Bihar: Five killed, 6 injured in bus accident
PTI | 19 Sep 2013, 6:54 AMMotihari: Five persons were killed and six others injured when an overcrowded bus turned turtle and fell into a roadside ditch in East Champaran district yesterday.The mishap
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33 districts in Bihar declared drought-hit
PTI | 18 Sep 2013, 3:03 PMPatna: Taking into account deficient rainfall this year, Bihar government on Wednesday declared 33 out of the 38 districts of state as drought-hit. The decision was taken at a
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'Half of Jharkhand legislators face criminal cases'
IANS | 18 Sep 2013, 2:12 PMRanchi: Nearly half of Jharkhand's 81 legislators face different types of criminal cases, and 20 of them face serious criminal cases, says an affidavit filed in the Jharkhand High
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Five family members in Bihar get life term in dowry death case
PTI | 18 Sep 2013, 7:53 AMBanka (Bihar): Five members of a family were sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court in Bihar's Banka district in a 22 year old dowry death case. The court also
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Two SAP jawans killed in Maoists attack
PTI | 17 Sep 2013, 7:20 AMGaya: Two jawans of Special Auxiliary Police (SAP) force were killed and as many injured when armed Maoists attacked a patrol party late yesterday evening in Amarut village of
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Two Bihar policemen held for attempted rape
IANS | 16 Sep 2013, 11:48 AMPatna: Two policemen have been arrested in Bihar for attempting to rape a woman constable while drunk, officials said Monday.Havaldars Dudhnath Prasad and Shamsul Zoha Khan were
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Man held for threatening Bihar CM
IANS | 15 Sep 2013, 11:51 AMPatna: A man in his mid 20s has been arrested on charges of pasting posters threatening Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, police said Sunday.Bhimsen Mishra of Maner near Patna
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Jharkhand CM asks Maoists for talks
PTI | 13 Sep 2013, 7:23 AMKhunti (Jharkhand): Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren yesterday offered talks to the Maoists and other extremists, the JMM-led government's first offer after taking over the
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Bihar mid-day meal deaths: Principal's husband surrenders
IANS | 09 Sep 2013, 3:50 PMPatna: The husband of the principal of the Saran school in Bihar where 23 children died after eating contaminated food in July surrendered on Monday before a Bihar court. He was
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Bihar flood toll mounts to 201
PTI | 06 Sep 2013, 6:42 PMPatna: Over 200 people have died and 6.9 million displaced as the flood situation remained grim in Bihar due to spate in various rivers.Altogether 201 people have died since June
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Two dead, 3 missing as boat sinks in swollen Ganga
PTI | 08 Sep 2013, 12:39 PMKatihar (Bihar): Two persons, including a woman, drowned while three others went missing when a country-made boat capsized in swollen Ganga in Bihar's Katihar district yesterday,
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Four held for gang rape of Bihar woman
IANS | 07 Sep 2013, 12:25 PMPatna: Four of the six men who barged into a house and gang raped a married woman in Bihar were arrested Saturday, police said.The 25-year-old woman was gang raped Thursday night
