Everything you need to know about Muzaffarpur: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Muzaffarpur: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Patna, May 16 (IANS) Nearly six years after her son was killed with two others, a mother in Bihar has finally gathered the courage to file a complaint against seven police officials alleging that they killed the youths in a staged shootout.
Patna, May 9 (IANS) A six-month-old baby succumbed to a deadly mosquito-borne disease in Bihar Thursday, taking the toll from the disease to three in 2013, and 16 children have been admitted to hospitals in Muzaffarpur, officials said.
Patna, April 30 (IANS) A 14-year-old girl committed suicide in a village in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district after a teacher of a madrasa (Muslim seminary) tried to molest her, police said Tuesday.
Patna, April 30 (IANS) With this year's first death suspected to be caused by Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) reported in Bihar, the fear of an outbreak of the deadly mosquito-borne disease has returned to haunt the state, an official said Tuesday.
Patna, April 25 (IANS) A 50-year-old man was arrested Thursday in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl. The incident triggered angry protests in the area, a police official said.
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) A Delhi court Wednesday issued a fresh production warrant against Manoj Sah, the prime accused in a five-year-old Delhi girl's rape and torture case, to present him in court the day after.
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday sent Pradeep, the second accused in a five-year-old girl's rape and torture case, to four days of police custody.
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The five-year-old Delhi rape survivor is recovering, doctors said Tuesday while the second accused in the case was sent to four days of police custody as protests demanding the resignation of Delhi Police chief continued in the national capital.
Patna, April 23 (IANS) Bihar Tuesday launched a special vaccination drive to cover 1.8 million children against Japanese encephalitis, a minister here said.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The 19-year-old second gang-rape accused arrested from Bihar Monday has confessed to his crime and said that he has "committed a big mistake", police said Monday.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Police slapped gang-rape charges on the two men, including a 19-year-old who was nabbed from Bihar Monday, in the barbaric rape of a five-year-old girl as parliament hotly debated rising rapes and "depravity" in society, with many demanding death for child rapists.
New Delhi, April 21 (ANI): Even as the public clamours for giving the death penalty to rapists, police in Delhi took several protesters into preventive custody on Sunday.
Muzaffarpur (Bihar), April 21 (ANI): The wife of Manoj, the prime accused in the brutal rape of a five-year old girl in New Delhi, has declared her husband is innocent and demanded his release amid nationwide protests.
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Delhi Police Sunday denied searching for a second accused in the abduction and rape of the five-year-old girl in east Delhi.
New Delhi, Apr. 20 (ANI): Doctors attending to the five-year-old rape victim at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Saturday said that the girl is stable and under observation.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The five-year-old girl undergoing treatment here after she was brutally raped for two days is in stable condition, doctors said Saturday, adding she will need reconstructive surgery as she suffered severe injuries in her private parts.
New Delhi, Apr. 20 (ANI): A 25-year-old youth allegedly involved in the rape of the five-year-old girl has been brought to the national capital from Patna and is presently being interrogated at the office DCP (East) Prabhakar.
New Delhi, Apr. 20 (ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who visited the five-year-old rape victim at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Saturday, directed the medical experts and doctors to keep a close watch, constantly monitor the child's situation and leave no stone unturned to extend the best possible medical care for her speedy recovery.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Street protests erupted in the national capital Saturday against the barbaric rape of a five-year-old girl who doctors said would need major reconstructive surgery as her private parts had been badly damaged, even as police nabbed the accused from his in-law's house in Bihar in an early morning raid.
Patna, April 20 (IANS) A village panchayat in Bihar Saturday ordered social boycott of family of Manoj Kumar, 25, who allegedly raped the five-year-old-girl in Delhi, police said.
New Delhi, Apr. 20 (ANI): In the wake of massive protests in the national capital against the rape of a five-year-old girl and demand for action against policemen who allegedly tried to hush up the case by offering money to the victim's parents, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Saturday promised tough action against the cops who are found to be guilty.
New Delhi, Apr 20 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj on Saturday expressed shock over the brutal rape of a five-year-old in the national capital, saying that those who rape minors must get death penalty.
New Delhi, Apr. 20 (ANI): As the five-year-old rape victim was battling for her life at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat on Saturday lashed out at the Delhi Police for refusing to file the FIR in the first instance and trying to bribe the parents of the girl to keep silent, and demanded that the men in uniform violating the laws should be criminally prosecuted.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Rapists of minor girls reflect a "mental sickness" which needs a "shock treatment" of hanging, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said Saturday.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The five-year-old girl undergoing treatment here after she was brutally raped for two days has suffered severe injuries in her private parts, and will need reconstructive surgery, doctors said Saturday.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Saturday assured that proper action would be take in the rape case of the five-year-old girl here Saturday.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The brutal sexual assault of a five-year-old girl in Delhi brought protestors out on the streets again, with a large number of them gathering outside Delhi Police Headquarters Saturday demanding the commissioner's resignation.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The man who brutally tortured and raped a five-year-old girl here had fled to his hometown in Bihar thinking that the victim was dead, police said Saturday, adding that he was being brought to Delhi.
