High drama was witnessed in Patna's Kankarbagh locality on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, when four criminals opened fire outside a house around 2 pm.
According to Khemka's family members, his son was also shot dead by criminals six years ago in Hajipur.
On that fateful day, Narayan, popularly known as JP and a fierce critic of the then-Indira Gandhi government, addressed a massive gathering at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.
India's Under-19 cricket captain Ishan Kishan found himself embroiled in a controversy after a car, in which he was travelling, hit an autorickshaw in Patna.
Former Bihar Chief Minister and senior Janata Dal-United leader Ram Sundar Das died in Patna on Friday due to age-related problems. He was 95.
The ISI operative was in Patna to collect information about the Ordnance factory at Rajgir in Nalanda district.
A nine-year-old boy was murdered by his two teenaged neighbours, who kidnapped him after taking a cue from a Hindi film, triggering protests by angry locals who blocked roads, burnt tyres and tore down a shop. Satyam, a Class IV student of Doon Academy, was kidnapped on Thursday evening when he was playing outside his house and his body was recovered from Kankarbagh area of Patna on Saturday.
A seven-year-old boy was kidnapped from the high security Gandhi Maidan area in Patna on Monday.
Sources said the police raid on the hideout of the kidnappers followed the arrest of Rajkumar Singh.
A flood-like situation prevailed in Bihar capital Patna on Thursday after it was lashed by very heavy rains over the last 24 hours.
Twenty teams of the NDRF, comprising about 900 rescue persons, have been deployed in the state.
'Nitish Kumar's government has proved during these floods that it is a helpless government.'
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