Patna | 3 hours ago
Patna's own Marine Drive project set to take off
Patna, May 20 - Eight construction companies, including Gammon, Nagarjun and Reliance, have shown keenness to construct the proposed 40-km driveway along the banks of the Ganga river in Patna modelled on Mumbai's Marine Drive, officials said Sunday.Eight companies have submitted quotations for the Rs.2,234.46 crore project, said an official of the Bihar State Road Development Corporation ltd.Bihar ... read more

Patna | 1 day ago
12-year-old Bihar boy cracks IIT-JEE
Patna, May 19 - A 12-and-a-half-year-old boy from Bihar has cracked the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination -.Satyam Kumar of Bakhorapur village in Bhojpur district qualified from the Mumbai zone with an all-India rank of 8,137.I am happy to crack IIT-JEE but I will not join IIT this year because of my poor rank. I will attempt next year for a good rank, Ku ... read more

Patna | 1 day ago
Angola workers crisis: Bihar asks PM to intervene
Patna, May 19 - Concerned over the safety of over 1,100 Indian workers, including those from Bihar, facing trouble in Angola, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention to resolve the crisis.The situation is serious enough to warrant immediate intervention by the Indian government. The government should ensure that a fair treatment is meted out to the labou ... read more

Patna | 2 days ago
27/30: Bihar's Super 30 shines again in IIT-JEE results
Patna, May 18 - In another big score, 27 of the 30 students from Bihar's Super 30, a free coaching centre for underprivileged students, have cracked the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination - this year, its director said Friday.It is again good news that this year, 27 out of the 30 students made it to the IIT-JEE... it has underlined how with proper opportun ... read more

Patna | 2 days ago
50 percent voting in Bihar civic polls, 800 held
Patna, May 17 - Barring minor incidents of violence, the civic polls in Bihar Thursday were by and large peaceful with over 50 percent voting recorded, officials said. Over 800 people were arrested as a measure to prevent disruption of polls.The polls across the state were peaceful except for a few reports of minor violence and clashes in Patna, Bhagalpur, Gaya and Muzaffarpur districts, a police ... read more

New Delhi | 3 days ago
Chidambaram's Bhojpuri impresses Lok Sabha
New Delhi, May 17 - Lok Sabha members were in for a pleasant surprise Thursday when Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who is fluent in Tamil and English, spoke a sentence in Bhojpuri, earning praise from Speaker Meira Kumar.Chidambaram was replying to a calling attention motion on the need to give Bhojpuri the status of an official language.Hum sabke bhawna samjhat bani -, Chidambaram said, surprising ... read more

Lucknow | 3 days ago
Criminals run truck over UP sub-inspector
Lucknow, May 17 - In yet another evidence of the rampant criminalisation of Uttar Pradesh and their brazen functioning, suspected criminals ran a truck over a police sub-inspector in Deoria district, killing him and critically injuring a police constable, police said.The incident took place late Wednesday night when a small police team was checking vehicles near the Phulwaria Chauraha in Deoria di ... read more

New Delhi | 3 days ago
Jobless youth kills self
New Delhi, May 16 - Depressed over his failure to get a job, a 22-year-old young man hanged himself to death at a relative's house, police said Wednesday.Vikash Jha of Bihar was found hanging from a ceiling fan Tuesday evening in east Delhi's Mandawali area. No suicide note was recovered. But his family and relatives said he was upset as he could not get any job despite repeated attempts, a police ... read more

5 days ago
Bihar village dreams big for its peacocks!
Madhopur -, May 15 - A wave of excitement has swept Bihar's Madhopur-Gobind village, home to around 500 peacocks. For years, people here have proudly co-existed with the national bird, and now the state government is contemplating developing it as 'mayur vihar', a protected site for the bird.The village situated in East Champaran district is popularly known as 'mor gaon' or peacock village, and is ... read more

Patna | 5 days ago
Bihar food poisoning kills nine
Patna, May 14 - At least nine labourers died Monday after consuming poisonous 'sattu', a variety of gram flour, in Bihar's Jehanabad district, police said. An inquiry has been ordered into the incident.Angry over the death of nine labourers, residents blocked roads and demanded the arrest of the shopkeeper who sold the contaminated 'sattu' to them.A police team raided the shop from where the labou ... read more