Crash kills six

Patna: Six members of a family, returning from a pilgrimage to Jharkhand, died when an auto-rickshaw crashed into a temple in Katihar district on Thursday. The auto-rickshaw driver escaped leaving the vehicle behind.

Report fund

Patna: The water resources department sanctioned Rs 14.99 lakh for consultancy services to prepare a detailed project report on Suara reservoir project in Kaimur, said a press note on Thursday.

Sushil salvo

Patna: BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, on Thursday, questioned if chief minister Nitish Kumar had ordered an inquiry into whether the six eyewitnesses in the Aditya Sachdeva murder hearing had been threatened to turn hostile. Rocky Yadav is the prime accused in the case.