Patna News

A college for women in Patna on Saturday withdrew its ban on wearing burqas on campus after it had earlier prohibited it as part of the institute's new dress code.

Bihar: The District Magistrate of Patna on Thursday issued a circular of extending the school holidays till January 5 due to cold weather condition.

Two days after the incident of arson and stone pelting in which around a dozen policemen were injured in Patna, the district administration on Tuesday barred dharna, procession, demonstration, protest march and gathering in the 100 meter vicinity of the Kargil chowk.

A young woman's charred body was found in Bihar's Buxar district which had triggered speculation of rape and murder, turned out to be a case of honour killing and the main accused, the father of the victim, has been arrested, a top police official claimed on Tuesday.

People stood in long queues, some as early as 4 am, outside the mobile outlets to buy onions. In absence of any police protection, Biscomaun employees wore the helmets to be on the safer side.

"We have decided to open a higher secondary school in every panchayat in order to reduce fertility rate. We have found in a study that the country's fertility rate is 1.7 while it is 1.6 in Bihar if the girl is intermediate pass," an official release quoted Nitish Kumar as saying.

A teacher at a private school in Patna has been accused of sexually assaulting a Class 5 student, the police said today.

The Nitish Kumar government on Monday imposed a complete ban of state-owned vehicles which were more than 15 years old in Bihar, taking noteof the surge in pollution levels that has been recorded during the recent festive season.

A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader in Bihar was arrested for allegedly uploading an "objectionable and derogatory" post against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's liquor ban drive on a social media website.

A woman named Noori Fatma in Bihar capital Patna, claimed that her husband gave her instant ''triple talaq'' because she refused to become a "modern" woman and consume liquor and wear dresses.

A team announced to probe the gaps that led to severe flooding in Bihar's capital Patna, which has members who themselves are in the firing line, is turning out to be an embarrassment for the state government.

Excessive rain and flood-like situation in many parts of the country have also affected vegetable prices.

With parts of the Bihar capital still inundated following last week's heavy rainfall, the threat of a dengue epidemic looms large over the city.

More than 400 people are being treated for dengue in Patna, parts of which remained flooded for the eighth day on Saturday following heavy rain last week, as floating animal carcasses and garbage spouted concerns of spreading disease in Bihar's capital city, home to about 30 lakh residents.

The death toll in the incident of boat capsize in Mahananda river bordering West Bengal and Bihar rose to nine today after five more bodies were recovered by rescue teams, police said.