Patna

A 21-year-old student of Chennai's International Maritime Academy (IMA) was allegedly killed by two students on the night of December 24. The deceased, who has been identified as Aditya Sharma, hailed from Patna. He was pursuing his third-year of Bachelors in Nautical Science at IMA, Pudhuchatram. As per sources, the incident took place in the college hostel when Aditya was going to washroom around 8:00 PM. While on his way, he saw two other… read-more

In an anti-Naxal operation by CRPF unit named 'CoBRA', three Maoists, including zonal commander Alok Yadav, have been killed in Bihar's Gaya district. The unit also recovered two rifles - an AK series and an INSAS. About 100 km from Bihar, the encounter occurred in the Barachatti forest area during the early hours of November 22. The bodies of the Maoists have been recovered from the encounter spot. 

The recently concluded Bihar Assembly Elections witnessed a record high deployment of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) for conducting the elections smoothly. Around 1.62 Lakh personnel from 1200 companies were deployed in the state. The force comprised of ITBP, BSF, CRPF, SSB, CISF, and armed police forces from 17 different states including some north eastern states. The earlier record for largest security deployment was held by last… read-more

The Income Tax officials on October 22 served a notice to Congress Headquarters after a vehicle was impounded with Rs 8.5 lakh, outside the compounds of headquarters in Patna. However, Shaktisinh Gohil, Bihar Congress incharge clarified that no money is recovered from the headquarter premises. Gohil further questioned the Income Tax department's reaction over the recovery of 22kg gold and 2.5 kg silver from a BJP candidate in Raxaul, as ANI… read-more

The Centre on August 13 told the Supreme Court that the Maharashtra Police's action of recording the statements of 56 witnesses in SSR's case has no backing in law. It said no FIR has been filed by the Maharashtra Police and the officers are "merely discharging functions under [CrPC] section 174". Besides, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed CBI has registered an FIR on the request of the Bihar Government.