Naxals Kill One SI; 3 others Remain Hostage

Patna: For the family of Abhay Yadav, tragedy befell on Thursday when his captors, the Maoist terrorists in Bihar, four days after taking four Bihar policemen hostage following an encounter with them in Lakhisarai, killed Yadav after the state government failed to meet their de...

After Bukhari, its Gowda for Pahalwan

Patna: After roping in the Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari nearly three weeks ago to form a political party called Muslim United Democratic Front, Pahalwan, an Independent legislator, on Wednesday, appeared with former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda at a f...

Family Members Await Release of Abducted SIs

Patna: It was a gut-wrenching scene outside Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's residence on Wednesday when Manju Devi, the mother of Sub-inspector Rupesh Kumar, who was reported kidnapped by the Maoist extremists during a police encounter in Lakhisarai last Sunday, became very ill p...

Veteran Marxist Joins JD-U

Patna: Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-U that has, in the wake of the approaching state elections in Bihar, opened the party door to everyone regardless of one's ideology, former party allegiance, or criminal history, on Wednesday, welcomed the veteran Marxist and a senior Communist ...

Schoolchildren Protest Cutting of Trees

Patna: Young children of DAV Public School in Pataliputra on Wednesday, protested outside Patna's Zoological and Botanical Garden against the administration's decision to chop off over 3,000 trees to make aircraft landing at Patna Airport safer.