Madhubani

Two policemen allegedly attacked a judge inside a courtroom in Bihar's Madhubani district on Thursday, prompting the Patna High Court to take suo motu cognizance of the matter and ask the state''s director general of police to file a status report.

The Bar association of Jhanjharpur has condemned the attack on the ADJ and called it an attempt to stifle the judiciary. They also specifically named the SP and questioned his role in the incident.

The body of Buddhinath Jha, alias Avinash Jha, a 22-year-old journalist and RTI activist who was kidnapped four days ago, was found on Friday evening - burned and tossed by the roadside - near a village in Bihar's Madhubani district.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday asserted that reports claiming 148 train passengers recently tested positive for COVID-19 at Madhubani railway station are false.

A court in Bihar's Madhubani district has directed a man accused of molesting a woman to wash and iron the clothes of all female residents of his village, free of cost, by way of repentance.

A 15-year-old deaf and mute girl has been allegedly gang-raped in Bihar's Madhubani district and her eyes were damaged with a sharp object so that she couldn't identify the perpetrators, police said on Wednesday.

The Bihar opposition's chief ministerial candidate, Tejashwi Yadav, today condemned the hurling of onions at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Madhubani during a public meeting, saying there are other forms of protest in a democracy.

Onions were thrown at the stage when Nitish Kumar was campaigning today in Bihar's Madhubani for the state election ending Saturday. The Chief Minister's security personnel formed a shield around him as he continued his speech.

Children studying in South Delhi Municipal Corporation schools may soon get to learn the ancient art of Madhubani painting as its mayor on Thursday directed officials to prepare a scheme for it.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Leader Tejashwi Yadav today visited flood-affected areas in Madhepur Block of Madhubani district in Bihar and distributed money among people.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday inspected the Kamla weir in Madhubani district and asked officials to prepare a plan to convert it into a barrage, which would increase the irrigation capacity and help farmers of north Bihar and the Mithilanchal region.

Four policemen were injured when a group of people owing allegiance to Tabligh-e-Jamaat assembled in a village in Bihar's Madhubani allegedly attacked them as the men in uniform admonished them for defying the ongoing lockdown, a senior official said on Wednesday.

A journalist working for a national Hindi daily was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle at Sarsopahi bazar under Pandaul police station area of Bihar's Madhubani district late Sunday evening, police said on Monday.

A suspected meteorite the size of a football plunged into a rice field in Bihar's Madhubani district, startling farmers, authorities said Thursday.

A celestial object, weighing more than 10 kg and having magnetic properties, landed in a village of this north Bihar district a couple of days ago, a senior official of Madhubani said this morning.

Two policemen allegedly attacked a judge inside a courtroom in Bihar's Madhubani district on Thursday, prompting the Patna High Court to take suo motu cognizance of the matter and ask the state''s director general of police to file a status report.

The Bar association of Jhanjharpur has condemned the attack on the ADJ and called it an attempt to stifle the judiciary. They also specifically named the SP and questioned his role in the incident.

The body of Buddhinath Jha, alias Avinash Jha, a 22-year-old journalist and RTI activist who was kidnapped four days ago, was found on Friday evening - burned and tossed by the roadside - near a village in Bihar's Madhubani district.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday asserted that reports claiming 148 train passengers recently tested positive for COVID-19 at Madhubani railway station are false.

A court in Bihar's Madhubani district has directed a man accused of molesting a woman to wash and iron the clothes of all female residents of his village, free of cost, by way of repentance.

A 15-year-old deaf and mute girl has been allegedly gang-raped in Bihar's Madhubani district and her eyes were damaged with a sharp object so that she couldn't identify the perpetrators, police said on Wednesday.

The Bihar opposition's chief ministerial candidate, Tejashwi Yadav, today condemned the hurling of onions at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Madhubani during a public meeting, saying there are other forms of protest in a democracy.

Onions were thrown at the stage when Nitish Kumar was campaigning today in Bihar's Madhubani for the state election ending Saturday. The Chief Minister's security personnel formed a shield around him as he continued his speech.

Children studying in South Delhi Municipal Corporation schools may soon get to learn the ancient art of Madhubani painting as its mayor on Thursday directed officials to prepare a scheme for it.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Leader Tejashwi Yadav today visited flood-affected areas in Madhepur Block of Madhubani district in Bihar and distributed money among people.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday inspected the Kamla weir in Madhubani district and asked officials to prepare a plan to convert it into a barrage, which would increase the irrigation capacity and help farmers of north Bihar and the Mithilanchal region.

Four policemen were injured when a group of people owing allegiance to Tabligh-e-Jamaat assembled in a village in Bihar's Madhubani allegedly attacked them as the men in uniform admonished them for defying the ongoing lockdown, a senior official said on Wednesday.

A journalist working for a national Hindi daily was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle at Sarsopahi bazar under Pandaul police station area of Bihar's Madhubani district late Sunday evening, police said on Monday.

A suspected meteorite the size of a football plunged into a rice field in Bihar's Madhubani district, startling farmers, authorities said Thursday.

A celestial object, weighing more than 10 kg and having magnetic properties, landed in a village of this north Bihar district a couple of days ago, a senior official of Madhubani said this morning.