Elderly Dalit woman raped, killed in Bihar
IANS | 03 May 2013, 6:46 AMPatna, May 3: A 60-year-old Dalit woman was raped and murdered in Bihar, police yesterday said.The victim, a labourer, lived alone in her house in Nunnagar village in Saran
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Five killed as train rams into car at unmanned crossing
PTI | 02 May 2013, 2:26 PMMotihari, May 2: Five persons of a marriage party were killed when a train engine rammed into a car at an unmanned railway crossing in Bihar's East Champaran district, police said
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Three tiger cubs born in Bihar reserve
IANS | 01 May 2013, 2:37 PMPatna, May 1: A tigress gave birth to three cubs in Bihar's only tiger reserve -- the second such development in the area in one-and-half years, an official said Wednesday."It is
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Bihar cabinet approves notification of Lokayukta Bill
IANS | 01 May 2013, 8:19 AMPatna, May 1: Nearly one and a half years after the assembly passed it, the Bihar cabinet yesterday notified the legislation setting up a three-member Lokayukta with jurisdiction
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Fear of encephalitis outbreak haunts Bihar
IANS | 30 Apr 2013, 12:56 PMPatna, Apr 30: With this year's first death suspected to be caused by Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) reported in Bihar, the fear of an outbreak of the deadly mosquito-borne
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Seven Maoists killed in Jharkhand
IANS | 30 Apr 2013, 7:24 AMRanchi, April 30: Seven alleged Maoists were killed in a gun battle with security forces in Jharkhand yesterday, police said.The shootout between the Maoists and the security
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Bihar to introduce road safety in high school syllabus
IANS | 29 Apr 2013, 2:14 PMPatna, Apr 29: After introducing road safety in the syllabus of middle schools, the Bihar government has decided to include the subject in the syllabus of high schools also from
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3 Maoists killed in Latehar
PTI | 29 Apr 2013, 1:25 PMRanchi, Apr 29: At least three Maoists were today killed in an encounter with the security personnel in Latehar district's Katia forests, a senior CRPF official said. “At
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14 chitfund companies raided in Bihar, 11 arrested
PTI | 28 Apr 2013, 10:11 PMPatna, Apr 28: Bihar police today raided offices of over a dozen chitfund companies on the outskirts of state capital and arrested 11 persons from whom Rs 8 lakh was seized.On a
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BDO among three booked for corruption in Indira Awas yojna
PTI | 27 Apr 2013, 6:05 PMMotihari, Apr 27: An FIR has been lodged against three persons, including a Block Development Officer (BDO), for allegedly accepting bribe money in Indira Awas Yojna in Bihar's
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Bihar govt to form data base of non-banking financial company
PTI | 26 Apr 2013, 11:18 AMPatna, Apr 26: Alarmed by the chit fund scam in West Bengal, the Bihar government in a bid to tighten control over non-banking financial institutions has decided to monitor them
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Maoists abduct construction workers in Bihar
IANS | 25 Apr 2013, 12:25 PMPatna, Apr 25: Maoist guerrillas abducted five labourers engaged in road construction in Bihar late Wednesday, but released three of them early Thursday, police said.Nearly 40
