Revenue and land reforms minister Dilip Kumar Jaiswal Patna: The revenue and land reforms department has initiated disciplinary action against 12 more revenue officials and circle officers (COs) on charges of corruption and dereliction of duty, department minister Dilip Kumar Jaiswal said on Wednesday.Jaiswal said action has been taken against 82 officers and employees over…

Buxar: A 47-year-old trailer driver was killed in a head-on collision between two trailers on NH-922 (Patna–Buxar four-lane) near Churamanpur under the Industrial police station area in Bhojpur district on Wednesday. The impact was so severe that the driver’s body remained trapped inside the mangled cabin for nearly four hours before rescuers managed to extricate…

Begusarai: More than five years after Kasturba Gandhi Residential School warden Rinku Kumari was found hanging on campus and her death was treated as a suicide, a Bihar Police SIT has concluded that she was murdered and the crime was allegedly staged to appear as suicide.Acting on a fresh probe ordered by the Patna high…

CM Samrat Choudhary in Araria on Tuesday Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday said the state govt would continue its zero-tolerance policy against crime and cross-border infiltration, adding that security along the India-Nepal border has been strengthened with 194 border outposts across the 735-km frontier.Addressing a public meeting after attending a ‘Sahyog Shivir’ at Haripur…

ADG (Traffic) Sudhanshu Kumar Patna: In a major overhaul of traffic enforcement, Bihar Police has barred constables and assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs) from stopping and checking vehicles. Under a new order issued by the police headquarters, only officers of sub-inspector (SI) rank and above will be authorised to conduct vehicle checks and verify documents.Addressing a news…