Angry over the lack of power supply in their villages, hundreds of families have boycotted the ongoing pulse polio drive in Bihar and have refused to let their infants take the vaccine.
Protesting against the lack of power supply in their villages, more than half a dozen villages of two panchayats – Pratappur and Fatehpur in [...]
Patna, Dec 29 (IANS) A shopkeeper shot dead a man after he refused to pay for the cigarettes purchased in Saran district of Bihar, police said Tuesday.
Basudev Singh, in his early 30s, was shot dead by Uday Singh at Sabalpur Diara village in Saran district late Monday.
‘After Basudev refused to pay money for the cigarettes [...]
Patna, Dec 25 (IANS) Ikramul Khan, who was suffering from progeria, a disease that accelerates the ageing process, died in Bihar’s Saran district Friday with an unfulfilled wish of meeting Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan.
‘My brother Ikramul died without fulfilling his last wish of meeting Amitabh Bachchan,’ Khan’s brother Ali Hussain, who is also suffering from [...]
Patna, Dec 18 (IANS) Panic spread among students in Bihar’s Saran district after a dead rat was found in a midday meal, school officials said Friday.
Dozens of students were stunned when a dead rat was found in a midday meal at the Chandrashekhar Azad Middle School in Saran district, about 80 km from here.
‘Some students [...]
Patna, Dec 7 (IANS) Ikramul Khan and Ali Hussain, two brothers in a Bihar village suffering from progeria, a disease that accelerates the ageing process, have now been promised help by the state government after Amitabh Bachchan-starrer ‘Paa’ highlighted the illness.
‘The state government will help in their treatment and will also provide financial assistance to [...]
Patna, Dec 3 (IANS) A Dalit man was shot dead in cold blood by a group of upper caste men in a Bihar village for sitting on a chair to watch a musical entertainment programme at a wedding, police said Thursday.
Harendra Kumar Manjhi, in his late 20s, was shot dead in Salempur village in Saran [...]
Patna, Dec 2 (IANS) Two brothers, Ikramul Khan and Ali Hussain who are suffering from progeria, a disease that accelerates ageing process, say their last wish is to meet Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and thank him for creating awareness about it.
Amitbah plays a 13-year-old boy suffering from progeria in his forthcoming film ‘Paa’ that releases [...]
Patna, Nov 25 (IANS) A woman who gave birth in a running train in Bihar is so inspired by the former chief minister and railway minister Lalu Prasad that she named her newborn son after the politician.
Gayatri Devi, in her mid 20s, gave birth to a boy Tuesday in Lohit Express at Desari railway [...]
Patna, Sep 17 (IANS) Police have recovered a six-year-old boy who was kidnapped in Patna three days ago from Saran district in Bihar, police said Thursday night.
A team of Patna police recovered Shresth Sanjay from Baniapur in Saran district. ‘Police have rescued the boy,’ a police official said.
Shresth was kidnapped at gunpoint in the heart [...]
