Patna: The Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) on Monday arrested a station house officer (SHO) in Patna district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 27,000 inside the police station premises.The accused, sub-inspector Saurabh Kumar, SHO of Samyagarh police station, was allegedly demanding weekly payments from a complainant in exchange for allowing an earthmover machine to…

Patna: Bihar showcased its industrial potential in the footwear and leather sector at the 10th India International Footwear Fair (IIFF) 2026 in New Delhi on Friday, attracting investment proposals worth Rs 125 crore that are expected to generate around 1,800 direct jobs.At a session titled ‘Bihar: The Next Frontier of Global Footwear Manufacturing’, the state…

Patna: Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) will soon sign memorandums of understanding with 12 urban local bodies for the implementation of a 15MW waste-to-energy plant at Ramchak-Bairiya under an integrated solid waste management project. A coordination meeting was held on Saturday to finalise the roles and responsibilities of the participating civic bodies. The project is expected…

Narik Rai, an Army member, and his son, Jitendra Kumar, were fatally shot in what appears to be a family dispute over home acces (Representative image) VAISHALI: An Army personnel and his father were allegedly shot dead in Bihar’s Vaishali district on Sunday in a suspected dispute over a pathway leading to their house, police…

Bettiah: A 30-year-old woman and her five-year-old daughter were killed after being run over by a train near Sofwa village on the Narkatiaganj-Muzaffarpur railway section in West Champaran late Monday night.The deceased were identified as Janki Devi, wife of Sakesh Chaudhary, and her daughter Pinjal Kumari, residents of Sofwa village under Shikarpur police station.Family said…