British eclipse chaser robbed, still leaves Taregna smilingPATNA - Peter Toby, who had come to Bihar’s Taregna village from Britain to watch the century’s longest solar eclipse, lost his passport, money and all other valuables but still left with a smile after getting unexpected help from a priest who had given him shelter in his school. Stripping of woman in public to be probedPATNA - Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ordered state police chief D.N. Gautam to inquire into the alleged assault and stripping of a woman by a group of men here after the opposition and women’s rights activists created an uproar over the incident. Naked girls plough lands in Bihar to ‘embarrass’ rain God
People converge in Bihar village to watch total solar eclipseTAREGANA - A day ahead of the total solar eclipse, tourists and enthusiasts from different places of the country started thronging in Bihar’s Taregana village to witness the celestial spectacle, which could be watched on Wednesday (July 22), Maoists bandh threaten to jeopardise scientists’ rendezvous with the longest solar eclipseMaoists’ 24-hour bandh beginning shortly past midnight today has panicked hundreds of apace scientists, astronomers and astro-tourists who have gathered in Patna to watch century’s largest solar eclipse tomorrow at Taregana, some 30 km from the state capital. Women in Bihar till cracked fields to please rain GodElderly women in Bihar yoked themselves to plough in place of oxen and tilled the cracked fields to please the rain God as drought situation appeared turning grim across the state. Teacher pierces bamboo stick in boy’s hand for his “misdemeanour”A school teacher in Bihar tied a class II student to a tree and then pierced a pointed bamboo stick in his right hand for allegedly writing some objectionable words on the blackboard, police said today. Tension in Bihar town after schoolboy is found deadPATNA - Tension prevailed in a town in Bihar’s Vaishali district Monday as residents protested the death of a schoolboy, found dead in the bathroom of the school hostel Sunday. His parents alleged criminal negligence by the school authorities. Nitish Kumar excited about solar eclipse at TareganaPATNA - Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is upbeat about watching the total solar eclipse Wednesday along with scientists from across the world at Taregana village, one of the best places in India to view the celestial spectacle. Woman shot dead for marrying outside castePATNA - An 18-year-old woman was shot dead by her uncle in Bihar’s Kaimur district for marrying a man from a different caste, police said Saturday. Fear of Maoists keeps school shut for 3 monthsPATNA - During the Lok Sabha elections in April Maoist rebels blew up a portion of a school building in Bihar’s Gaya district to prevent security forces from using it as a camp. Three months later, authorities of the Patluka Bunyadi (Basic) School are yet to re-open it. Bihar plans to provide toilets to all familiesPATNA - The Bihar government plans to provide each family in the state with proper toilet facilities in the next five to six years, with the target of constructing more than ten million toilets. Penury drove Australian to kill himself in PatnaPATNA - Nearly 45 days after an Australian tourist Osborne Michael David was found dead in a guest house here, the police said that he had not been murdered or suffered a drug overdose as suspected, but had killed himself due to penury. Lord Shiva devotees carrying 54-feet long Kanwar draw people in PatnaPATNA - A group of Kanwarias or, the devotees of Lord Shiva, are drawing wide public attention for carrying a 54-feet long Kanwar or, a wooden carrier fitted with water pots on both ends of the pole, in Patna city. Global animals group to help flood-prone Bihar save livestock
Lack of water hits paddy transplantation in BiharPATNA - Mustafa Khan and Balram Lal, both farmers, scan the skies every day for signs of rain. And most days they are left disappointed. With the state recording a deficit of more than 50 percent in rainfall so far, Khan and Lal, like hundreds of thousands of farmers in Bihar, have one grave worry: how will they transplant paddy seedlings if there is no water in the fields? Two lynched in Bihar over theft, molestation chargesPATNA - Two men — one accused of molesting a girl and the other a suspected thief — were lynched by mobs in Bihar’s Gopalganj and Aurangabad districts, police said Tuesday. Bihar sets up group to tackle drought-like situationPATNA - The Bihar government Monday set up a crisis management group to suggest measures to tackle the drought-like situation in the state, officials said. Hike in vegetable prices leaves Bihar residents in harried statePATNA - The high prices of vegetables have upset household budgets of people in Bihar, leaving them both harried and troubled. Many teachers injured in police baton-charge in Patna
2 killed, 12 injured in blast inside Bihar court
Bihar asks Nepal to secure Kosi embankmentsPATNA - Fearing a repeat of last year’s devastating floods, the Bihar government has requested Nepal to deploy armed security forces on embankments of the Kosi river to ensure that there is no breach, officials here said Friday. Two contractors abducted for ransom in BiharPATNA - Two contractors were abducted from Bhagalpur distict in Bihar, police said Wednesday. Patna-based contractors Arvind Choudhary and Yogendra Kumar were kidnapped while on a business trip Tuesday, District Superintendent of Police Anand Kumar Singh said. Polytechnic faculty teaching in Bihar engineering collegesPATNA - Polytechnic faculty members have been teaching in engineering colleges with the full knowledge of the Bihar government, a minister has admitted. Makeshift embankment being built for eroding Kosi RiverPATNA - The work is in progress on the eroded embankment of the river Kosi in Madhubani district of Bihar. Gangster beaten to death in Bihar temple townPATNA - A gangster was beaten to death by a mob that nabbed him while he was trying to flee after killing a Hindu priest in Bihar’s temple town of Gaya, police said Tuesday. Fate of hundreds of abducted children in Bihar unknownPATNA - In a startling admission, the Bihar government said that in the last eight years over 2,000 children had been abducted in the state and the fate of 340 children was still not known. Maoists hijack two buses in BiharPATNA - Suspected Maoists Saturday hijacked two buses in Gaya district after letting the passengers get off, police said. Major rivers in spate in BiharPATNA - Major rivers in north Bihar, especially the Kosi, Gandak, Budhi and Bagmati, are in spate following heavy rains in their catchment areas and are posing a threat of floods, officials said Friday. Trainee pilots protest in PatnaPATNA - Hundreds of trainee pilots gathered outside the Bihar Flying Club on Wednesday and raised slogans, against not being properly trained in flying. |
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Young girls with their clothes completely off dragged plough and tilled fields in Bihar last night hoping their acts would embarrass the rain god and force him to show pity on the starving people on the earth. The bizarre incident took place at Saifganj village under Banke block in Maoist-infested Gaya district Wednesday night. “Our constant prayers have, so far, gone completely unheard and now we are trying to cause shame to Lord Indra (the God of rain). We will do that till we get good rains”, Kranti Devi, one of the women who took the naked girls to the field said.
PATNA - As saving human lives is the priority of BIhar, which is annually ravaged by devastating floods, the World Society for Protection of Animals (WSPA) has now stepped in to help the state protect its cattle during natural calamities.
PATNA - A violent protest by thousands of temporary teachers, demanding regularisation of their services, caused serious injuries to many protesters and policemen here on Friday.
PATNA - Two people, including a lawyer, were killed and half a dozen injured in a bomb blast in a Bihar court Friday, police said. Bhojpur police superintendent Sunil Kumar said a crude bomb exploded in the advocates chamber in the district court premises in Ara, about 60 km from the state capital, killing a lawyer and one more person.
