8-year-old boy not allowed to play video games, ends life

PATNA: An eight-year-old boy committed suicide on Wednesday after his father did not allow him to play video games. Read more at........8-year-old boy not allowed to play video games, ends life

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The grooms were drunk, the brides said no

Patna, Left at the altar - alone and drunk. That was the fate of two grooms in normally patriarchal Bihar when their would-have-been brides and their families walked out on them because they were simply too sozzled. While one incident took place in Rohtas district’s Khaira village, the other was in Aurangabad’s Judahi village. Read more........The grooms were drunk, the brides said no

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Bank auctions wrong house to recover loan

PATNA: Anita Singh, 47, and her husband Dwijendra Kumar have been chasing authorities since February 16. That day they came to know that their only house at Adarsh Colony in Muzaffarpur had been auctioned by Punjab National Bank (PNB) to recover a loan of Rs 5 lakh which their neighbour, Ajay Sharma, had taken from PNB's Bela branch in Muzaffarpur in 1999. Read More................Bank auctions wrong house to recover loan

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'Teasers' in tears as cops turn 'eves'

PATNA: Eve-teasers are in for trouble. Ten of them were arrested on a single day on Thursday as it turned out that their love interests were not timid teens but young women cops in civvies deployed as decoys to beat the 'Majnu menace'. Read More................'Teasers' in tears as cops turn 'eves'

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Cop demands graft from cop

PATNA: In what appears to be a case of poetic justice, an SI-rank reader in the DGP office faces the axe for allegedly demanding graft to execute the DGPas order to reinstate a dismissed constable. Read More................Cop demands graft from cop

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Man commits suicide after cow’s death

Patna: A man in Bihar’s Purnea district committed suicide after the death of his cow, which he loved “like a human being”, police said Thursday.

Lakhi Kant Dutta, 45, a resident of Kushkibagh in the district, 350 km from here, committed suicide Wednesday, police said. Read More................Bihar man commits suicide after cow’s death

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‘Jailed’ Hanuman to get bail

PATNA: The hopes of Lord Hanuman coming out of a police lock-up, so to speak, in Bihar have been revived with a former police officer offering to be the “bailer” of the deity in police custody.

The deity has been in police custody for the past 15 years since no one turned up to bail him out because of the huge amount fixed by a court as security money for his release. The bailers would need to furnish a bail bond of Rs 42 lakh to get him out. Lord Hanuman has been languishing at Krishnagarh police station in Bhojpur district after being caught in a legal wrangle for the past two decades. Giving him company is another Hindu deity, Lord Varuna, who is known as the god of water, as well as the god of law and of the underworld. Read More................Finally, hope for ‘jailed’ Hanuman

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At age 75, she wants her dowry back

Patna: Married at the age of 15, widowed and left in the lurch at the age of 65, 75-year-old Satyavati Devi's life today is one of penuary and she has sought he 220 grams of gold and Rs.7,000 that her parents gave to her in-laws at the time of her marriage. Read More................At 75, she wants her dowry back

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Over 8,000 Teachers Fail Class V Test

Patna: On which day does Raksha Bandhan fall? Which planet is closest to the Sun? Which metal is the bulb filament made of?
These are some of the questions — objective ones with four multiple choices without any negative marks, generally set for students below Class V — primary school teachers were asked in a competency test held in February.

The qualifying marks for the 100-mark paper that had questions on simple mathematics, science, English and Hindi is 30. Read More.......Over 8,000 Bihar teachers fail Class V test

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Hello eve-teaser, this is SSP on line

PATNA: Even hardened criminals rarely dare badmouth a cop when confronted. But Patna SSP B S Meena got the shock of his life when he called up an alleged eve-teaser to make him feel chastened and got a threatening rebuff instead. Read more: Hello eve-teaser, this is SSP on line

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Man Offers Finger In Temple For Leader's Win

PATNA: This single act may go down as the height of caste frenzy in the politically-sensitive state of Bihar. For, believe it or not, a man from Upper Caste Bhumihar community which has traditionally opposed RJD chief Mr Lalu Prasad and his 15-year-rule, was so elated at his rival returning to power in Bihar that he chopped off his finger and offered it to the deities today ~ the second time in five years! He didn’t stop at that. Ignoring the pain of blood oozing out of his slit ring finger, he shouted, “Nitish Kumar zindabad”. Read More................A finger in the name of Nitish Kumar!

