PATNA: Three people, including the wife of a railway employee and her alleged lover, have been arrested for allegedly plotting his murder by hiring a contract killer who shot him aboard the Jansadharan Express in Bihar’s Katihar Rail District last month.The victim, Devkumar Gunjan, was shot by unidentified assailants on June 11 while travelling on…
Patna: The headquarters team of the Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) on Wednesday arrested Jitendra Kumar, panchayat rozgar sevak of Sirajabad panchayat in Sakra block of Muzaffarpur district, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs20,000. He was arrested at a shopping mart near Subha Chowk under Sakra police station limits.According to the VIB, the accused had…
Patna: An 11-year-old boy was hit by a school van and dragged for around 1.5 km in Gopalganj district on Wednesday. The incident took place between Yadavpur Mor and Banjari Mor under Town police station area. The boy is undergoing treatment and is in a stable condition, police said.According to eyewitnesses, the boy was trapped…
Patna: Sitamarhi police on Wednesday arrested two suspects on inputs from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for allegedly being in touch with a Pakistan-based gangster through social media and plotting to carry out a major mob lynching-like incident in the country.The accused, identified as Mohd Akhlaq (29) and Mohd Arman (28), both residents of Takor…
Patna: The Grand Alliance (GA) on Wednesday held a crucial meeting at the RJD state headquarters to chalk out it’s campaign strategy for the upcoming Bankipur Assembly byelection. The meeting was chaired by former minister and MLA Ramanand Yadav and witnessed the participation of senior functionaries from all constituent parties of the alliance.Addressing the gathering,…
Patna: Two minor sisters from Nalanda were rescued from a hotel in the Jakkanpur police station area on Wednesday after they were allegedly lured to Patna, police said. A youth from Nalanda was arrested during the raid and later sent to judicial custody.The action was taken as part of a crackdown on alleged sex rackets…
Patna: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) posted at Athmalgola police station in Patna district was suspended on Wednesday after a video showing him interacting with a complainant while wearing only a towel went viral on social media.The suspended officer has been identified as ASI Anjani Kumar. The incident occurred at Athmalgola police station under Barh subdivision…
Patna: Noted mathematician K C Sinha, who contested the Nov assembly election on a Jan Suraaj ticket, joined BJP on Wednesday. Ritesh Ranjan Singh alias Bittu Singh and Sandeep Kumar Singh alias Gopal Singh, who were also Jan Suraaj candidates in the last assembly polls from Digha and Maner seats respectively, also joined the BJP.An…
Patna: A report tabled at a cancer review meeting has found oral cancer to be the most common cancer in Bihar. Of the total confirmed cancer cases, 43.5 % were oral cancer, while breast cancer accounted for 27.2 %, cervical cancer 15.2 % and other cancers 14.1 %. The study also revealed that more than…
Bhagalpur: Munger DM Nikhil Dhanraj Nippanikar has constituted a fact-finding committee to probe cracks spanning around 14 metres on a section of the under-construction Munger-Mirzachowki four-lane highway near the 97-km mark between Ghorghat and Gangania. The cracks have appeared across four road panels, and soil erosion has also been reported along the highway’s flanks.The issue…
