Crime

PATNA—Two women among four persons had their head shaven before putting a coat of cow dung for allegedly stealing a goat in Bihar. The incident took place in Katihar district on Monday noon. Reports said a goat belonging to a local…
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PATNA—A Dalit youth in the Indian state of Bihar was asked to lick spit after he refused to vote for a former Dabang (redoubtable) mukhiya (village chief) in the panchayat (village council) elections to be held soon. The disgusting…
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PATNA—A local court in Bihar has awarded 10-year rigorous imprisonment to a youth for raping a teenaged girl for months. Sadly, the justice is delivered about a fortnight after her death in a road accident. Additional district and…
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PATNA—The state government in Bihar has fired the dean of a dairy technology institute after he was found to be making frequent calls to the female staffs during odd hours, local media reported on Friday. According to reports, Sanjay…
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PATNA—The Patna High Court administration has suspended two judges on the charges of corruption in a latest action against judiciary staffs for their unseemly conduct in public. The judges placed under suspension include Ms Priti Verma,…
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PATNA/RANCHI—A man in Bihar was jailed after he attacked a street dog with a hard object, causing grievous injuries. Daily wage earner Surya Dayal Sahani was arrested from the Patrakar Nagar locality of Patna after he hit the street dog…
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PATNA—The Bihar government has decided to install CCTV cameras in all villages across the state on the lines of cities. The government believes the initiative will help the government keep a watch on anti-social and criminal elements.…
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PATNA—A 12-year-old girl was set on fire just because she had damaged a vegetable plant from her neighbour’s vegetable garden. The girl, a resident of Shivrauna village in Begusarai district, was playing outside her home on Friday…
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PATNA—A local court in Bihar on Friday awarded death sentence to nine persons in connection with the death of 21 persons after consuming spurious liquor in a state which had enforced total prohibition. The persons sentenced to death…
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PATNA—Increasing bank robberies have become a matter of concern in Bihar even as the police department battles hard to contain crime. The robbers struck again on Thursday, raiding a South Bihar Gramin (rural) Bank in Nawada district and…
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