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Bihar caught between flooding due to heavy rainfall and spectre of drought
By Subhash Pathak | Hindustan Times, Patna
PUBLISHED ON JUL 17, 2019 02:26 PM IST
Despite widespread monsoon, 18 of 38 districts in Bihar are still facing noticeable deficit of rains that has hampered crop coverage in the state.
After Bihar man’s euthanasia plea, officials rush to build toilet, govt doc visits family
By Prasun K Mishra | Hindustan Times, Sasaram
UPDATED ON JUL 16, 2019 02:13 PM IST
Devmuni Singh Yadav, father of three boys and a resident of Chhulkar village under Sanjhauli block of Rohtas district, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Nitish Kumar, had requested the government to arrange for treatment of his children who suffer from a rare muscular disorder, otherwise allow for euthanasia.
2 get 10-year prison sentence for snatching Gurugram man’s Rs 500, voter ID
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Gurugram
UPDATED ON APR 08, 2019 09:03 AM IST
After a rise in incidents of snatching in Haryana, the state government had added two clauses (379 A and 379 B), defining snatching as a non-bailable offence, which will attract rigorous imprisonment for 10 to 14 years and a fine of Rs 25,000.
Bodyguard arrested in Ranchi double murder case
By HT Correspondent | Ranchi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 16, 2019 03:33 AM IST
Two brothers, Mahendra Agarwal, 46, and Hemant Agarwal, 45, were found shot dead at the office of a private TV channel in the Ashok Nagar locality — the colony in Ranchi is home to several top bureaucrats and police officers. The duo ran a moneylending business.
2 dead, 2 hurt in celebratory firing at 3 Bihar weddings
By HT Correspondents | Bhabua / Saharsa / Bettiah
UPDATED ON MAR 04, 2019 10:58 PM IST
A musician was shot dead by a guest, a 22-year old boy killed and another guest injured in celebratory firing, and a professional dancer injured, also in celebratory firing, in three separate incidents at weddings in Bihar on Sunday night.
Caught as ‘thief’, man made to marry girlfriend by village elders in Bihar
By Prasun K Mishra | Hindustan Times, Sasaram
UPDATED ON JUL 14, 2018 11:14 AM IST
A 25-year-old army clerk entered his girlfriend’s house in the night but was caught on suspicion of being a thief and made to marry her following village elders’ intervention.