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Heavy rains continue to hit normal life in Patna
Patna: Heavy rains continued to throw normal life out of gear in Patna on Sunday as the city saw waterlogging in several parts. People on the streets had a tough…
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COVID-19 patient dies in Patna; Bihar reports 67 new cases
Patna: A 60-year-old COVID-19 patient died at the Patna Medical College and Hospital on Sunday, taking the total number of persons who died after being diagnosed with coronavirus infection to…
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Photos: Lockdown in India
Patna: Workers push a cart loaded with medicines and COVID-19 PPEs during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, at a railway station in Patna, April 11, 2020.…
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Truck driver shot at for refusing to pay bribe, three police
Patna:Â Three police constables were arrested here and sent to jail after they allegedly shot at and injured a truck driver when he refused to pay bribe for his potato-laden truck…
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Minor gang-raped in Patna, locals indulge in arson
Patna: After a class 7th student was gang-raped by a group of men near Manjhi Park in Patna, the agitated locals and relatives of the victim gathered outside the Patkar…
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Patna’s women college says no to burqa on campus, imposes fine
BHOPAL: Patna’s prestigious JD Women’s college has imposed a ban on burqa on its campus. In the notice signed by the college, the administration said students should come to college in…
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People on streets light bonfires as winter chill grips Patna
Patna: Winter chill intensified in Bihar’s Patna on Monday as vendors on the streets along with other people tied-up together to burn bonfires to keep themselves warm in this bone-chilling…
- Crime and Accident
Explosive material recovered from abandoned home in Patna
Patna (Bihar): Police have recovered explosive material, including two cane bombs of different sizes from an abandoned house at Choti Bazaar under Khajekala police station limits here and arrested one…
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Patna: Mob lynching claims one more life
Patna: In the Makama area near Patna, a youth was killed in Mob lynching alleging that he had stolen cattle. According to the report of the police, this incident took…
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Dengue cases in Patna goes up by 100 in last 2 days
Patna: The number of people affected by dengue has gone up by 100 in the past two days, Sanjay Kumar, Principal Secretary Health in Bihar said on Tuesday. Speaking to…
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Fear of dengue outbreak in waterlogged Patna
Patna:Fear of a dengue outbreak is looming large in waterlogged Patna with 640 patients being tested positive mostly in the last four days according to official data. Unofficially, however, the…
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Giriraj Singh apologises for water-logging in Patna
Patna: Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday apologised to the people of Patna for the water-logging after the heavy rainfall. The senior BJP leader said that water-logging in the state…
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Cong MP demands Nitish’s resignation over Patna floods
New Delhi: Congress MP Akhilesh Singh on Sunday accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government of not providing proper relief to flood-affected people in Patna and other parts of the…
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Bihar: Nitish Kumar visits flooded areas of Patna
Patna (Bihar): Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday afternoon visited the severely flooded areas of the state capital and issued necessary instructions to the officials for resolving the issue. The…
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Rainwater seeps into Nalanda Medical College and hospital
Patna: Heavy rainfall threw life out of gear in here on Saturday. The Nalanda Medical College hospital was inundated with water, forcing doctors and paramedical staff to carry out practice…
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Heavy rains lead to water-logging in several parts of Patna
Patna: Patna on Saturday witnessed heavy downpour, causing a traffic jam and water-logging in several parts of the city. The commuters on two-wheeler vehicles were seen wading through knee-deep waters.…
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2 Patna cops suspended for not checking Union Minister son’s car
Patna:Â Two Bihar Police officials have been suspended on Sunday for their failure to check the documents of a vehicle being used here by the son of Union Minister Ashwani Choubey,…
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32 arrested for beating a man to death in Patna
Patna: The police have arrested 32 people, including 6 women, in connection with mob-lynching of a man here on Saturday on suspicion of being a child lifter and appealed people…
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Rahul enjoys dosa at Patna restaurant
Patna: Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday shocked the visitors at a restaurant in Patna when he suddenly arrived there to have dosa and coffee. He was in…
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Patna: People polish shoes to collect money for AES-affected children
Patna: In Bihar’s capital city, members of Jan Adhikar Chhatra Parishad polished shoes to collect money for children affected due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) here on Friday. “Crores are…
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Bihar: Abandoning elderly parents will now land sons, daughters in jail
Patna (Bihar) [India]: Bihar Cabinet-led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has approved a proposal to punish sons and daughters who abandon their elderly parents with a jail term. The proposal…
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Class 2 student threatens to blow-up Patna airport
Patna: Inspired by a Bhojpuri film, a Class 2 student threatened to blow-up the Jai Prajash Narayan International airport in Patna, police on Tuesday said. A police team was surprised…
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Patna: Businessman, wife, daughter found dead at home
Patna: Police on Thursday recovered three bodies from a house in Kidwaipuri area of the city. Businessman Nitin Sarraf, his wife Alka Sarraf and their daughter were found dead in…
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JDU, BJP leaders skip each other’s ‘Iftar’ parties in Patna
Patna (Bihar): Hours after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expanded his Council of Ministers on Sunday, BJP and JDU leaders skipped the ‘iftar’ party hosted by each other. As usual,…
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Bihar: MLA, MLCs to meet at Rabri Devi’s residence in Patna today
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has called a meeting with all the party MLAs and MLCs at the residence of former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi later today. Lalu Prasad…
- Crime and Accident
Bihar: Man shot dead by unknown assailants in Patna
Patna: A man on Sunday morning was allegedly shot dead by unknown assailants near Kidwaipuri Park here. The deceased has been identified as Ravi Rai. Rai went out for a…
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Media person roughed-up by Tej Pratap’s guards, Yadav calls it ‘murder conspiracy’!
Patna: Private security guards of jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav on Sunday roughed-up a cameraperson while he was covering Yadav at a polling booth. Yadav…
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Festive fervour grips nation on Ram Navami
Mumbai/Kolkata/Patna: Celebrations are in full swing for Ram Navami, the spring festival which marks the birth of Lord Ram. People are celebrating the festival with a lot of fervour and…
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Bihar NDA list out, incumbent Shatrughan Sinha dropped, Patna Sahib Seat given to Ravi Shankar Prasad
Patna: Two days after the BJP announced its first list of Lok Sabha candidates, the party released its Bihar list on Saturday notably dropping Shatrughan Sinha and fielding Union Minister…
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Man arrested for threatening to bomb at PM Modi’s rally: Police
PATNA: A self-proclaimed social worker posted a message on WhatsApp, threatening to blast at a rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 3 was arrested in Bihar’s Patna, police…
