Patna: Bird-hit incidents at Jayprakash Narayan International Airport have more than doubled this year, raising fresh concerns over aviation safety and the growing number of bird-attracting hazards around the airport.Airport data show that 21 bird-hit cases were reported between Jan and Aug 2026, against nine during the corresponding period last year, marking a 133.3% increase….
Patna: Farmers suffering crop losses during this Kharif season will receive financial assistance of up to Rs10,000 per hectare under the Bihar State Crop Assistance Scheme, state cooperation minister Ram Kripal Yadav said here on Tuesday. He urged eligible farmers to submit their applications online by Oct 31.He said the govt has made farmers’ financial…
Patna: The state govt is working to ease administrative regulations and liberalise rules to create a more business-friendly environment and improve ease of doing business in Bihar, a high-level review meeting held here on Tuesday was informed.Special secretary in the Centre’s Cabinet Secretariat K K Pathak and chief secretary Pratyaya Amrit jointly reviewed the status…
Patna: With the upcoming Pitrapaksha Mela at Gaya, the railways has announced special passenger trains on the Rani Kamlapati (Bhopal)–Gaya and Jabalpur–Gaya routes to facilitate pilgrims travelling for ancestral rituals and to ensure a comfortable journey.According to East Central Railway (ECR) Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Saraswati Chandra, the Rani Kamlapati–Gaya special train (01661/01662) will…
Buxar: A local court in Buxar on Wednesday sentenced two men to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment each for gang-raping a woman and making her photographs viral on social media.First District and Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Uday Pratap Singh, convicted Deepak Ram and Kanhaiya Gond under Section 376(D)…
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday searched two flats in an apartment complex in Patna’s Chitragupta Nagar Patna: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday searched two flats in an apartment complex in Patna’s Chitragupta Nagar in connection with a case related to the attack on the RSS office in Ranchi.This was the second…
Patna: The mukhiya of Bakour panchayat in Supaul district was arrested by the excise department on Wednesday after a breathalyser test confirmed alcohol consumption during a routine enforcement drive. The accused, identified as Nandan Kumar Pandit, was detained near Bakour Chowk during a checking campaign against liquor consumption and illegal liquor trade.According to excise officials,…
Pilgrims offer ‘Tarpan’ in Falgu river Gaya: In view of the expected arrival of pilgrims in large numbers from across the country and abroad during the Pitripaksh mela from Sept 25 to Oct 10, the district administration has prepared a special traffic plan for Bodh Gaya.According to a press release issued by the information and…
Patna: The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) on Tuesday conducted searches at five locations linked to Anand Kumar Vibhuti, block development officer (BDO), Bahadurpur in Darbhanga, in a disproportionate assets case and recovered documents related to 16 plots, investments worth around Rs70 lakh in mutual funds, multiple bank accounts and several vehicles.The FIR in Economic Offences…
Patna: One person drowned and another went missing after a boat carrying 11 passengers capsized near pier number 9 of the Mahatma Gandhi Setu in Vaishali district on Tuesday afternoon. Nine people were rescued, while the body of one of the missing men was later recovered by local residents.The incident occurred around 1pm in the…
