Crime against women shows increase in Bihar

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 12:30

Latest crime figures collected from the state police headquarters reveal that a total of 10,898 cases of crime against women were registered in the state last year till November.

Minor girl alleges rape for six months by man in Bihar

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 17:31

A minor girl on Wednesday lodged an FIR against a fellow villager at Benipatti police station in Bihar`s Madhubani district charging him with raping her for months by promising to marry her.

Three get lifer in 14 year-old murder case in Bihar

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 19:25

A court in Bihar`s Katihar district on Wednesday convicted three persons to life imprisonment after finding them guilty in a murder case 14 years ago.

One killed, two hurt in gang war in Bihar

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 13:31

One person was killed and two others injured in a gang war at Gobrahi diara (riverine) in Bihar`s Bhagalpur district on Saturday.

Uproar in Bihar Houses over terror attacks, crime

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 17:27

Both the Houses of Bihar Legislature today witnessed strong protests against Nitish Kumar government from opposition BJP and RJD over terrorist attacks in the state besides law and order issue forcing calling off its proceedings for the day.

Ex-RJD MP declared guilty in murder case

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 16:04

A district court on Monday pronounced former RJD parliamentarian Vijay Krishna and three others guilty in the murder case of a JD(U) leader four years ago.

Principal, husband charged with murder in chargesheet in Bihar midday-meal tragedy

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 20:23

A school principal and her husband have been charged with murder in the chargesheet filed by police in a local court in the midday meal tragedy in a village primary school in Bihar`s Saran district in July in which 23 students died.

Two teenaged girls gang-raped at gunpoint in Bihar

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 20:44

Two teenage girls were gang-raped at gunpoint by five men Monday in Bihar`s Vaishali district, police said.

Woman and her two children charred to death in Bihar

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 20:21

A woman and her two children were charred to death in a fire that broke out in their house in Bihar`s Aurangabad district on Monday.

Two persons die in group clash over land dispute in Bihar

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 16:05

Two persons were killed in a group clash over land dispute at a village in Bihar`s Siwan district, police said on Monday.

Man strangles 2 minor children, kills self in Patna

Last Updated: Sunday, September 8, 2013, 13:44

A man allegedly strangled his two minor children to death and later committed suicide by hanging himself in a village in Kahalgaon area of the district, police said.

Gunmen loot Rs 3.38 lakh from bank branch in Bihar

Last Updated: Monday, August 26, 2013, 20:46

Unidentified gunmen looted Rs 3.38 lakh today from Borisarai branch of Madhya Bihar Gramin Bank under Khodaganj police station area in Bihar`s Nalanda district, a senior police officer said.