tiranga since '47

PURNEA, Aug. 15 -- The "Jhanda chowk," located in the heart of Purnea town, was all set to unfurl the tricolour at the stroke of midnight (00:01 hrs) on August 15, about seven hours before it is unfur... Read More


Bihar offers free land to oil firms to set up CBG plants

PATNA, Aug. 15 -- The Bihar government has turned to major oil companies to facilitate large-scale production of compressed biogas (CBG) by offering them free land in four cities after years of modest... Read More


Quick police action helped reduce communal tension

PATNA, Aug. 15 -- Compared to last year, Bihar has witnessed a decline of 10 per cent in murder cases, 31 per cent in robberies and 19 per cent in rioting," the Bihar Home Department said on Friday. T... Read More


A baker who discovered Gurugram's sweet side

Gurugram, Aug. 15 -- When Nisha Yadav moved to Gurugram from a laid-back life in Goa, it wasn't the city's skyline that left an impression on her. It was the pace. She discovered that Gurugram moved w... Read More


A photo project explores how the Partition reshaped families in Punjab's villages along the border

New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- On photographer Taha Ahmad's website, three-four geopolitical maps of the Indian subcontinent appear. They feature scribbles by schoolchildren of Preet Nagar, a village in Punjab... Read More


Congress accepted India's division for sake of power: BJP president Nitin Nabin

India, Aug. 15 -- Targeting the Congress over the Partition of India, BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Friday accused the party's leadership of accepting the country's division for the sake of po... Read More