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Another bridge collapsed in Bihar's Saharsa (Bihar) on Wednesday, making it the 13th such incident in the state in a span of three weeks, an official said.“The bridge collapsed during the day in Mahishi village of Saharsa district,” he said.“It could be a small bridge or a paved road...

Patna: An official said that 18.48 percent voting took place till 11 am in the by-election on Bihar's Rupauli assembly seat on Wednesday.Voting started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm.More than three lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 11 candidates...

Begusarai (Bihar): At least five people were killed and eight others injured in a collision between a car and an auto-rickshaw in Bihar's Begusarai district on Tuesday, police said.The accident occurred near Ratan Chowk in Begusarai city under the jurisdiction of FCI police station when the...

Begusarai (Bihar): At least five people were killed and three others injured in a collision between a car and an auto-rickshaw in Bihar's Begusarai district on Tuesday, police said.The accident occurred near Ratan Chowk in Begusarai city under the jurisdiction of FCI police station when the...

Patna (Bihar) [India], A total of six bridges collapsed over the Gandak river in Bihar's Siwan and Saran in the last two days, officials said on Thursday, blaming engineers and contractors for the back-to-back incidents.Several projects, including desilting from rivers, were started by Bihar...

Kolkata, Bihar plans to introduce some policies in the next two months to attract capital in various potential sectors and is all set to become the growth engine of the East, State Industries and Tourism Minister Nitish Mishra said.The state is implementing strategic measures to accommodate...

Patna (Bihar) [India], A woman attacked a man and allegedly cut off his private parts after he refused to marry her in Bihar's Saran, police said on Tuesday.The alleged incident took place on Monday, July 1, under the limits of Marhaura police station in Saran.Police further said that the...

Patna (Bihar) [India], Bihar's Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) has canceled tenders worth more than Rs 800 crore issued during the Grand Alliance tenure.During that time many flaws were exposed in the tenders.Bihar Public Health Engineering Minister Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu...

Two Indians died in a road accident in Kathmandu, southern Nepal. Police gave this information here on Saturday.Tamanna Shaikh, 35, and Irfan Alam, 21, residents of Bihar's East Champaran district, died after the Scorpio jeep in which they were travelling, fell off a mountain road in...

Araria (Bihar): The body of a 32-year-old undertrial was found hanging inside a jail in Bihar's Araria district, an official said on Saturday.The warder concerned was suspended.Jail Superintendent Jawahar Lal Prabhakar said that Amit Bhagat, named in a drug case, was in jail since May 15...

Araria (Bihar) [India], A newly constructed bridge over Bakra river in Pararia village of Araria district of Bihar collapsed on Tuesday.The bridge connecting Sikhati and Kursakatta of Araria was washed away even before its inauguration.The incident has raised significant concerns about the...

Kaimur (Bihar) [India]: A fire broke out at the Mohania police station premises in Bihar's Kaimur district on Sunday evening, fire department officials said.Fire officer Kundan Kumar said that the fire has been brought under control."A fire broke out in the premises of Mohania police station...

Saran (Bihar) [India], A father-son duo, both lawyers, were shot dead on Wednesday morning while they were on their way to a court in Bihar's Saran district, police said.Two accused have been arrested in the case.Saran Superintendent of Police Ashish Kumar said that raids are being...

Aurangabad (Bihar): A tractor carrying sand illegally crushed a constable in Bihar's Aurangabad district on Sunday, police said.The deceased has been identified as Deepak Kumar (29), who was on duty to check illegal sand mining when the incident occurred around 4 am in Musepur Khaira village...

Aurangabad (Bihar): A court in Bihar's Aurangabad district sentenced 16 people, including two women, to life imprisonment for killing a man on suspicion of practicing witchcraft.The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge II (Aurangabad) Dhananjay Mishra on Friday sentenced 16 people...

Madhubani (Bihar) [India]: Two police constables were seriously injured in an encounter with three wanted criminals in Bihar's Madhubani district on Friday evening, officials said.According to the police, there was an encounter between the police team and criminals in Jaynagar area at around...

Muzaffarpur (Bihar): A Chinese has been arrested for allegedly not having valid travel documents in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, police said on Friday.Muzaffarpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rakesh Kumar said the Chinese man was caught near Lakshmi Chowk under the jurisdiction of...

Begusarai: BJP's Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday retained Bihar's Begusarai Lok Sabha seat by a narrow margin of 81,480 votes.Singh left his current seat of Nawada and moved to Begusarai in 2019 and defeated former JNU students' union leader and CPI candidate Kanhaiya Kumar by a huge...

Hajipur (Bihar): Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan on Tuesday won Bihar's Hajipur Lok Sabha seat, defeating his nearest RJD rival by over 1.70 lakh votes, the Election Commission said.Paswan got 6.14 lakh votes, while his nearest rival Shivchandra Ram got 4.44 lakh votes...

Darbhanga (Bihar): BJP MP Gopal Ji Thakur on Tuesday retained Bihar's Darbhanga Lok Sabha seat by defeating his nearest RJD rival by a margin of over 1.78 lakh votes, the Election Commission said.Thakur got 5.67 lakh votes, while former state minister Lalit Yadav, contesting on RJD ticket, got...