Sandeep Bhaskar

Migrants return from J&K, become entrepreneurs in Bihar

Bihar government is providing assistance to migrant workers with skill assessment, loans, setting up unit and marketing of produce to help them establish their business.

Fresh tension at border after Indian villagers thrashed by Nepal’s armed police force

This is not the first recent incident of Nepal border police dealing aggressively with Indian villagers.

Bihar flood: Gandak river breaches embankment in Champaran, several villages inundated; 2000 rescued

Water from the river also submerged the state highway close to the embankment, said officials. Those rescued have been shifted to the safer place.

Bihar migrant workers set up cricket bat manufacturing unit

The workers are hoping to ply their bat-making skills back home in Bihar’s West Champaran district and make a living for themselves.

Four Maoists killed in encounter in West Champaran district of Bihar

Two security personnel were also injured the exchange of fire.

Indo-Nepal joint field survey team launches exercise to settle dispute

A two-member survey team from Dehradun, aided by their counterparts from Nepal, has measured the disputed land at Baluwa village in Dhaka block under Sikarahana subdivision of the East Champaran district on Thursday and Friday.

Hog deer poached in Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve area, case registered

According to the officials, the carcass was recovered from a field of Nayagaon Rampur village which falls under Laukariya police station area of Bagaha subdivision in West Champaran district.

‘Guests too have some dignity’: Man stuck in bride’s village due to Covid-19 lockdown sends SOS to CM Nitish Kumar

The bride’s family are leaving no stone unturned to make the stranded guests feel comfortable in their house.

Covid-19 outbreak: 18-yr-old skips birthday celebration, donates piggy bank saving to CM fund

Belonging to an affluent family, decision of Amol Rajan has come in a satisfaction for his family member.

Bihar Board Class 12 arts topper Sakshy Kumari wants to become IAS officer

“After going through the text books, a question-based study is sine quo non for every student. This much I can say with a reasonable degree of confidence for the success of any student,” said Sakshy, who nurses a dream to become an IAS officer and has decided to opt economics in graduation.

JD(U)’s Valmiki Nagar MP Baidyanath Mahto dies

Mahto, who won the Valmiki Nagar seat in 2019 general election by defeating his nearest rival of Congress’s Shashawat Kedar, also represented the seat in 2009.

This government school in Bihar assembles under a tree

HT spent over two hours in the school where it was shocking to see children, especially from standard I to V, braving the cold wave and the plaster of one of the ceilings in the two classrooms hanging precariously even as the classes were underway.

Iranian national staying in India for 11 years as Buddhist monk held

At least 6 foreigners have been arrested in the same area this year before Akbari, most were attempting an escape to Nepal. A Somalian national was the last to be arrested on December 19 while two arrests had been made in the month of August.

Pregnant minor allegedly set ablaze by boyfriend, dies

The incident had taken place at a village under Sikarpur police station limits earlier on Tuesday and the accused, identified as Arman, was arrested by late evening, police said.

Pregnant 19-year-old set on fire by partner in Bihar: Cops

The accused, who is in his early 20s, doused the girl with kerosene and set her on fire at her house in the morning, the victim’s brother said.

2 inmates of Bihar shelter home traced

Gandhi Jayanti: Mahatma Gandhi’s abode in Bettiah lies in ruins

The front court of Hazarimal Dharmshala, once an open garden, now houses a multi-level commercial complex which came up about two decades back. 

5 held for rape of Muzaffarpur shelter home’s former inmate

The alleged crime came to light on Sunday after the woman filed a police complaint. The woman lives with her mother at a rented accommodation in Bettiah.

Hunt on for four suspected of raping ex-Bihar home inmate

The alleged crime came to light on Sunday after the woman approached the police. The woman lives with her mother at a rented accommodation in Bettiah. The woman’s father is a fruit vendor in Nepal.

22 teachers found working with fake certificates in Bihar, FIR ordered

East Champaran district education department ordered the registration of cases against 22 contractual teachers, posted in different blocks of East Champaran, after it was found that the teachers had been working with forged documents. 

4 booked in connection with16-yr-old’s gang rape in Bihar

In an FIR lodged at Chhatauni police station of the district, the girl said the incident took place on Wednesday when she had gone to meet her boyfriend from New Delhi. She was reportedly forced to consume beer by the accused before being sexually assaulted, officials familiar with the matter said.

Sudden closure of community kitchen worries flood victims in East Champaran

After 250-odd flood victims requested the authorities to reconsider the decision, the kitchen was reopened and food was cooked on Tuesday, but the kitchen has not been operational since Wednesday evening

Bihar man arrested for operating ‘pro-Pakistan’ WhatsApp group

The SP said the police acted against the accused after getting a wind of and monitoring the contents of the WhatsApp group.

16-year-old minor gang-raped in East Champaran, 2 arrested

The accused were identified as identified as Abhishekh Kumar, alias Chhotu and Qureshi. Both the accused are residents of Raghunathpur. 

NDRF deploys 19 teams in Bihar to tackle flood fury

Comprising 35 to 40 members, each NDRF team is equipped with a minimum of four boats and about half-a-dozen deep divers, besides pharmacists.

2 die in East Champaran due to heavy rain, schools shut in Bihar’s Motihari

According to officials, a 15-year-old boy, identified as Rahul Kumar, son of Surendra Kumar, drowned while he was wading through a waterlogged and fell into a ditch at Khairwa Lakhauna village under Ghorasahan police station limits of East Champaran on Friday morning.

17 year-old boy allegedly kills 12 year-old over business rivalry in Bihar

The families of the victim and the alleged killer run grocery shops, located in front of their houses. The alleged killers was said to be jealous because business was brisk at the victim’s shop.

Two Bihar cops sacked for framing Pune man in alleged rape case

The man, 23-year-old Zarar Sherkher, is an MBA student. He has been lodged in a jail in Bihar’s Bettiah since March 27 this year.

Brother of ex-BJP MLA seen on video thrashing man for refusing to stand up

Renu Devi, who has been a three-term BJP MLA from Bettiah, has distanced herself from her brother, the accused.

Woman axed to death by husband for ‘failure’ to have baby

Police said that the accused, Raj Kumar, 32, attacked his wife Shobha Devi, 29, with an axe following a quarrel at 7am.