CM Samrat Choudhary launches several energy department initiatives in Patna on Tuesday Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday said Bihar would provide additional financial assistance to beneficiaries of the Centre’s PM Surya Ghar scheme, offering Rs10,000 for a 1-kW solar plant and Rs20,000 for 2-kW and 3-kW plants, over and above the central subsidy.Choudhary, who…
Nandan Yadav, the main accused in the Jamui horror. PATNA: Nandan Yadav, the main accused in the Jamui horror, projected an image of bravado on social media, posting videos of himself posing aggressively, flaunting beer bottles with friends and dancing with women, often to Bhojpuri songs with provocative lyrics.Several of his Facebook videos featured him…
Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday said criminals have no caste or religion and warned that anyone challenging the police would face an appropriate response. His remarks came amid a political controversy over the police encounter with the main accused in the recent assault and molestation of a minor girl in…
State transport commissioner Arif Ahsan Patna: State transport commissioner Arif Ahsan on Tuesday directed district officials to ensure that driving licences and vehicle registration certificates are issued without unnecessary delays, with thousands of such applications being processed every day.Ahsan held a video conference with district transport officers, assistant district transport officers, motor vehicle inspectors and…
SP (West) Sanket Kumar said family bickering over the sister’s mental health may have led to the incident. PATNA: A Bihar police constable allegedly shot his sister dead with his service pistol before shooting himself in Patna’s Danapur area, officials said on Wednesday.City superintendent of police (West) Sanket Kumar said the incident might have been…
Patna: Jamui MLA and minister Shreyasi Singh on Tuesday clarified her remark that “moral policing can be done in a more decent and elegant fashion”, saying a TV channel had quoted her out of context after a video showing a minor girl and her friend being harassed went viral.“They did not release the entire news…
Following a tense police confrontation on Tuesday, Nandan Yadav, the chief suspect in the Jamui case, was taken into custody with a gunshot wound after attempting to evade arrest. PATNA: The main accused in the Jamui horror, who molested a schoolgirl as his group of goons harassed and assaulted the minor and her friend, was…
RJD working president Tejashwi Prasad Yadav addresses mediapersons in Patna on Tuesday Patna: The horrific Jamui incident involving molestation of a girl student spiralled into a major political controversy on Tuesday with the opposition targeting the govt over the issue.While leader of the opposition in Bihar assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav sought the resignation of CM…
Patna: Patna High Court has directed the state govt to provide prison inmates with copies of their ‘history tickets’ — records of their conduct and other details considered while assessing their eligibility for remission, or reduction of their prison term.A division bench of Justices Bibek Chaudhuri and Chandra Shekhar Jha, while hearing a criminal writ…
EOU team raids at the residence of Kamlesh Kumar, general manager (technical) of the Bihar State Building Construction Corporation Limited Patna: Economic Offences Unit (EOU) froze Rs25.86 lakh in 16 bank accounts belonging to a senior Bihar govt engineer and his close relatives during searches conducted on Tuesday in a disproportionate assets case. The raiding…
