Green signal for two big-ticket FDI proposals in Railways

Last Updated: Sunday, March 8, 2015, 11:43

In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Make in India" campaign, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has finally given green signal to the two much awaited big-ticket FDI proposals for setting up diesel and electric locomotive plants in Bihar at a cost of Rs 2,400 crore.

No plan to shift from Madhepura Lok Sabha seat: Sharad Yadav

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 18:52

JD(U) President Sharad Yadav has rubbished reports that he was planning to shift to "safe" Nalanda seat from Madhepura for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Students torch college building in Madhepura

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 23:11

Angry with authorities for not completing registration for examinations, students of an intermediate college torched the college building here and pelted stones on the policemen, injuring two of them.

Cooks faint after eating mid-day meal food in Madhepura school

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 21:18

Two women who cooked mid-day meals for students of a government middle school in Bihar`s Madhepura district fainted after eating the food on Thursday.

Nine kids among 10 killed in Bihar boat tragedy

Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2013, 09:42

Nine children were among 10 persons killed when the country boat they were on capsized here in a flooded tributary of Kosi river, official sources said Friday.

District Fisheries Officer jailed on graft charge

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 13:54

A District Fisheries Officer (DFO) was today arrested on graft charge in Bihar`s Madhepura district, a police officer said.

Another death penalty for serial killer Chandrakant Jha

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 16:50

Serial killer Chandrakant Jha was sentenced to death by Delhi court in case of murder and dumping body near Tihar Jail after beheading as his case fell in the "rarest of rare" category.

Identity of serial killer`s victim not known: Court

Last Updated: Monday, February 4, 2013, 22:14

Even as Delhi court awarded life imprisonment till death to a serial killer for beheading and chopping off body parts of a man in 2007, the identity of the victim has not been established till date.

Sharad Yadav`s house gheraoed by protesters in Madhepura

Last Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013, 12:41

Protesting under the banner of the Bihar Vittarahit College Teachers Association, the teachers and non-teaching staff raised slogans in support of their demands.

NDA to decide PM candidate at appropriate time: Sharad

Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2013, 20:54

NDA will decide its prime ministerial candidate at the "appropriate time" ahead of the next general elections, JD(U) national president Sharad Yadav said on Friday.

Serial killer convicted for killing, dumping headless bodies

Last Updated: Thursday, January 24, 2013, 20:16

A serial killer, who would dump headless bodies of victims near Tihar jail during 2006-07 and dared cops to nab him, was convicted by Delhi court for offences of murder and destruction of evidence.