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Bihar rain: Punpun river water level starts receding

Death toll in Bihar floods rises to 130; situation eases in Assam

11:06 pm July 30, 2019

Patna/Guwahati: Death toll in Bihar floods rose to 130 on Tuesday, but the situation improved considerably in neighbouring Assam where water levels in all the major rivers started receding and no fresh casualty reported from anywhere in the last 24 hours. Casualties remained at 86 in Assam in the current wave of deluge. Thirteen districts […]

Death toll in Bihar floods mounts to 127

9:44 pm July 26, 2019

Patna: The flood situation remained grim in Bihar, where the death toll rose to 127 on Friday, even as the Nitish Kumar government said it would be writing to the Centre for help in the wake of the calamity which has affected more than eight million people. The number of deaths, that had remained unchanged […]

Bomb threat by woman caller to airport in TN a hoax, say officials

Baby with heart condition dies aboard Patna-Delhi flight

1:46 pm July 25, 2019

New Delhi: A six-month-old baby died on board a flight from Patna to Delhi, where she was being taken for treatment of her heart condition, police said on Thursday. Rachita Kumari, a resident of Begusarai district in Bihar, suffered from congenital heart disease and had a small hole in her heart, said Sanjay Bhatia, deputy […]

Two more die in Bihar floods, death toll reaches 106

11:05 pm July 23, 2019

Patna: Two more people died in Bihar flood on Tuesday, with the death toll climbing to 106 in the calamity that affected 80.55 lakh people in 12 districts, officials said. Both the deaths have taken place in Madhubani district. However, water levels have started receding in several districts and consequently the number of relief camps […]

Will appear in court case filed by BJP-RSS opponents to intimidate me: Rahul

2:40 pm July 6, 2019

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said he will appear in a court in Patna for a case filed by his “political opponents” in the BJP-RSS to “harass and intimidate” him. Gandhi’s appearance in the court later Saturday comes days after he as well as CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury pleading not guilty […]