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SUV rams seven school girls in Bettiah, driver caught and thrashed

Seven school girls sustained grievous injuries after a speeding SUV rammed them as they were cycling to their coaching institute in Bihar's Bettiah city on Tuesday, police said.... read..

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Bihar: 12-year-old trapped in bridge pillar dies

The 12-year-old child who got trapped between the pillar and the slab of a bridge on a river located in Nasriganj was brought dead at the hospital, said the doctor at Trauma Center, Sadar Hospital.... read..

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Meeting of Oppn leaders to be held in Patna on June 23: JDU

Janta Dal (United) President Lalan Singh on Wednesday confirmed that the meeting of top Opposition leaders, convened by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, will be held in Patna on June 23.... read..

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Opposition meeting on June 23 in Patna; Rahul, Kharge, Mamata among leaders to attend

Several prominent opposition leaders including Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee will attend the opposition meeting, to be convened by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.... read..

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Khagaria-Bhagalpur bridge collapse will affect water biodiversity in region

Collapse of Khagaria-Bhagalpur bridge over the Ganga river will have a long-lasting effect on the water biodiversity of the region, as per environmental experts.... read..

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Odisha train mishap: 35 deceased hailed from Bihar

At least 35 people from Bihar lost their lives in the triple-train accident in Odisha.... read..

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Bihar bridge collapse: Will recover money from construction company, says Tejashwi Yadav

Under fire over the Khagaria-Bhagalpur bridge collapse, the Bihar government on Tuesday asserted that the construction company concerned will be made to reverse the payment.... read..

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Nitish Kumar has become blacklisted now, says BJP leader

While the Bihar government is thinking of blacklisting the construction company after the Aguwani (Khagaria)-Sultanganj (Bhagalpur) four lane road bridge collapsed on Sunday, BJP state president Samrat Chaudhary claimed that Nitish Kumar is blacklisted no... read..

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Pregnant woman operated upon by nurse on video call with doctor dies during surgery

A bid to replicate a subplot of Bollywood blockbuster '3 Idiots' in real life -- by operating a pregnant woman with the aide of a gynaecologist on a video call -- met a tragic end, unlike in the movie, as the patient in Bihar's Purnea district died late o... read..

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People steal beer bottles after truck overturns in Andhra

People stole beer bottles after a truck carrying alcohol cases overturned in Andhra Pradesh's Anakapalli district.... read..

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Odisha train accident: Bihar revises death toll to 43

As many as 43 passengers from Bihar have died so far in the train accident in Odisha's Balasore, an official of the disaster management department said.... read..

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'Oppn meeting will be held on June 23 in Patna': JD-U leader

Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Lalan Singh on Wednesday said that the opposition meeting, that was earlier scheduled to be held on June 12 and then deferred, will now be held here on June 23.... read..

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Minor tribal girl, on way to wedding, gang raped by 8 in Bihar's Bagaha

A minor tribal girl was gang-raped by 8 youths in Bihar's Bagaha district, police said on Wednesday, adding all the accused, aged 19 to 25, have been arrested.... read..

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Manjhi, HAM lawmakers met Nitish Kumar for discussions

HAM chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, along with his party legislators, met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday evening and discussed various issues including the seat-sharing formula for next year's Lok Sabha polls.... read..

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BJP's Rudy claims Anand Mohan released from jail due to 'his efforts'

Taking a separate path from the BJP, Saran MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Wednesday claimed that Bahubali leader Anand Mohan was released from jail due to his efforts.... read..

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"Couldn't have word with CM KCR but rest all leaders are coming": Tejashwi Yadav on Opposition meeting

Ahead of the Opposition meeting of 15 parties, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday said that all the leaders will be attending the meet, however, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao attendence could not be confirmed.... read..

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Bihar: 12-year-old boy missing for two days found trapped between piers of bridge, rescue Ops underway

A 12-year-old boy missing for two days was found trapped between two piers of a bridge over the Son River in Bihar's Rohtas on Thursday.... read..

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Bihar: 12-year-old boy trapped in bridge pillar rescued, shifted to hospital

A 12-year-old boy who was between the pillar and the slab of a bridge on a river located in Nasriganj was rescued by a team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Thursday.... read..

