BIHAR

Drunk SI held for harassing girl in Bihar police station

6:51 pm November 1, 2019

Samastipur (Bihar): A police officer has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a girl in an inebriated state at a police station in Bihar’s Samastipur district. Confirming the incident, Dalsinghsarai sub-division Deputy Superintendent of Police Kundan Kumar said the accused police officer, Vedanand Choudhary, was forwarded to Samastipur divisional jail on Friday. Choudhary, a sub-inspector […]

IIT-KGP implements micro solar dome project to provide affordable clean energy

7:09 pm October 31, 2019

Kolkata: IIT-Kharagpur on Thursday said 44,000 micro solar domes will be provided to poor households in rural areas of ten states under a project to provide clean energy at an affordable price. Poor families are often unable to afford the grid- connected electricity while others may find disruption of power supply due to natural disasters, […]

15-yr-old girl abducted, raped by three youths in UP

‘Sadhvi’ gang-raped in Bihar

8:49 pm October 28, 2019

Sheikhpura: A ‘Sadhvi’ (holy woman) was gang-raped in Bihar’s Sheikhpura district, police said on Monday. According to SHO, Mahila Thana, Yashoda Devi, the incident took place late Sunday night near Phulchod village in the district while the ‘Sadhvi’ was on her way to her native village in Uttar Pradesh’s Basti district. The SHO said the […]

Nitish inspects Patna ghats prior to ‘Chhath’ festival

11:55 pm October 25, 2019

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday took stock of the arrangements at several ghats along river Ganga for the four- day ‘Chhath’ festival beginning October 31. Kumar inspected various Ganga ghats from Nasriganj in Danapur to Kangan in Patna city on steamer and gave instructions to officials […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

2 arrested for killing financier, his aide in Delhi

11:08 pm October 23, 2019

New Delhi: Two persons were arrested for allegedly killing a financier and his employee over a monetary dispute in the national capital, the crime branch of Delhi Police said on Wednesday. Naveen Vashisth (32) and Rajnish (31), both residents of Bawana, were nabbed from Patna, Bihar on Monday while they were about to board a […]