Patna: A journalist was shot dead by unidentified people in Araria district of Bihar early on Friday, police said. Vimal Kumar Yadav (35), who worked for a Hindi daily, was killed at his residence in Premnagar village. “The assailants knocked at the gates of Yadav’s house around 5.30 am and opened fire as soon as he opened the gates,” the Bihar Police tweeted. […]
» Read moreEleven policemen, including two station house officers, were suspended and a Deputy Superintendent of Police was served show-cause notice on Monday for sending a minor, who refused to give them free vegetables, to jail. The action came after a three-member inquiry team headed by Inspector General of Police, Patna, Nayyar Husnain Khan, submitted its report to the police headquarters on […]
» Read moreTwo journalists died on the spot as a SUV (sports utility vehicle) rammed their bike in Bhojpur district of Bihar on Sunday night. Family members of the journalists and locals alleged that they have been “murdered” by a former village Mukhia (village head). Journalists Navin Nishchal and his associate, Vijay Singh, who worked for Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar, were hit […]
» Read moreAt least nine school children died and 14 others injured while crossing the road after school was over in Muzaffarpur district of north Bihar. Among the injured admitted in Sri Krishna Memorial College and Hospital (SKMCH), the condition of four students is said to be serious. “So far, nine deaths have been confirmed,” a senior police official of Muzaffarpur said. […]
» Read moreSenior Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Union Minister Raghunath Jha passed away late on Sunday at Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. He was suffering from kidney ailment. Raghunath Jha, 78, was Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise in the UPA government led by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He was elected Member of Parliament twice […]
» Read moreBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah for winning the Assembly polls in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. The Janata Dal (United) president also took a dig at the Congress, saying that while the party was aiming to defeat the BJP in Gujarat, it “ended up losing even in Himachal Pradesh”, […]
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