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BJP leaders attack Nitish-Tejashwi only to please top bosses in Delhi: Bihar Minister

Bihar Minority Affairs Minister Jama Khan on Tuesday claimed that the leaders of the BJP's state unit make wild allegations against the Nitish Kumar government only to please their bosses sitting in Delhi.... read..

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"Rahul Gandhi spreading agenda of hatred against country": BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad

Bharat Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who the party has accused of "defaming the nation" on foreign soil during his recent visit to the US and drew his attention to a recent White House stat... read..

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"They're demolishing it," Tej Pratap blames BJP for bridge collapse in Bihar's Bhagalpur

Days after the collapse of an under-construction bridge in Bihar's Bhagalpur, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tej Pratap Yadav has alleged that it was demolished by Bharatiya Janata Party.... read..

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Bihar bridge collapse: PIL in Patna High Court seeking independent probe

A PIL has been filed in the Patna High Court seeking an independent inquiry into the collapse of the Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bihar's Bhagalpur on Sunday.... read..

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Andhra: Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation launches 'Eco-Vizag' to fight against air, plastic pollution

Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) on Monday launched a new campaign titled 'Eco-Vizag' for citizens to participate in the fight against air and plastic pollution.... read..

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"No casualties in Aguwani-Sultanganj Ganga bridge collapse so far": Southern Bhagalpur SDM

No casualties have been reported in the collapse of the bridge in Bihar's Bhagalpur that occurred on Sunday, said Southern Bhagalpur Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Dhananjay Kumar.... read..

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Bhagalpur bridge collapse: Bihar Govt slaps show cause notice to construction company

Bihar Government on Tuesday slapped show cause notice on the construction company after the collapse of the Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bhagalpur on Sunday evening.... read..

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Will try to complete investigation into bridge collapse at the earliest: Bihar Road Construction Dept

Additional Chief Secretary for Bihar Road Construction Department Pratyaya Amrit on Tuesday said that the investigation into the collapse of the under-construction bridge in Bihar's Bhagalpur will be completed soon adding that a new bridge shall be constr... read..

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No casualties reported, says official on Bhagal bridge collapse

Days after an under-construction bridge over the Ganga river collapsed like a house of cards in Bihar's Bhagalpur, the Deputy Development Commissioner of the district Kumar Anurag on Tuesday said that no casualties have been reported due to the incident.... read..

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Ravi Shankar Prasad demands audit of all under-construction bridges in Bihar

Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Shankar Prasad has demanded an audit of all under-construction bridges in Bihar after the Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bhagalpur collapsed on Sunday.... read..

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RJD slams BJP leaders for blaming Bihar govt over bridge collapse

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Sunday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after it blamed the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government for the collapse of a four-lane under-construction bridge on the Ganga river in the state's Bhagalpur district.... read..

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Lalan Singh slams Centre over Odisha train accident

After the ghastly train accident in Odisha's Balasore on Friday that left 288 dead and over 800 injured, JD-U national president Lalan Singh on Saturday slammed the BJP government at the Centre for the tragic mishap.... read..

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Odisha train tragedy: Ambulance operators demanding Rs 45K to bring back body to Motihari

The ghastly train accident in Odisha's Balasore has claimed the life of a native from Motihari town in Bihar's East Champaran district.... read..

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Bihar student climbs atop goods train to make reel, electrocuted

While making video reels on a goods train, a minor boy from Bihar's Sitamarhi district came in contact with the high tension overhead electric wire and sustained serious burn injuries, an official of the GRP said.... read..

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Passenger detained for creating ruckus in train

A passenger on board the Avadh Assam Express was detained by a joint team of GRP and RPF at Hajipur railway station on Saturday evening for creating ruckus in a drunken state.... read..

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Nitish orders probe after under-construction bridge on Ganga collapses again

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday ordered a probe after a large portion of an under-construction four-lane bridge on the Ganga river collapsed -- the second such instance after the same structure suffered a collapse earlier due to a storm last y... read..

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7 from Bihar died in Odisha 3-train accident, six missing

Of the 288 casualties in the Odisha train tragedy, seven are from Bihar, and 36 others had sustained grievous injuries while six have been reported missing.... read..

