Patna
- Hate Crime
MP: 163 minors going to madrasa ‘taken away’ by police from railway stations
Jabalpur: As many as 163 minors on their way to a madrasa were allegedly picked up by the police in Madhya Pradesh from different railway stations on April 10. The 163 children,…
- India
SC sets aside Patna HC orders suspending sentences of 2 in murder case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, April 10, said parameters governing suspension of sentence post-conviction are qualitatively distinct from those applicable at the stage of pre-trial bail. The observation came from…
- India
Posters declaring Samrat Choudhary as Bihar CM put up outside BJP office
Patna: Posters declaring Samrat Choudhary, the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, as the man who would head the new government in the state, on Thursday, April 9, were put up outside the…
- Hate Crime
Northeastern women called ‘chinki’, ‘momo’ at Patna Railway Station
Patna: A verbal scuffle broke out at Bihar’s Patna Railway Station after a woman hurled racially abusive slurs while demanding identity proof from a dance group from northeastern India. A video surfaced…
- India
Nitish Kumar likely to take oath as Rajya Sabha member on April 10
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to take oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha on April 10, according to sources from the Chief Minister’s residence. He is likely…
- Hate Crime
Will burn Mohammed’s effigy: Hindutva chief after student leader burns Manusmriti
Patna: Tensions escalated in Bihar’s Patna district after a student leader, Manish Kumar, burned the Manusmriti during the UGC Regulations protests on Wednesday, March 18. After the video of the incident circulated,…
- India
Bihar: Nitish’s son Nishant joins JD(U) in Patna
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s son Nishant Kumar joined the JD(U) on Sunday and said he would work to strengthen the party’s organisation. Nishant, an engineering graduate who is in his…
- India
Patna court refuses transit remand to AP police over arrest of IPS officer
Patna: A police team from Andhra Pradesh on Monday, February 23, arrived in Bihar’s Patna to arrest a senior police officer, only to be ticked off by the court concerned, which refused…
- India
Khan Sir’s hospital in Patna offers blood tests at Rs 7, ECGs at Rs 25
Patna: Indian educator and YouTuber, Faizal Khan, popularly known as Khan Sir, has introduced medical services and tests at an astronomically cheaper level. The hospital located in Patna, Bihar, aims to offer…
- India
MP Pappu Yadav sent to two-day judicial custody in 1995 case
Patna: Independent MP Rajesh Ranjan, popularly known as Pappu Yadav, was sent to two-day judicial custody by a court in Patna on Saturday, February 7, after he was arrested in connection with…
- India
15 women among 22 held for cyber fraud in Bihar
Patna: Twenty-two people, including 15 women, were arrested from Bihar’s Patna district for their alleged involvement in a cyber fraud, police said on Wednesday, February 4. The arrests were made during raids…
- India
Mumbai IndiGo passenger plays guitar to uplift mood at airport
Mumbai: Amid the IndiGo flight chaos, as passengers were left to fend for themselves, stranded at airports across the country, some tried to lift spirits, even playing guitar to cheer the distressed…
- Elections
No caste-based politics; need jobs, education in Bihar: First-time voters in Patna
Patna: Twenty-three-year-old Bhavya Singh, who voted for the first time in the first phase of Bihar elections, said she felt more excited being part of a democratic exercise in pursuance of choosing…
- India
First phase of Bihar polls conclude, over 60 pc voter turnout till 5 pm
Patna: A voter turnout of 64.46 per cent was recorded provisionally at the close of polling in 121 seats in the first phase of assembly elections in Bihar on Thursday, Chief Electoral…
- India
Nitish Kumar’s love for power is more than his love for people of Bihar: Pilot
Patna: Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Sunday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s love for power and chair is more than his love for the people of the state. Talking to…