Bihar Muslim family convert to Hinduism

Jul 06, 2017, at 03:18 pm

Patna, Jul 6 (IBNS): Unable to cope with the 'harassment' of his Muslim neighbours, a lawyer and his two sons converted to Hinduism in Bihar's Begusarai district, reports said.

Six Muslim women killed in Bihar as high tension live wire falls on them

Jul 05, 2017, at 02:05 am

Patna, July 4 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): A high-tension electric wire fell on a house in India’s Bihar state on Tuesday, killing six Muslim women on the spot.

No plan to do politics outside Bihar: Nitish Kumar

Jul 02, 2017, at 11:02 pm

Patna, July 2 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said he would do his politics in Bihar only and work for state’s development.

Vice-presidential polls: Allies skeptical about next move of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

Jul 01, 2017, at 10:10 pm

Patna, Jul 1 (BiharPost/IBNS) : Now that the date of the vice-presidential elections has been announced, all eyes are on Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar as to what step he takes.

Bihar: Saurath Sabha re-enacts ‘Shashtrartha’ to restore Mithila’s intellectual legacy

Jul 01, 2017, at 12:05 am

Patna, June 30 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): On the sidelines of the ongoing nine-day Saurath Sabha which commenced last week, the Mithilalok Foundation, an NGO, organized Shashtrartha (discourse) on Thursday.

Bihar: Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad reiterate there is no threat to ruling alliance in state

Jun 29, 2017, at 08:17 pm

Patna, June 29 (TheBiharPost/IBNS) : This could be a shocker for the BJP which was hoping for a split in the ruling Bihar alliance anytime soon.

Setback to Opp unity as JD-U ‘decides’ to support NDA’s Presidential candidate

Jun 21, 2017, at 10:47 pm

Patna, June 21 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The JD-U has almost “decided” to support NDA Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind who earlier served as the Governor of Bihar, according to media reports.

IT attaches 12 properties of Lalu family, Dy CM says they are victim of 'political vendetta'

Jun 21, 2017, at 12:33 am

Patna, June 20 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Income Tax Department has attached 12 plots of RJD chief Lalu Prasad family located in various parts of the country, media reports said on Tuesday.

Bihar youth goes missing from Malaysian ship during study course

Jun 21, 2017, at 12:12 am

Patna, June 20 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): A youth from Bihar doing a maritime course with a Malaysian company has gone mysteriously missing for the past one week, leaving the family in a state of shock and despair.

Ram Nath Kovind quits as Governor of Bihar

Jun 20, 2017, at 10:21 pm

Patna, June 20 (IBNS): NDA's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind has resigned as the Governor of Bihar.

Bihar youth burns girlfriend to death after rape

Jun 18, 2017, at 11:57 pm

Patna, June 18 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): A youth in Bihar burnt his girlfriend to death after allegedly raping her, media reports said on Sunday.

Schoolgirl gang-raped, thrown off from running train in Bihar

Jun 18, 2017, at 08:09 pm

Patna, June 18 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): A schoolgirl was thrown off from a running train and was left to die after being gang-raped in Bihar.

Bihar school strips sisters after they fail to pay money for uniforms

Jun 18, 2017, at 01:47 am

Patna, June 17 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Two girls enrolled in LKG and UKG were stripped by school authorities in Bihar after they failed to pay school fees, local media reported on Saturday.

Fake class 12 topper’s answer-sheets evaluated in southern Bihar district: Report

Jun 17, 2017, at 01:44 am

Patna, June 16 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The answer-sheets of class 12 arts topper Ganesh Kumar had been evaluated in an inter school in Bihar’s Nawada district, according to a report in the local media.

Nitish Kumar a spent force, don’t waste time in wooing him: Kushwaha tells BJP

Jun 16, 2017, at 02:57 am

Patna, June 15 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) president and Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development Upendra Kushwaha has described Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar as a “spent force” and asked the BJP not to waste time in wooing him.

