Three people were killed in a Maoist attack in a Bihar town, police officials said on Thursday night.The three people were killed when armed Maoists attacked a medical store in Munger district. However, the owner of the medical store escaped unhurt, police sources said.According to police sources, frightened local residents told them that over 100 armed Maoists attacked the medical store.
Maoist leaders in India have decided to enroll non resident Indians and foreigners living in India as members. This is seen as a first major change in its strategy to widen their support base to intensify the armed struggle. The Communist Party of India-Maoist, a banned outfit, considered powerful and active in several states in India, in its recently released new Constitution made it clear that it is in favour of enrolling NRIs and foreigners as members.
A 21-year-old student committed suicide by hanging herself in Patna after failing in one subject, police sources said on Tuesday. The police have recovered the body of Saloni Kumari from the Adarsh Girls' Hostel on Boring Canal Road under Buddha Colony police station.
An unidentified gangster demanded an extortion of Rs 5 lakh from Industrial Cooperative Federation Ltd chairman Narain Singh in Patna. Singh, who is in a wheelchair due to disability, got the extortion demand on his cell phone. The gangster also threatened him of dire consequences if the money is not paid.
In yet another case of mob justice, two persons were shot dead by an angry mob in a village near Bakhtiyarpur in Bihar on Monday. The duo had reportedly killed a person. Sources said the duo first shot dead a man near the village. The shocking incident angered villagers, who beat up them severely before shooting them dead.
Rabri Devi dared the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena from stopping her and her husband, Lalu Prasad, from holding the Chhat Puja in Mumbai. She also said that MNS chief Raj Thackeray had hurt Biharis with his anti-Chhat comments.
The people fell ill after consuming poisonous food at a wedding party in Sultanpur. According to official sources, some those affected are in serious condition due to dehydration, and have been admitted in hospital.
Six months ago, she could barely walk owing to an abnormality -- she was born with eight limbs. Today, she is like any other normal kid of her age, thanks to a dedicated team of doctors who operated upon her in Bangalore. Lakshmi is back in her village and hundreds of people are turning up at her doorsteps to see her.
At least 12 people have lost their vision after a cataract surgery at an eye camp in Bihar's Madehepura district, sources said on Saturday.
In yet another blow to jailed RJD MP Mohammed Shahabuddin, a special court in Bihar's Siwan district on Friday sentenced him to one-year rigorous imprisonment in a case, in which he threatened to kill officer in-charge of a police station.
A case of abduction has been lodged against Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Sitaram Yadav, his son and body guards in Bihar, the police said on Thursday.
An engineer and a supervisor of a private road construction company were abducted in Bihar's Sasaram district by armed criminals for ransom, police said on Wednesday.
Well, if Economic Survey of Bihar for 2006-07 is to believed, the impoverished state of Bihar has recorded a GDP of 16 per cent!
The Centre will set up 1 lakh community centres, equipped with Internet facilities and other advanced technology at panchayats across the country.
In yet another case of street justice, a youth accused of murder was brutally thrashed by an angry mob after snatching him from police custody in Bihar's Hajipur, about 25 km from Patna on Saturday.
The initiative was made public by Bihar Roots Foundation president Goorooduth Chuttoo, who is accompanying Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam, who is on a three-day visit to Bihar.
The Bihar police have seized four kg of low-grade uranium in the Supaul district near Nepal border and arrested six persons in this connection, sources said on Tuesday.
In yet another case of vigilante justice, a mob lynched an alleged rapist in a village in Bihar's Saran district, the police said on Tuesday.
Prime Minister of Mauritius Navinchandra Ramgoolam arrived in Patna on Monday on a three-day tour to Bihar.
"We have raided and destroyed poppy crops in 24 acres of land under the Imamganj police station," Omprakash Singh, a senior official of the Excise Department, told rediff.com. Singh said the Maoist had cultivated opium to make money for their illegal activities and continue their operations against the police.
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