Patna: The 34.3% voter turnout sealed the fate of 25 candidates in the Bankipur assembly byelection held at 422 polling booths in Patna on Thursday.The outcome is likely to be decided by a thin margin though the political parties in the fray were confident of victory by a huge margin. The BJP had defeated RJD…
The victim’s head was found placed on her lap Patna: A 38-year-old woman was allegedly beheaded by her husband following a domestic dispute at their home in Darbhanga’s Jetuka village on Wednesday night. The accused fled after the murder, while the victim’s head was found placed on her lap, police said.The deceased was identified as…
Araria: Police have registered an FIR against 46 loan beneficiaries after an alleged Rs1.36 crore loan fraud surfaced at the Bank of Baroda’s Hansa branch in Araria district. The beneficiaries are accused of obtaining loans using allegedly forged Aadhaar cards, income tax returns (ITRs) and other fabricated documents.The alleged fraud involves personal, business and vehicle…
Patna: In a significant push to enhance highway safety and curb road fatalities, the state’s transport department has rectified 676 out of 702 identified accident-prone ‘black spots’ over the past three years. To further tighten traffic enforcement, the department is preparing to implement an Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) across 500 strategic locations statewide.Releasing the…
Bettiah: Security agencies from India and Nepal on Thursday held a joint review meeting at the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) camp in Valmikinagar and carried out a coordinated patrol along the India-Nepal border to strengthen vigilance against cross-border crimes.Officials of Nepal’s Armed Police Force (APF), Nepal Police, the SSB and Bihar Police participated in the…
Preliminary verification revealed that Arvind Kumar Chaudhary had allegedly amassed assets worth Rs 1.19 crore, around 85.05% more than his known sources of income Patna: The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) on Thursday conducted simultaneous raids at six premises linked to Arvind Kumar Chaudhary, executive engineer of the minor irrigation division in Sasaram, in connection with…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Bihar govt will have to explain how panchayati raj minister Deepak Prakash has continued in office for more than six months without becoming a member of either House of the state legislature.Mentioning the matter before Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, the petitioner’s counsel submitted…
Aurangabad: A district court in Aurangabad on Thursday sentenced six men to life imprisonment for the murder of a man following a dispute over the alleged theft of drain-cover slabs in 2023.District Judge-V Umesh Prasad convicted Chhotelal Kumar, Ajit Kumar, Rohit Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Guddu Kumar and Surendra Singh, all residents of Kishunpura village under…
Patna: The Bankipur assembly bypoll recorded a poor turnout on Thursday, with most polling stations wearing a deserted look and only a few booths witnessing a steady flow of voters. Despite extensive security arrangements and awareness campaigns by the Election Commission, long queues were largely missing at several polling centres.At several polling stations, security personnel…
Yuva Aapda Mitras during a training Patna: More than 10,000 youths have been trained as Yuva Aapda Mitras in the state so far this year, taking the state’s cadre of community-based disaster response volunteers to over 19,000 as part of efforts to strengthen preparedness and emergency response at the grassroots levelAccording to a Bihar State…