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Goat sacrifice fight kills 10 people in India

PATNA, India — An argument over sacrificing goats during a Hindu festival triggered a stampede that killed 10 people Sunday in a packed temple in northern India, officials said.

More than 40,000 people, many inebriated, had taken their goats to the Tildiha village temple in Bihar state to offer sacrifice and prayers to the goddess Durga on the last day of the Navratri festival.

As the worshippers lined up before the butcher, a scuffle broke out and some people were trampled, Banka district spokesman Gupdeshwar Kumar said. Read More................Goat sacrifice fight spurs fatal stampede in India

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In Bihar, women give 'birth' to 5 children in 2 months

PATNA: A woman, as everyone knows, usually gives birth to a baby after nine months of pregnancy, but in Bihar 298 women claim to have delivered two to five children in a span of 60 days - at least that's what records of incentives amount given to new mothers under a government scheme show. Read More................In Bihar, women give 'birth' to 5 children in 2 months

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This Woman is a Rich Thief

PATNA: In her late 40s, she is a thief who owns a double-storied house and two taxis plying in Delhi. And recently she spent Rs 10 lakh on the marriage of her daughter with a police sub-inspector.

That’s the real, not reel, life story of Jaimanti Devi of Kosut village in Nalanda district, according to Patna police. Jaimanti was on Saturday arrested from her native village on the charge of stealing cash and valuables of a shopper in Patna’s Hathwa Market. Read More................This woman is a lakhpati thief

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Goonda Banks

Patna: Nearly four years after illegal banks run by criminals and musclemen in rural Bihar came to light, police have decided to launch a fresh probe into their operation.
The agents of ‘goonda banks’, as they are called, force people to deposit their hard earned money with the promise that it will be doubled within a year and provide loans at high interest rates.

They target farmers and local businessmen and confiscate the properties of those who are unable to pay back the loans. Read More................Fresh probe into ‘goonda banks’ in Bihar

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Man chops off woman’s nose over land dispute

Patna: A man chopped off a woman’s nose with a sharp weapon in a Bihar village after a heated exchange over a land dispute, police said Thursday.

Sakaldeo Sah attacked Asha Devi, in her early 30s, in Mainigram village in Purnia district, about 350 km from here, Wednesday evening after a quarrel over the demarcation line drawn between their houses. Read More at................Man chops off woman’s nose over land dispute

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Girl calls off wedding after Groom's 'dirty dancing'

PATNA – In Sarairanjan village of Bihar’s Samastipur district, a homeopathy doctor did an encore of sorts when she refused to exchange marriage vows with her banker bridegroom after exchanging garlands with him on Thursday because he danced along with other ‘baraatis’ to celebrate the occasion, reported Times of India. Read More................Bihar girl calls off wedding after groom's 'dirty dancing'

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Maoist uncle please do not bomb our schools

PATNA — Hundreds of poor school children in Aurangabad district have appealed to Maoist guerrillas not to damage or target their schools as it impacts their education badly.

In an open letter to Maoists, the school children urged Maoists not to deprive them of education by damaging and blowing up the school buildings.

“Maoist uncle, what is our mistake that you blow up schools and deprive us of education? You may have problems with the police but we fail to understand why are we your enemy? What is our mistake that our schools have become a soft target for you,” school children wrote in their letter to Maoist terrorists. Read More................ ‘Maoist uncle please do not bomb our schools’

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& now 'Amitabh Chalisa'

PATNA: After "Lalu Chalisa" and "Nitish Chalisa", now there is "Amitabh Chalisa". A Bihar-based lawyer has composed a specially-structured hymn in praise of the Bollywood megastar, who turned 67 recently.

Sharad Kumar, an advocate practicising in Arrah civil court in Bhojpur district, about 60 km from here, has penned "Amitabh Chalisa". A chalisa is traditionally a Hindu hymn invoking 40 names of the god being worshipped, but in recent years they have been written in praise of politicians as well. Read More................Bihar-based lawyer composes 'Amitabh Chalisa'

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Hindu salvation ritual performed for Michael Jackson

PATNA: Suresh Narayan never met Michael Jackson nor is he a die-hard fan but that did not stop him from offering 'pinda daan' or a Hindu ritual seeking salvation for the king of pop's soul in Bihar's holy town of Gaya. Read More................Hindu salvation ritual performed for Michael Jackson

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