Motihari: Police are trying to identify the person who had sheltered Indian Mujahideen operative Tahseen Akhtar, alias Monu, in a locality near the town in 2009. ources said Akhtar had taken shelter in Bariyarpur area of Motihari. Patna: Three children were burnt to death when a fire broke out in their thatched house at Ramnagar Mankatha village in Lakhisarai district on Friday. Motihari: Around 100 houses were gutted in a fire that broke out in the Ambedkar Nagar area of the town in the early hours of Friday. There was no casualty. Patna: Twenty-one new branches of Bank of Baroda were inaugurated in the Muzaffarpur region on Friday. Patna: Indian National Trade Union Congress leader Ajay Kumar on Friday demanded that the birth anniversary of Dashrath Manjhi, popularly known as Mountain Man, be observed as Shramdaan Divas. Patna: RJD spokesperson Mritunjay Tiwari on Friday said senior BJP leaders were contesting from the seats they are confident of winning. Ara, March 28: The stage from where senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi was supposed to address people in a Ara village broke on Friday, injuring two journalists present at the scene. odi, who was scheduled to campaign for Ara candidate Raj Kumar Singh, was not present. Patna: Dilip Verma, an Independent MLA from the Sikta Assembly seat, on Friday announced that he would contest the Lok Sabha elections from the Valmikinagar constituency. Verma said he would contest as an Independent if the BJP did not provide him a ticket. The BJP has already fielded Satish Dubey from the Valmikinagar constituency. Patna: Former RJD MLA from Deo (Aurangabad) Suresh Paswan on Friday joined the BJP in presence of state president Mangal Pandey and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Nand Kishore Yadav at the party office. On the occasion, Venkatesh Sharma, alias Dablu, the party candidate for (Patna graduate) MLC seat, demanded a re-poll. Buxar: Police on Friday said the RJD’s Ara candidate, Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha, has failed to get his firearms verified for the past 20 years. Patna: The education department on Friday notified the 15-member higher education council headed by minister P.K. Shahi. Other members include the vice-chancellor of Patna University. Patna: Deepak Prasad, managing director, Bihar State Food Corporation, on Friday suspended an assistant godown manager in Bhojpur on corruption charges and the district coordinator in Rohtas for alleged irregularities. Patna: All India Students’ Federation members on Friday staged a dharna outside Patna University in protest against hike in BEd admission fee. Patna: Maoists allegedly blew up the tower of a private telecommunication company at Thimli village in Aurangabad early on Friday. There was no casualty.
Monday, 09 February 2026
