Bihar, India News

After space tourism, it is astro-tourism that is catching up people's fancy, courtesy the ensuing total solar eclipse.

Accusing Lalu Prasad of misleading the nation on the issue of Railway profits during his tenure as minister, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said the RJD leader had been "exposed" and should apologise to the country.

Ara A man was killed and six others were injured, one of them seriously, in a bomb blast inside an advocate's chamber in the district court premises here on Friday.

Muzaffarpur, Jul 09 : At least five passengers were killed and 25 injured when a crowded private bus overturned at Murarpur-Guwatia near here today, Superintendent of Police Shudhangshu Kumar said.

Two contractors were abducted from Bhagalpur distict in Bihar, police said Wednesday.

A man in Bihar's Gaya district, diagnosed with AIDS, committed self-immolation to get rid of daily pain and suffering, police said Thursday.

India's health budget has gone up by nearly Rs.4,000 crore to Rs.21,113.33 crore with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday giving special emphasis to the rural healthcare.

Activists of the Kannada Protection Force in Karnataka Sunday stormed into exam centres and disrupted railway recruitment examinations in protest against the appearance of north Indian candidates, especially from Bihar, in large numbers.

Patna, June 30 : Singapore will help the Bihar government tackle the severe water crisis in the state, officials said here.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and her predecessor Lalu Prasad Friday engaged in a war of words over the rail budget.

Patna: Protesting against the alleged framing of their senior colleague Ramnaresh Ram in a case, agitated CPI MLAs, supported by their RJD colleagues, created an uproar in the State Assembly, forcing Speaker Udai Narain Choudhary to adjourn the House for half-an-hour in the post-lunch session.

Major rivers in north Bihar, especially the Kosi, Gandak, Budhi and Bagmati, are in spate following heavy rains in their catchment areas and are posing a threat of floods, officials said Friday.

Patna: Breach closure works on river Kosi, which breached its embankment at Kusaha in Nepal causing unprecedented flood and destruction last year, were complete, Bihar Water Resources Minister Vijendra Yadav said on Wednesday.

Kanpur With raging dissent in the BJP coming out in the open, a senior party MP on Wednesday felt all is not well within the party where some leaders have been divulging to the media matters transpiring inside party fora.

Patna: The allegations of misuse of funds meant for mid-day meal schemes in the State will be probed by a House committee, the Speaker of Bihar Assembly said on Tuesday.

Suspected militants used automatic weapons and machetes to kill a family of four migrant workers Tuesday in India's insurgency-hit northeast.

New Delhi Pre-monsoon showers brought much needed relief to residents of Delhi, Uttarkhand and Rajasthan, reeling under heat wave conditions and delayed monsoon, while nine persons were killed by lightning in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh which experienced heavy rains in some areas.

Patna, June 29 : Debananda Konwar took oath as the new governor of Bihar here Monday, an official said.

AT least 18 people including six children were killed after they were struck by lightning in the east Indian state of Bihar, officials say.

New Delhi/Ranchi/Chandigarh/Patna/The rain gods smiled a little Sunday, as the much delayed monsoon finally hit Bihar - an indicator that the rain-laden clouds were moving further north.