Patna, India News

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

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.

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.

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.

Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to table the report of the Liberhan Commission, that probed the 1992 demolition of Barbri Masjid in Ayodhya, in the coming session of Lok Sabha.

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

I was doing some research this morning on an unrelated topic, when I randomly came across the name Gauhar Jaan, one of the great recording artists in India from the first years of the 20th century.

New Delhi/Chandigarh/Shimla/Patna/Mumbai/Kolkata, July 1 : When it rains, it pours - when it doesn't, you can only wait.

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.

NEW DELHI, 30 JUNE: A study of 17 Indian cities conducted by the World Bank has revealed that Kolkata was the worst place to do business in.

Kolkata, June 28 : After enduring a long spell of scorching heat and apprehensions over the delayed monsoon, people in central and eastern parts of the country are hailing the first showers of monsoon.

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.

PATNA: 22-year-old Suraj Kamal, son of a school teacher, Binod Sharma, a resident of Millat Colony under Khagaul police station, was allegedly killed for ransom by several unknown criminals.

Referring to the state government's bid to keep Ravidas and Paswan out of the mahadalit category, Paswan, whose dalit sena spearheaded by his former MP brother Ramchandra Paswan, organised a dharna at r-block roundabout here, said "it reflects a dirty politics aimed at dividing the dalits to rule the state, a step LJP will not tolerate." Speaking ...

India Gazette Friday 26th June, 2009 The newly set-up Indian Institute of Technology in this Bihar city will start its doctoral programmes from next month, an official said Friday.

Maoists opened fire at a court premises in Bihar on Tuesday, injuring an official and two policemen.

Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday said the Centre's decision to ban Maoists was not the solution and called for an all-party meeting to discuss measures to end the problem.

Government engineers across the state went on strike on Monday demanding a CBI enquiry into the mysterious death of their colleague, Yogendra Pandey.