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Farmers upset over govt's order to start sugarcane crushing season early

MUMBAI, Sept. 28 -- Concerned about a possible sugar shortage in the festive season, the Maharashtra government has decided to begin the sugar-crushing season from October 15, a fortnight earlier than... Read More


Rain kills 56, damages 1k houses in UP

Bhubaneswar, Sept. 28 -- A 71-year-old woman survived a two-hour drift through the crocodile-inhabited Birupa river in Kendrapara district of Odisha after losing her footing on its swollen banks on Su... Read More


Govt official accidentally falls from Greater Noida hotel, dies

Greater Noida, Sept. 28 -- A 63-year-old state government official from Lucknow died early on Saturday morning at a Greater Noida hotel allegedly after accidentally falling from the first floor, polic... Read More


fresh flooding alert in north bihar as gandak river rises again

PATNA, Sept. 28 -- A sharp surge in the Gandak river, driven by heavy rainfall over its catchment in Nepal, has raised the spectre of flooding along its course through north Bihar. The water resources... Read More


BJP set to retain candidates in 3 Council seats

PATNA, Sept. 28 -- The BJP is set to retain sitting candidates in three of the four constituencies allotted to it within the NDA for the October 23 elections to eight teacher and graduate constituenci... Read More


Crackdown in Banka: 3 arrested over viral harassment video

PATNA, Sept. 28 -- Banka police on Sunday arrested three men accused in connection with a viral video showing the harassment of a young woman at Mandar Hill in Bihar's Banka district, police said. The... Read More


CM dares Cong, RJD to prove deletions in SIR

PATNA, Sept. 28 -- Bihar chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Sunday rejected opposition allegations of irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, challenging Congress le... Read More


NDA partners back EC after statement

PATNA, Sept. 28 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI)'s statement denying allegations of an internal rift and clarifying its stand on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls seems ... Read More


WRD issues flood alert in N Bihar as Gandak surges to danger level

PATNA, Sept. 28 -- A sharp surge in the Gandak river, driven by heavy rainfall over its catchment in Nepal, has raised the spectre of flooding along its course through north Bihar. The water resources... Read More


Patna set for paperless building plan approvals under new draft by-laws

PATNA, Sept. 28 -- The long-drawn process of securing building plan approvals in the state capital is poised for a decisive overhaul and is set to turn largely paperless, if the cabinet accepts the fi... Read More