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Bihar: SDRF personnel inspects river Ganga after bridge collapse; Guard missing

Teams of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel on boats conducted an inspection of the river Ganga after a Aguwani-Sultanganj underconstruction bridge built over it collapsed in Bhagalpur district, informed SDRF Sub-Inspector Birendra Kumar.... read..

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Bihar officials begin search for guard 'missing' after Bhagalpur bridge collapse

Disaster Response officials on Monday said that they are searching for one person working as a guard at the site of the under-construction bridge over River Ganga in the Bhagalpur district of Bihar, which collapsed a day ago. The guard had been reported m... read..

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Did PM Modi or Railway Minister resign after Odisha train accident?: JDU

Reacting to BJP demands on the resignation of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in the Bhagalpur bridge collapse incident, JDU MLA Lalit Narayan Mandal on Monday questioned whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi or U... read..

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"Already had apprehensions about bridge's structure": JDU MLA on Bhagalpur bridge collapse

JDU MLA Sanjeev Kumar on Monday said that he already had apprehensions about the structure of the bridge which collapsed in Bhagalpur.... read..

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Delhi: Man killed own brother, arrested

A man was arrested on Sunday for killing his own bother after an altercation broke out between them over some minor issue, said police. The incident happened in Delhi's Punjabi Bagh area.... read..

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Bihar bridge collapse: CM Nitish Kumar blames 'poor construction'

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said he has instructed officials to take strict action against those responsible for the "poor construction work" of the under-construction bridge over River Ganga, which had collapsed in the State's Bhagalpur d... read..

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Bihar: Under-construction bridge on Ganga collapses; labourers feared dead

An under-construction four-lane bridge in Bihar on the Ganga river between Sultanganj in Bhagalpur district connecting Khagaria collapsed on Sunday, an official said.... read..

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AP: Eastern Naval Command hold bicycle rally to create awareness on environmental protection

I n order to mitigate climate change, the Eastern Naval Command organised a number of bicycle rallies in different parts of Visakhapatnam City on Friday and Saturday to spread awareness about the preservation of the environment by individuals, groups and ... read..

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"Consequence of CM Nitish Kumar's mentality of political instabilty," says Bihar LoP Vijay Kumar Sinha on Bhagalpur bridge collapse

Leader of Opposition in Bihar Vijay Kumar Sinha said that the under-construction Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge which collapsed in Bhagalpur is a consequence of Chief Minister's Nitish Kumar mentality of political instability which has resulted in administrati... read..

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Bihar: Under Construction bridge collapses in Bhagalpur

An under-construction Aguwani-Sultanganj bridge in Bhagalpur collapsed on Sunday.... read..

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"Those responsible have still not been identified...": Tejashwi Yadav on Odisha train accident

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday slammed the Centre for a negligent attitude stating that those responsible for the tragic train accident in Odisha's Balasore have still not been identified.... read..

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Five killed in road accident in Bihar's Purnea, CM Nitish Kumar expresses grief

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar condoled the deaths of five people in a road accident in Bihar's Purnea on Saturday.... read..

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Thabarwa Dhamma Gaya Meditation Centre to host 7-day Vipassana course at world heritage site

The Thabarwa Dhamma Gaya Meditation Centre in Bodh Gaya is set to host a seven-day Vipassana course at the sacred Mahabodhi Mahavihara, a UNESCO World Heritage site, Bhutan Live reported.... read..

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Odisha train accident: 110 passengers in Coromandel Express were from Vishakhapatnam, says Railway official

As many as 178 reserved passengers with Andhra Pradesh destinations were travelling in the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express train, out of which 110 passengers were from Vishakhapatnam who met with a train accident in Odisha, a senior railway of... read..

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Lalu Prasad calls for high-level inquiry into Odisha train accident

Former Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday called for a high-level inquiry into the train crash in Odisha's Balasore in which at least 261 people were killed in an accident involving three trains.... read..

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Andhra: Chief of the Naval Staff felicitates student for designing game to educate people on COVID pandemic

Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar felicitated Master Veer Kashyap, a student of Naval Children School Visakhapatnam for receiving the prestigious Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Purskar (PMRBP) - 2021 at Visakhapatnam. While studying class 7, Vee... read..

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