Patna: Two children died and at least eight others sustained injuries after a large branch of a nearly 200-year-old peepal tree snapped and fell on devotees during a prayer gathering in Muzaffarpur district on Monday. The incident occurred at Brahmasthan in Madhopur village under Ahiyapur police station area when over 100 villagers had assembled for…
Patna: A 17-year-old boy, who went missing after leaving home on Sunday evening, was found hanging from a tree in a forest under Nanpur police station area in Sitamarhi district on Monday. While family members and locals suspect foul play, police said the cause of death would be established only after the post-mortem and forensic…
Darbhanga: Additional aistrict and sessions Judge-XI Ranjan Kumar Mishra of the Darbhanga civil court on Monday sentenced two men to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 75,000 on each for the murder of a villager over a dispute related to plucking mangoes.The convicts, Ashraf Nadaf and Mohd Akbar Nadaf, residents of Bajitpur village…
Patna: The Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) on Monday arrested a station house officer (SHO) in Patna district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 27,000 inside the police station premises.The accused, sub-inspector Saurabh Kumar, SHO of Samyagarh police station, was allegedly demanding weekly payments from a complainant in exchange for allowing an earthmover machine to…
CM Samrat Choudhary arrives at state legislative assembly in Patna on Monday Patna: Rejecting opposition allegations of a fund shortage, CM Samrat Choudhary on Monday said that the state govt was financially stable and continuing to deliver welfare benefits without disruption.Addressing NDA legislators ahead of the monsoon session, he said social security funds were being…
Patna: The state cabinet on Monday cleared the govt’s proposal to create ‘Vishisht Vishwavidyalaya’ (Special University) in the state, a high-level source said.He said following the clearance of the proposal, the govt would move a Bill in this regard in the state assembly for its passage and enactment into an Act. The proposed legislation will…
Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary flagged off a special train with 1,100 pilgrims to Somnath on Monday. The state govt is bearing all costs for the pilgrims who will reach Somnath on July 22. This yatra is part of the Somnath Swabhiman Parv, celebrated to mark the temple’s renovation 75 years ago. The state govt has…
Govt tables Rs 87,383-cr supplementary budget in assemblyPatna: Finance minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav on Monday tabled the first supplementary budget of Rs87,383.43 crore for the 2026-27 financial year in the state assembly.The supplementary budget is over and above the allocations made in the annual budget under the plan (scheme) and non-plan heads of the departments…
Patna: Environment activist Father Robert Athickal, 73, died on Sunday night due to cardiac-related complications, informed the parishioners of Queen of Apostles Church on Monday. He had been admitted to Holy Family Hospital for several days, but his condition worsened despite treatment and medication.Father Robert founded ‘Tarumitra’ (Friends of Trees) in Patna in 1988,s mobilising…
Madhubani: Personnel of the 48th Battalion of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) arrested a woman smuggler and seized 267.8 litres of Nepalese liquor and beer during an anti-smuggling operation along the India-Nepal border in the early hours of Monday.Acting on a tip-off, SSB jawans deployed under the Pipraun Company launched a search operation around 4.25am….
