The drain dispute took a violent turn in Rajauli, Nawada, resulting in the death of a woman. A woman was seriously injured in a fight between Gotiyas in Sati Sthan locality and lost her life due to excessive bleeding. The police have detained two people including the main accused. The search for other absconding accused is going on.
About Rs 50 lakh was looted from gold businessman Vikram Kumar Soni in Jamui. On Thursday night, near the Anjan river bridge on the Jamui-Malaypur main road, miscreants injured him by hitting him with the butt of a pistol. The businessman was going to Kolkata to buy jewellery. The police have started investigation, and this incident has created an atmosphere of fear among the traders of the city.
Bihar government has entered into an agreement with NABARD to provide agricultural loans to farmers at affordable rates. One percent additional interest subsidy will be available on agricultural loans for the financial year 2025-26. This will reduce the interest burden on farmers and will motivate them to adopt modern agricultural techniques. This scheme will be applicable on KCC loans up to Rs 3 lakh to farmers, which will increase investment and production in the agriculture sector.
According to the research of Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital in Muzaffarpur, tobacco consumption is becoming the leading cause of cancer in men, where one out of every three male cancer patients is affected by tobacco. This ratio is worrying even among women. Studies have revealed lower survival rates in mouth, tongue and prostate cancers. Emphasis has been laid on timely detection and free screening facilities.
The Surveillance Investigation Bureau in Sitamarhi is investigating teachers with fake certificates. So far, FIR has been registered against 109 teachers. Recently, an FIR has been registered against three teachers – Sudhanshu Kumar, Runa Paswan and Miss Aarti Rani – after they were found to have fake educational certificates. Certificates of more than 100 other teachers have also been found suspicious, investigation of which is going on.
Bihar Public Service Commission BPSC has invited applications for 15 posts of Stenographer in Patna. 12th pass candidates can apply online from 12 January to 2 February. Intermediate or equivalent qualification is mandatory for these posts, along with Hindi and English shorthand and computer knowledge is essential. Selection will be based on written examination and practical test.
Siswan: In Siwan, farmers are facing a lot of trouble in getting Farmer ID made. The Jamabandi of about 85 farmers is still in the name of their father or grandfather, due to which they are not able to get ID. Due to this, they are afraid of closure of PM Kisan Nidhi. The Circle Officer said that as per the government order, ID will be made only for those farmers in whose name the Jamabandi is registered.
Additional SHO Pankaj Kumar of Patahi police station of East Champaran has been suspended on charges of bribery. He is accused of taking bribe to benefit an accused in a case. This action was taken by Superintendent of Police Swarn Prabhat after a viral video and investigation report of SDPO. The matter is related to a case of 2024, in which a bribe of Rs 1.30 lakh was demanded.
2021 batch IAS officer Shivanshi Dixit has become the new Municipal Commissioner of Bettiah. Before this she was Municipal Commissioner in Munger. The General Administration Department of Bihar Government has posted him in Bettiah. During training, she has been Assistant District Magistrate in Bettiah and is familiar with the functioning of the Municipal Corporation. With his arrival, development work in Bettiah is expected to gain momentum.
SDM Vikas Kumar held a meeting with Municipal Council officials at Ajgaivinath Dham. In this, public welfare works, schemes and preparations for the upcoming Shravani Fair were discussed. Mainly, it was decided to send the proposal for construction of the proposed rope-way from Ajgaivinath Temple Hill to Namami Gange Ghat to the government. There was also discussion in the meeting on removal of encroachment, drinking water supply and construction of drains and roads worth Rs. 6 crores.
The internal strife of the Lalu family came to light during the hearing of the land-for-job scam in Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court. Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav came face to face, where Tej Pratap did not react to Tejashwi's gesture and looked angry. The incident highlights the emotional and political conflict amid the legal crisis for the Lalu family.
Rouse Avenue Court has framed charges against Lalu Yadav, Rabri Devi, Tejashwi Yadav and other family members in the land-for-job scam. Bihar BJP President Sanjay Saraogi said that the list of crimes of Lalu family is long. He alleged that the family looted the government treasury and brought disrepute to Bihar, while the law was taking its course.
NTA has released the list of cities for JEE Main first session examination. Candidates can download it by visiting jeemain.nta.nic.in. The exam will be held from 21st to 29th January, but this is not the admit card. Admit card will be released 2-3 days before the exam. Paper 1 exam will be held on January 21, 22, 23, 24 and 28, while Paper 2 exam will be held on January 29.
Due to icy westerly wind, severe cold and dense fog will continue in Bihar. According to the Meteorological Department, there will be no significant change in the weather for the next five days, due to which dense fog and cold day conditions will persist in most parts of the state. Gaya was the coldest at 4.1 degrees Celsius, which is lower than Jammu. The minimum temperature of Patna was recorded at 9.1 degrees Celsius.
The passenger train running between Bhagalpur-Hansdiha will remain canceled on 9, 10 and 11 January 2026. This decision has been taken for girder launching work for road over bridge construction, for which Railways will take a block of three hours. Additionally, due to cold and fog, many other trains including Vikramshila Express are also running late, causing inconvenience to passengers.
Purnia MP Pappu Yadav met Defense Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi. Pointing out the strategic importance of Purnia, he made defense related proposals like Sainik School, Military Hospital and DRDO Unit. Besides, he also raised the issue of cancellation of Purnia-Delhi air service from January 19 to 26, which he termed as unfair for students and patients. The Defense Minister assured to consider the proposals.
In Supaul, Sub-Divisional Officer Indraveer Kumar reviewed the supply works. More than 15,000 ineligible ration cardholders have been identified, who have high income, more land, four-wheelers or professional positions. All these suspicious cards will be investigated and canceled and government food grains can also be recovered. An appeal has been made to the ineligible to surrender the card themselves and get e-KYC done.
There was theft late night in Jai Maa Durga Mobile Service Center located at Sailor Chowk in Bhaptiyahi police station area. The thieves stole computers, mobile phones and other electronic items worth more than Rs 2 lakh from the shop. Due to this incident there is an atmosphere of panic among the shopkeepers of the area. The victim shopkeeper Vinod Kumar has lodged an FIR and has demanded the police to increase night patrolling. The police is investigating the matter
In view of the preparations for Panchayat elections in Bagaha-Do block, new BLOs will be appointed in place of the transferred teachers. The block administration is in the process of updating and re-planning the voter list. BDO Bidu Ram said that the list of transferred teachers is being prepared, in which so far eight names are included. After the appointment of the new BLO, verification and amendment of the voter list will be done on priority, so that there is no hindrance in the elections.
A major incident of theft took place on Thursday morning near Hardas Bigha station in 15623 Down Kamakhya Express going from Jodhpur to Kamakhya. Unidentified miscreants stole purses and valuables of passengers of four coaches. After the incident, the miscreants escaped by pulling the chain, due to which panic spread among the passengers. RPF is investigating the matter and scanning CCTV footage. Passengers have demanded to increase security in the train.