Patna News

Bridegroom shot dead before wedding in Bihar

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 22, 2013

A bridegroom was shot dead by unidentified assailants in a Bihar village late on Tuesday, minutes before he was to be married, police said on Wednesday.

Former RJD MP Pappu Yadav released from jail

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday May 21, 2013

Four days after the court acquitted former RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on charges of killing CPI-M leader Ajit Sarkar, he was formally released from jail here Tuesday, police officials said.

13-year-old Bihar boy cracks IIT-JEE preliminary exam

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 8, 2013

A 13-year-old boy from Bihar has cracked the preliminary examination of the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE). He is the youngest to pass the exam.

Bihar to buy 1,000 MW to provide power to all by 2015

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday May 7, 2013

Power-starved Bihar plans to buy 1,000 MW in the open market from 2015 to meet the shortfall in its power requirements and keep the chief minister's promise of power for all before 2015 assembly polls, officials in Patna said on Tuesday.

Patna may get Metro rail by 2016, says Bihar minister

Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday May 5, 2013

Patna's dream of a Metro train may come true by 2016 if the state urban development minister is to be believed. The project is set to cover a distance of 40-km stretch at a cost of Rs. 8,000 crore, said Prem Kumar.

Woman and her daughter allegedly gang-raped by four men in Bihar

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday April 24, 2013

Three people have been arrested in Bihar for allegedly abducting and raping a woman and her daughter as a revenge after the victim's son allegedly eloped with the sister of one of the accused, police said today.

Alliance appears to be in last phase, says Nitish Kumar's minister

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday April 18, 2013

The war of words between Bihar's ruling coalition partners - the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's suitability as a prime ministerial candidate continued with both sides attack...

Bihar official arrested for allegedly raping daughter

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday April 13, 2013

A Bihar government official was arrested Saturday for allegedly repeatedly raping his 14-year-old daughter, police said.

Bihar Police okays 35 per cent quota for women

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday April 12, 2013

Bihar Police Friday formally decided to reserve 35 per cent posts for women and to set up women's desk at all police stations.

Two killed allegedly in clashes over vulgar Holi songs in Bihar

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday March 29, 2013

Two people were killed and over two dozen injured in clashes in Bihar over playing lewd Bhojpuri Holi songs, police said on Friday.

Nitish Kumar beats Narendra Modi in 'pichkari' battle. But it's Patna after all

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday March 26, 2013

It is a contest between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi -- and the former is ahead. "Pichkaris (colour sprinklers)" with pictures of the two leaders are doing brisk business in the markets here ahead of Hol...

Child killed after imitating TV hanging scene

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday March 25, 2013

An eight-year-old boy was killed in Bihar's Buxar district after he and his three elder brothers were trying to imitate a hanging scene they had seen on a TV programme, police said on Monday.

Nearly 1,600 expelled for cheating in Bihar board exams, several parents arrested

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday March 18, 2013

Nearly 1,600 students, caught cheating in Bihar's Class 10 board examinations, were expelled from it and over 100 parents who helped them use unfair means were arrested, an official said today.

Bihar to train one million schoolgirls in martial arts

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday March 15, 2013

The Bihar government has decided to train one million schoolgirls in karate so that they can use the martial art to protect themselves from sexual harassment, an official said on Friday.

Woman cop held for sending vulgar messages to bureaucrat

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday February 26, 2013

A Bihar woman constable was arrested for sending vulgar SMSes and regularly calling on the mobile phone of a trainee IAS officer, police on Tuesday said.