News for 'Samastipur'

Bihar: 50 feared drowned in boat mishap

Bihar: 50 feared drowned in boat mishap

Rediff.com6 Aug 2007

Over 50 people were feared to have drowned when a country boat capsized in midstream of the Ganga in Samastipur on Monday evening.

Bihar: LJP MP to face long arm of law

Bihar: LJP MP to face long arm of law

Rediff.com22 Dec 2006

Surajbhan Singh was named in the report as a conspirator on whose instigation the Chunnu Singh gang allegedly shot dead RJD leaders Akhilesh Rai and Ram Udesh Rai on April 13, 2006, under Mushari police station.

Trains disrupted due to tensions in Mau

Trains disrupted due to tensions in Mau

Rediff.com17 Oct 2005

Buses and trains going to and from Mau have been disrupted.

Maoists blow up railway track in Bihar

Maoists blow up railway track in Bihar

Rediff.com30 Oct 2006

Sonepur-Gorakhpur passenger train was passing through the Chamua halt when the ultras triggered a powerful bomb causing damage to railway tracks.

Bihar flood toll crosses 500

Bihar flood toll crosses 500

Rediff.com27 Aug 2007

Over 500 people have perished in the current spell of floods in Bihar with fresh reports of 23 deaths from six flood-hit districts on Monday as nearly 20.5 million people continue to reel under the impact of floods in 20 districts.

'Double yuvraj' vs NDA's double engine in Bihar: PM

'Double yuvraj' vs NDA's double engine in Bihar: PM

Rediff.com1 Nov 2020

Modi also berated the Rashtriya Janata Dal-Congress combine in Bihar, calling it an alliance of "double-double yuvraj" (two crown princes) whose sole concern was to protect their "respective thrones".

5 more die in Bihar floods

5 more die in Bihar floods

Rediff.com16 Aug 2007

The toll rises to 292; major rivers are still in spate

'When water recedes, problems will multiply'

'When water recedes, problems will multiply'

Rediff.com7 Aug 2007

Hundreds of families line the embankment, subsisting on the little stock of food in their possession and when that dries up, doing without.

Babri case: Advani deposes via video link, claims innocence

Babri case: Advani deposes via video link, claims innocence

Rediff.com25 Jul 2020

Advani denied his involvement in the alleged conspiracy along with 'kar sevaks' to demolish the disputed structure in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992. He pleaded he was completely innocent and was unnecessarily dragged in the case owing to political reasons.

Bihar: 12 killed in poll violence

Bihar: 12 killed in poll violence

Rediff.com15 May 2006

This is the first of the 10-phase election.

RK Singh, who arrested Advani 26 years ago, is new power minister

RK Singh, who arrested Advani 26 years ago, is new power minister

Rediff.com3 Sep 2017

The 1975 batch IAS officer joined the BJP after his retirement in 2013.

Bihar flood situation worsens, toll rises to 153

Bihar flood situation worsens, toll rises to 153

Rediff.com27 Aug 2016

With four more deaths, the toll in Bihar floods on Saturday increased to 153, while 12 more panchayat areas were inundated affecting a total population of 34.69 lakh in twelve districts.

Bihar transfers 8 SPs, 2 DIGs on EC directive

Bihar transfers 8 SPs, 2 DIGs on EC directive

Rediff.com21 Sep 2005

Bihar government shifts 8 SPs, 2 DIGs on EC directive

Another boy kidnapped in Bihar

Another boy kidnapped in Bihar

Rediff.com6 Feb 2005

Case filed against Arjun Singh

Case filed against Arjun Singh

Rediff.com29 Jul 2005

Paswan retires, but no worries his family is in the fray

Paswan retires, but no worries his family is in the fray

Rediff.com25 Mar 2019

'The sapling that I planted has turned into a fully grown tree and is now giving flowers and fruits for us.'

FIR filed against MLA for causing woman's death

FIR filed against MLA for causing woman's death

Rediff.com8 Aug 2005

Police have registered a First Information Report against Rashtriya Janata Dal legislator of the dissolved Bihar assembly, Sunil Kumar 'pushpam', and 4 unknown persons, on the charge of allegedly causing the death of a pregnant dalit woman.

Bihar flood: Toll rises to 42; have patience, says Nitish

Bihar flood: Toll rises to 42; have patience, says Nitish

Rediff.com2 Oct 2019

'You are talking as if Patna has been the only place which has suffered on account of heavy rain. What happened in Mumbai and America when these places were battered by similar downpour?'

