Bihar news

BJP says Hindu government employees should also get similar relaxation during Ramnavami.

A woman is going from pillar to post seeking bail for her 4-year-old son in Bihar’s Begusarai. His crime: breaking COVID protocol in April 2021 at the age of 2.

In a shocking incident, an unknown man in Bihar’s Jamui molested a health worker in broad daylight outside the district hospital. The CCTV footage shows him pouncing on the woman from behind, and kissing her forcefully. The matter is under investigation.

Tensions were running high on Sunday after a blaze gutted an ancient temple of Goddess Durga in Kisanganj district of Bihar, nearly 400 km from capital Patna. Situated at Maston Chowk in Kochadhaman area adjacent to the main city market, the Durga Mata temple burnt for hours and the fire was finally put off by […]

A drunken man allegedly raped a minor girl and attacked another in Sahibpur Kamal area of Begusarai district of Bihar on the evening of Holi on Wednesday. Both the minor girls were playing on the premises of a government school when accused Chhotu Mahto, the son of former sarpanch Govind Mahto, raped one of them. […]

In yet another shocking incident of medical negligence in Bihar, an unmarried man was sterilised without his consent at a primary healthcare facility in Kaimur district. Manak Yadav, 28, had gone to Chaipur Primary Healthcare Centre for treatment of hydrocele (swelling in testicles) but he was instead operated upon for vasectomy, he alleged on Wednesday. […]

Jumping in the controversy created by Bihar education minister Chandrasekhar’s statement, former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday objected to some lines in the Hindu epic Ramcharitmanas and demand their removal. For the uninitiated, in early January, Chandrasekhar – who belongs to Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) – raked up a controversy by demanding […]

IPS officer Vaibhav – an alumnus of IIT Kanpur who runs the social initiative ‘Let’s Inspire Bihar’ – also alleged that DG Ohotkar’s abuses were directed towards his wife and mother.

Police resorted to lathi-charge on junior engineer aspirants when they stage a demonstration outside the Bihar Technical Service Commission (BTSC) office in Patna on Monday. They also held a demonstration outside the offices of the ruling Janata Dal (United) and Rashtriya Janata Dal as well as the opposition BJP, demanding the release of the final […]