Ara: Subhash Singh, a defence personnel, hanged himself from the ceiling fan with a rope at Jagdevnagar under Nawada police station of Bhojpur district on Sunday. osted in the army in Maharashtra’s Nasik, Singh had come from Ranchi on Saturday. Muzaffarpur: Eleven persons, including five involved in looting bikes and snatching valuables from passersby, were arrested over the weekend. Five firearms, including three sophisticated pistols and two country-made revolvers, were also recovered. Raxaul: Police seized fake Indian currency worth Rs 2.4 lakh in a raid at Purushottampur village near the Raxaul border subdivision in the small hours of Sunday. Taking advantage of the darkness, the smugglers managed to escape. Gaya: Eight suspected Maoists, including an area commander, Shravan Yadav, alias Chhotu, and a sub-zonal commander, Mangal Singh, alias Butai, were arrested on Saturday night. A huge quantity of arms and ammunition were recovered from their possession. Motihari: Mamta Grih manager Rameshwar Sah handed over the infant, whose mother was abducted on July 19, to her paternal aunt, Viveka Devi on Sunday for proper care. Gaya: Magadh University professor of chemistry Ranjit Kumar Verma was elected president and Neeraj Kumar Verma secretary of Rotary, Gaya, for 2012-13, on Sunday. Patna: Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday announced ex gratia compensation for the drowning deaths of six persons in Falgu in Jehanabad on Saturday. The disaster management department will give Rs 1.5 lakh and Rs 50,000 to the kin of each of the victims from the chief minister’s relief fund. Buxar: More than 50 persons were hospitalised on Sunday morning after suffering from food poisoning at Khewali village in the district’s Chaugain block.
Monday, 22 December 2025
