Patna: A 20-year-old woman was allegedly abducted at gunpoint by a group of armed men in Munger district, just 19 days after her marriage. The incident took place on Monday night near Naulakha under Qasim Bazar police station area.According to her husband, he and his wife, were returning to Jamalpur in an e-rickshaw after visiting…
Cleaners stage a demonstration Patna: Sanitation and daily-wage workers across Bihar have threatened to halt road cleaning and other sanitation work and stage statewide indefinite protests from July 30 if the state govt failed to fulfil their pending demands, which they said were beyond the jurisdiction of the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC).The protest will begin…
Patna: The development of Birpur Airport in Kosi region has received a significant boost with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) issuing a tender worth Rs28.42 crore for the construction of key airside infrastructure. The project is being undertaken under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)-UDAN to improve air connectivity in the region.According to the officials,…
JD(U) MLC Nishant Kumar on the premises of the state legislature in Patna on Tuesday Patna: Revenue and land reforms department minister Dilip Kumar Jaiswal on Tuesday accused opposition members of suffering from a “phobia” over every move by the govt to raise revenue through taxes and fees, saying additional resources were needed to fund…
Patna: State Congress president Rajesh Ram on Tuesday led the party’s dharna in front of Lok Bhavan here and demanded the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the withdrawal of FIRs lodged against students in connection with the Jantar Mantar protests in Delhi.“The central govt has resorted to repressive measures to suppress the…
Patna: The Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) on Tuesday arrested a junior engineer (JE) of South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited (SBPDCL) and a private technician while they were allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000 for providing a new electricity connection in Bhagalpur district.According to a press release issued by vigilance department, Amit Kumar, posted…
Patna: In a unique and inspiring commemoration marking one year of the completion of Operation Sindoor, Governor Lt Gen (retd) Syed Ata Hasnain planted Sindoor saplings at the premises of the Danapur cantonment park in front of the centuries old St Luke Church on Tuesday.Danapur sub area general officer commanding Major General Jitendra Singh and…
Bettiah: In a bid to strengthen wildlife rescue operations during the monsoon season, a one-day workshop on snake rescue was organised at the forest auditorium in Valmikinagar, located along the Indo-Nepal border in West Champaran district, on Tuesday.The workshop, organised under the aegis of forest division-II of the environment, forest and climate change department, witnessed…
Patna: The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) on Tuesday declared the results of the fifth and final Competency Examination, 2026, conducted for local body teachers working in Classes I to XII. With the declaration of the fifth examination results, the state has completed all five competency tests conducted to grant state employee status to eligible…
Patna: With the monsoon gaining momentum in the city, Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Tuesday launched a special training programme for personnel engaged in fogging and anti-larval operations to curb vector-borne diseases.The training began at the Azimabad and Patna City zonal offices and is being conducted by a three-member team from the Metropolitan Surveillance Unit….
