33 nabbed for burning alive JDU leader in Bihar

Purnia, May 24 (PTI) A local JD(U) leader died of burn injuries after he was allegedly set on fire by some tribal people over some property related dispute in Bihar's Purnia district this evening, police said. "A group of tribal people surrounded ...

PURNIA (BIHAR): At 23, Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav had stepped into the Bihar assembly. Before he turned 29, he had entered Parliament.He was to be re-elected once again at the age of 37 but was forced to spend more time in various

The officer, Bachchu Singh Meena, and his family had left their native place Khedawas village after he was selected for Bihar-cadre IPS in 1996. Currently he is DIG, Purnia. His son Rakshit was beaten to death at a night club in Gangtok where he pursued ...

Rakshit Meena, the 20-year-old son of Purnia range DIG Bachhu Singh Meena, died at a hospital in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim, after being thrashed by a group of youth and bouncers at a nightclub. He was an engineering student of Sikkim Manipal University ...

The Purnia Municipal Corporation has, after dithering for days due to internal wrangling, adopted a deficit budget of Rs 38.10 lakh for the fiscal year 2013-14 early this week.

The sealing of as many as seven ultrasound clinics following raids on 10 such clinics across Purnia district town, which has emerged as medical hub in north-eastern Bihar, has triggered a face off between the government doctors and Purnia chapter of Indian ...

Fifteen years after the murder of Ajit Sarkar, CPM MLA from Purnia, the Patna high court on Friday acquitted former Purnia MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, former MLA Rajan Tiwari and Anil Yadav of the charge of murder, giving them benefit of doubt.

A major part of Bihar, including Muzaffarpur, Gaya, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Purnia and Saharsa, on Tuesday plunged into darkness following the shutdown of two units of NTPC's power generating plant.

Kim, who assumed charge as the new SP of Purnia on Friday, is the first woman to head the police wing in this 240-year-old sprawling but problem-ridden district with 28 police stations.