A senior official in the district administration said most migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar work in an industrial area at a stone’s throw away from the accident site and live nearby. read more

While the India Meteorological Department has said the overall deficit wasn’t significant and total acreage under crops was higher than last year, analysts say that at a sub-regional level, the picture is worrying. read more

Police said the girl was found in a half naked condition. They suspect she was forced to consume liquor before being raped. read more

Political cartoons reappear at puja pandals in Patna, with one by the RJD showing party leader Tejashwi Prasda Yadav as Ram and chief minister Nitish Kumar as Ravan. Another by the Congress offers Rs 5 crore to anyone coming up with the ‘truth’ in the... read more

Officials said Enforcement Directorate has filed a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the Muzaffarpur shelter home case taking cognisance of a CBI FIR . read more

Real progress happens in states with high literacy and when people regard fertility a conscious choice that they can control. Reliable methods of contraception must also be widely available. read more

The girl went missing on the night of October 13. The body, wrapped inside a polythene bag, was found from a locked room of a neighbour on October 15 evening read more

A month after joining the ruling Janata Dal (United) in Bihar, poll strategist Prashant Kishor was on Tuesday appointed the national vice-president by party chief and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar. The post of vice -president had been vacant since 2016, when Kumar became the party’s president, replacing Sharad Yadav. Party’s principal general secretary KC Tyagi confirmed Kishor’s appointment. Welcoming the move, JD (U) state spokesperson Sanjay Singh said that Kishor’s experience will help strengthen the party further. (HT Correspondent)read more

A decision on declaring 206 blocks drought-affected was taken at a high-level meeting, chaired by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, after submission of reports by agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery, energy and water resource departments. read more

The girl’s family said on Tuesday that they will not accept her body from the hospital until the absconding accused was arrested. read more

Former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and his supporters misbehaved with a doctor, nurses and a security staff at AIIMS-Patna when he went there on Sunday evening to visit a patient. read more

The colleges and institutes have been asked to send the information within two days.  read more

Recently a fan ran on to the pitch to kiss Virat Kohli during Day 1 of the second Test against West Indies, and now similar thing has happened to Rohit Sharma who was India’s skipper in absence of Kohli at the Asia cup. read more

Gujarat is a multi-cultural state where people from UP, Bihar, MP, Rajasthan and Odisha have contributed a lot for its development, and we welcome all, says chief minister Vijay Rupani at the UP-Gujarat unity dialogue in Lucknow read more

The RLSP has three MPs including Union minister of state Upendra Kushwaha in the Lok Sabha. Kushwaha has been in the focus after he spurned the ‘tentative’ 20-20 seat sharing formula and seemed to warm up to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) which kicked... read more