Bihar flood victims turn violent

Bihar flood victims turn violent

Rediff.com5 Aug 2004

Toll rises to 591 in Bihar floods

Toll rises to 591 in Bihar floods

Rediff.com2 Aug 2004

Bihar floods death toll 383

Bihar floods death toll 383

Rediff.com26 Jul 2004

Bihar toll 203, flood water receding

Bihar toll 203, flood water receding

Rediff.com22 Jul 2004

Abducted Bihar doctor released

Abducted Bihar doctor released

Rediff.com17 Nov 2004

Dr Nagendra Prasad walked into Maheshkhut police station at Khagaria district in the afternoon unharmed.

Army, railways to the rescue of Bihar patients

Army, railways to the rescue of Bihar patients

Rediff.com16 Nov 2004

Railways has agreed to make arrangement for 50 beds each in its hospitals at Samastipur, Khagaul and Sonepur.

Bihar floods claim 675 lives

Bihar floods claim 675 lives

Rediff.com10 Aug 2004

The disaster management department sources said reports of 20 more deaths have come from Darbhanga (5), Sitamarhi (8) and Samastipur (7) in the last 48 hours.

DGP's sacking: Bandh in Bihar

DGP's sacking: Bandh in Bihar

Rediff.com9 Dec 2003

The NDA has called the dawn-to-dusk bandh to protest against the removal of D P Ojha from the post of director general of police.

Counting of votes for bypolls on Thursday

Counting of votes for bypolls on Thursday

Rediff.com23 Oct 2019

Counting of votes will be held on Thursday for 51 assembly seats and two Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 18 states where by-elections were held two days ago.

Terrorism: How Pulwama changed India's response

Terrorism: How Pulwama changed India's response

Rediff.com24 Jun 2021

'This is for the first time that a strong, solid evidence-based investigation has happened.' 'It can meet international standards and put the onus on the Pakistanis.'

4 accused convicted in 1975 L N Mishra murder case

4 accused convicted in 1975 L N Mishra murder case

Rediff.com8 Dec 2014

Nearly 40 years after the then railway minister Lalit Narayan Mishra was killed in a bomb blast at a function at Samastipur Railway Station in Bihar, a Delhi court on Monday convicted four persons for the charges of murder and criminal conspiracy.

How IM's top terrorist helped sleuths nab Zaveri Bazaar bomber

How IM's top terrorist helped sleuths nab Zaveri Bazaar bomber

Rediff.com25 Mar 2014

Indian Mujahideen's new chief Tehsin Akhtar was arrested quite a few days ago, but security agencies decided to keep the news under wraps to entrap fellow terror operative Waqar Ahmed and three other terrorists of the IM.

Check out the 71 seats going to polls in Phase 4

Check out the 71 seats going to polls in Phase 4

Rediff.com26 Apr 2019

The fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections will go to polls on April 29. The voting will be held for 71 seats spread across 9 states.

UP worst hit as rain claims 42 lives in 4 states

UP worst hit as rain claims 42 lives in 4 states

Rediff.com28 Sep 2019

Over 40 people died in rain-related incidents, majority of them in Uttar Pradesh, while incessant rainfall in Bihar left the streets of state capital Patna and other areas waterlogged and residences of at least two ministers marooned.

Why politicians are keeping away from CAA protests

Why politicians are keeping away from CAA protests

Rediff.com31 Jan 2020

Why are the protesters still on their own and why are political parties abstaining from joining this mass movement? Aakar Patel explains.

Bihar buying better food, expensive clothes after liquor ban

Bihar buying better food, expensive clothes after liquor ban

Rediff.com17 Jun 2018

Sale of expensive sarees rose by 1,751 per cent while consumption of honey by 380 per cent.

More bad news for IM: Patna blasts mastermind Tehsin Akhtar arrested

More bad news for IM: Patna blasts mastermind Tehsin Akhtar arrested

Rediff.com25 Mar 2014

Acting on reports of the Intelligence Bureau about his movement, Delhi police had been hot on Tehsin's trail for a few weeks, says Vicky Nanjappa

What Tejaswi, Rahul need to worry about

What Tejaswi, Rahul need to worry about

Rediff.com28 Nov 2020

Will the M (Muslims) in the RJD's M+Y move fast swiftly towards the MIM and away from the RJD, asks Mohammad Sajjad.

RJD chief left red-faced after wife, daughter lose

RJD chief left red-faced after wife, daughter lose

Rediff.com16 May 2014

Lalu Prasad Yadav's wife Rabri Devi and daughter Misa Bharti lost from Saran and Pataliputra seats respectively in Bihar to BJP candidates. MI Khan reports.

With Bhatkal in custody, Tehsin Akthar takes up IM's terror mantle

With Bhatkal in custody, Tehsin Akthar takes up IM's terror mantle

Rediff.com28 Oct 2013

Intelligence agencies probing Sunday's serial blasts in Patna believe that with the arrest of Yasin Bhatkal in August, Tehsin Akthar from Bihar is the new leader of the terrorist organisation, reports Vicky Nanjappa.