Rahul Gandhi to take part in Bihar party workshop
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi would participate in the state-level workshop of the Congress’ youth wing in Bihar in February.
J’khand MLA thrashes men in kangaroo court
In an incident of a legislator unbecomingly taking the law into his own hands, an MLA of Jharkhand’s ruling JMM has taken to thrashing several young men brought to his public court with accusations su
‘Harassed’ woman seeks Nitish’s aid
The praises for Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s good governance and his weekly meetings with the people resonating in neighbouring Jharkhand resulted in a tribal woman alleging harassment by the Jharkhand police approaching him on Monday to seek his help.
Bihar Cong chief gags spokesman
Even as the Congress prepares for the organisational polls in Bihar after the party’s decisive rout in the state’s Assembly polls, fresh hostilities have broken out to bedevil one of the most struggling state units of the national party ruling at the Centre.
CBI to probe Bihar MLA murder
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday handed over the investigations into the sensational murder of BJP legislator Raj Kishore Kesri by a lady teacher to the CBI following a letter to him from
TTE who threw couple off train not identified
Railway authorities in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are yet to identify the train ticket examiner (TTE) who allegedly pushed an ageing Bihar couple off a running train near Allahabad, causing the man’s dea
9 killings put heat on Munda
After nine people were brutally killed in two related incidents in Jharkhand’s Gumla district late on Wednesday night, the state’s Opposition parties stepped up their attacks on the Arjun Munda-led coalition government for the alarming statewide rise in violent crime.
Big crowd at MLA’s cremation
Slain Bihar BJP legislator Raj Kishore Kesri’s funeral in his hometown Purnea was on Wednesday attended by over 15,000 people and shops in Purnea and nearby small towns remained shut, reflecting the popularity of the leader who was killed by a lady teacher’s public knife attack on him a day ago.
Pathak confesses killing MLA, father-in-law calls her paranoid
Rupam Pathak, the lady school principal who killed Bihar’s ruling BJP legislator Raj Kishore Kesri by a knife attack on Tuesday, has confessed her crime to police officials who interrogated her at the Katihar Medical College. Her father-in-law said she was a self-willed woman not maintaining a good relationship with the family and was often paranoid.
Woman who claimed rape by MLA stabs him to death
An MLA of Bihar’s ruling BJP was on Tuesday stabbed to death in public by a lady school principal who had levelled charges of rape and sexual exploitation against him last year. The incident shocked the state, prompting chief minister Nitish Kumar to suggest frisking of people visiting MLAs from now on.