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Bihar results: BJP’s Vijay Khemka eyes Purnia seat, leads by over 37,000 votes

In the 2020 elections, Vijay Khemka won the seat with a margin of 32,154 votes.

Published on Nov 14, 2025 02:58 pm IST

Bihar’s makhana boom: How fox nuts are transforming farmers’ lives in Purnia, Katihar

Although the makhana planting area has increased three-fold, its total contribution to Bihar’s agriculture is not very significant.

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Published on Nov 07, 2025 09:00 pm IST

Five of family hacked to death, set on fire for witchcraft in Bihar’s Purnia: Police

Police said the incident took place late in a remote Tetgama hamlet under Purnia district’s Muffasil police station on Sunday evening. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Published on Jul 07, 2025 08:16 pm IST

Nitish to attend Rahul’s Purnea rally on Jan 30

Rahul Gandhi and Nitish Kumar in Delhi last year. (ANI)

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Published on Jan 22, 2024 09:36 pm IST

35 awarded lifer in 10-year-old double murder case in Bihar’s Purnia

Sixteen witnesses were examined during the trial. (Representative Image)

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Updated on Jun 04, 2023 01:12 pm IST

5-yr-old child, four others shot in Bihar village over land dispute; all critical

The injured are critical and undergoing treatment at a hospital in Purnia. (Representative file image)

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Updated on Apr 25, 2023 04:24 pm IST

AIMIM’s first MLA in Bihar joins RJD

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi. (PTI)

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Updated on Apr 22, 2023 09:25 pm IST

Bihar: 4.3-magnitude earthquake jolts Purnia and Saharsa; no casualties reported

Representational image.

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Updated on Apr 12, 2023 10:58 am IST

Watch: In Bihar, Railway personnel's heroic act saves passenger's life

RPF personnel saving the life of a passenger who was trying to board a moving train in Bihar.

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Published on Jan 05, 2023 03:26 pm IST

Graves dug up over rumours of buried jewels in Bihar

A person responsible for looking after one of the cemeteries said the reason behind the digging of the graves was the general belief that they contained jewellery made of gold, diamonds and other precious stones. (HT photo)

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Updated on Apr 21, 2022 01:18 am IST

In Bihar, man lynched over cattle theft suspicion, 2 others badly injured

Police say they have identified the culprits and will soon arrest them. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 08, 2021 03:34 pm IST

Two men shot dead in gang war in Bihar’s Purnia

The two men were shot dead with half an hour of each other.

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Published on Jan 06, 2021 10:58 pm IST

Bihar govt plans Didi Ki Rasoi canteens in all district hospitals

The DKR chain of community-based canteens is efficiently managed by the empowered rural women who also happen to be the members of the self- help groups (SHGs) of JEEViKA (or Bihar State Rural Livelihoods Mission). (Image used for representation).

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Updated on Jan 03, 2021 01:42 am IST

Bihar cabinet approves 111 new urban bodies, 5 more municipal corporations

At the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Nitish Kumar, the government gave its approval for the upgradation of Nagar Parishads of Motihari, Sasaram, Bettiah, Madhubani and Samastipur as municipal corporations.

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Updated on Dec 26, 2020 06:07 pm IST

Bihar Election 2020: Result updates for Kasba, Banmankhi, Rupauli, Dhamdaha, Purnia, Korha constituencies

Voters stand in a queue to cast their votes during the polling of third and final phase of Bihar assembly election.

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Updated on Nov 10, 2020 10:24 pm IST

Held under Covid shadow, battle for Bihar concludes

People queue to vote during third phase polling for Bihar Assembly Elections, at Mahuwa constituency in Vaishali district, Bihar. (Photo by Parwaz Khan / Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Nov 08, 2020 04:56 am IST

Bihar assembly election 2020: BJP stronghold Purnia to witness direct face-off with Congress

A voter getting their body temperature checked at a polling station before voting in the second phase of Bihar Assembly Elections, at Danapur Diyara, in Patna, Bihar, India, on Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2020 (Photo by Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Nov 06, 2020 03:23 pm IST

RLSP candidate attacked in Bihar, escapes

The police are probing the incident, which took place a week after the Janata Dal (Rashtrawadi)’s candidate from the Sheohar assembly seat was shot dead during a campaign trail.

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Published on Nov 01, 2020 10:23 am IST

Bihar assembly election: Not under district jurisdiction, Purnia DM on ‘denying’ permission to Rahul Gandhi’s helicopter

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (File Image/PTI)

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Updated on Oct 23, 2020 10:27 am IST

In Bihar, Purnia range IG dies of Covid-19, death toll close to 1,000-mark

The bulletin said in the past 24 hours 1,079 patients recovered in Bihar while 1,19,456 tests were conducted in the same period. Till now the health department has conducted 91,34,927 tests in the state.

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Updated on Oct 19, 2020 02:16 am IST

Bihar’s Covid-19 recovery rate inches closer to 92% as state logs 1,527 new cases

Of the 1,527 new infections, Patna accounted for 259 cases, followed by Purnia 116, Muzaffarpur 96, Bhagalpur 63, Madhepura 57, Gopalganj 53, East Champaran, Saran and Nalanda 51 each among others.

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Updated on Sept 27, 2020 09:44 pm IST

I am proud of my doctor brother working in Bihar but worried too: Gurmeet

Choudhary feels the need to increase awareness in smaller towns and villages in Bihar

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Updated on Jul 22, 2020 07:28 pm IST

Lightning kills 10 in Bihar; CM announces Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia

Chief minister Nitish Kumar expressed grief over the loss of lives. He has announced ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh to each of the victim’s families. (Photo by Keshav Singh/Hindustan Times)

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Published on Jul 19, 2020 08:06 pm IST