Three police officials dismissed for helping liquor mafias in dry Bihar

Jun 15, 2017, at 02:19 am

Patna, June 14 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Three senior police officials have been dismissed for allegedly helping the illegal liquor traders in Bihar.

I don’t aspire for anything: Lalu tells Nitish

Jun 12, 2017, at 04:27 am

Patna, June 11 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday clarified he doesn’t aspire for anything, apparently signalling a thaw in reported frosty relations with Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar.

Result setback: Three girls end lives, one dies of shock, another attempts suicide in BIhar

Jun 01, 2017, at 01:05 am

Patna, May 31 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): At least five girl students committed suicides in Bihar out of sheer frustration after 65 percent of them were declared as having failed the class 12 examination conducted by the Bihar school examination Board.

Bihar: 65 percent students fail intermediate exam

May 31, 2017, at 12:45 am

Patna, May 30 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Around 65 percent students have failed the Grade 12 examination conducted by the Bihar School Examination Board, thanks to the harsh measures adopted by the authorities to check rampant use of unfair means in the exam.

Thunderstorm, lightning claim 28 lives in Bihar, govt rushes relief

May 29, 2017, at 07:45 pm

PATNA, May 29 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and rains struck different places of Bihar on Sunday, claiming at least 28 lives, media reports said on Monday.

Day after being served ‘capital punishment’, Bihar judge says he doesn’t fear death

May 29, 2017, at 01:49 am

Patna, May 28 (TheBiharPostIBNS): A judge from Bihar, who was served death threats after he awarded capital punishment to five Maoist rebels, has refused to be cowed down and declared to follow the path of justice come what may.

Bihar judge who awarded capital punishment to five Maoists gets ‘death penalty’

May 27, 2017, at 11:36 pm

Patna, May 27 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Maoists in India have handed down “death penalty” to the judge who awarded death sentence to their five colleagues on Thursday.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi

May 27, 2017, at 10:33 pm

New Delhi, May 27 (IBNS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, a day after he skipped Congress president Sonia Gandhi's lunch party for opposition leaders on Friday.

Eight burnt to death as passenger bus catches fire in Bihar

May 26, 2017, at 03:32 am

Patna, May 25 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): At least eight people were charred to death after a passenger bus caught fire midway through the journey in the eastern Indian state of Bihar on Thursday evening, an official report said on Thursday.

Bihar villager comes out of ICU in ambulance to cast vote, dies soon after voting

May 23, 2017, at 01:59 am

Patna, May 22 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): A bed-ridden man suffering from kidney failure and liver problems died shortly after excising his franchise in the local civil bodies’ polls which are underway, reports said.

Bihar: Youth shouts ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogan, taken into custody

May 22, 2017, at 12:44 am

Patna, May 21 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): A youth in Bihar was badly beaten up by the police after he shouted slogans in favour of Pakistan during the course of voting at the ongoing civic elections.

Indian President, PM to taste Shahi litchis of Bihar's Muzaffarpur district

May 21, 2017, at 01:31 am

Patna, May 20 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will very soon taste the luscious Shahi litchis of Bihar.

Lalu’s loyalist Prabhunath Singh convicted in murder of Bihar legislator, sent to jail

May 19, 2017, at 02:47 am

Patna, May 18 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): A local court in Jharkhand on Thursday convicted a former Lok Sabha member Prabhunath Singh in a 22-year-old murder case involving killing of then legislator.

RJD workers attack BJP office in Patna

May 18, 2017, at 02:21 am

Patna, May 17 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Angry RJD workers on Wednesday attacked the office of the BJP in Patna apparently irked at the saffron camp constantly targeting the RJD chief Lalu Prasad.

Not in the race for to become PM, clarifies Nitish Kumar

May 16, 2017, at 12:50 am

Patna, May 15 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said he was not in the race to become the Prime Minister.