New Delhi, Apr 20 (ANI): The doctor treating the five-year-old rape victim at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Saturday said that the girl is stable and is responding to medical treatment.
New Delhi, Apr 20 (ANI): Hundreds have gathered outside the Delhi Police headquarters in ITO, New Delhi to protest the faulty investigations in the rape of a five-year-old child in the national capital, as well as an assault by a police officer on a woman protester.
New Delhi/Patna, April 20 (IANS) The 25-year-old Delhi rape accused, who brutally tortured and raped a five-year-old girl, was arrested from Bihar, police said Saturday, adding a Bihar court had granted Delhi Police three-day transit remand of the accused.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The brutal sexual assault on the five-year-old girl in Delhi has brought protestors out on the streets again. A large number of protestors gathered outside Delhi Police Headquarters Saturday, demanding the commissioner's resignation.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The five-year-old girl undergoing treatment here after she was brutally raped for two days is responding to treatment, doctors said Saturday, adding that her condition had stabilised.
New Delhi, Apr 20 (ANI): A 25-year-old youth allegedly involved in the rape of the five-year-old girl in the national capital was arrested in Muzaffarpur early this morning.
Patna, April 20 (IANS) A Bihar court Saturday granted Delhi Police three-day transit remand of Manoj Kumar, 25, accused in the rape of the five-year-old in Delhi. Kumar was arrested from a village in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, police said Saturday.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) A 25-year-old Delhi rape accused has been arrested from Bihar, police said Saturday.
Chennai, April 10 (IANS) One person was killed and 33 others were injured Wednesday when 11 coaches of the Muzaffarpur-Yashwantpur Express derailed in Tamil Nadu.
Chennai/New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) One person was killed and 21 others injured when 11 bogies of Muzaffarpur-Yashwantpur Express derailed in Tamil Nadu. The rescue operation has been wrapped up, officials said.
Patna, April 6 (IANS) Maoists Saturday blew up a railway track in Bihar to enforce a two-day strike called by them to protest against the killing of their cadres in Jharkhand, railway police said.
Patna, March 31 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has summoned the Bihar Police chief to appear before it for failing to submit a report on a minor girl missing since Sep 18 last year.
Patna, March 24 (IANS) Bihar Police has begun the process of seizing the properties of 20 criminals and corrupt people.
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday suspended a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackery on two complaints lodged for alleged hate speeches he made against the people of Bihar.
Patna, Jan 18 (IANS) Armed robbers shot dead a passenger and injured two others aboard a Gorakhpur-bound train in Bihar's East Champaran district early Friday, police said.
Patna, Jan 17 (IANS) Hundreds of students in Bihar's seven engineering colleges are angry over being forced to appear for their examinations without completing their courses - thanks to lack of teachers.
Patna, Jan 16 (IANS) The CID will now probe the case of a 13-year-old girl in Bihar missing since Sep 18 after police failed to make any breakthrough, police said Wednesday.
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central and Bihar governments on a habeas corpus petition seeking production of an 11-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped from her parents' house in the state's Muzaffarpur town.
Patna, Dec 23 (IANS) The family of a schoolgirl abducted Sep 18 from her home in Bihar sought Sunday President Pranab Mukharjee's help to trace her.
Patna, Dec 21 (IANS) Bihar Police have written to the state government to seize the properties of liquor mafia dons following the deaths of more than 50 people, mostly the poor, from illicit liquor in various regions across the state.
Patna, Dec 13 (IANS) Twenty-seven Maoists, including several area commanders, surrendered Thursday with their weapons in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, police said.
Patna, Dec 5 (IANS) The parents of a schoolgirl, who was abducted Sep 18 from her home in Bihar, Wednesday demanded a CBI probe to trace her.
Muzaffarpur (Bihar), Nov 25 (IANS) A group of upper caste Hindus joined Shia Muslims here Sunday to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, saying it was part of their tradition.
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 5 (IANS) Kudumbasree, the poverty eradication mission of the Kerala government, Monday inked a memorandum of understanding with the Bihar Livelihood Rural Mission to train men and women in two districts of the state as entrepreneurs.
Patna, Oct 30 (IANS) Hundreds of school students took to the streets Tuesday demanding that the police rescue an abducted 13-year-old school girl in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, a police official said.
Muzaffarpur, Oct 29 (ANI): Two FIRs have been filed in Bihar's Vaishali district against former MLA Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla, who is serving jail term in connection with the murder of former minister Brij Bihari Prasad.
Patna, Oct 16 (IANS) In a fresh embarrassment to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, JD-U leader and MP Jainarain Prasad Nishad Tuesday said the Bihar government had failed on all fronts and the state was under 'mafia raj'.
Patna, Oct 13 (IANS) A former minister of Bihar was assaulted by suspected goons close to liquor vendors in Muzaffarpur district Saturday, police said. Six people have been arrested.
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Three people were arrested for duping several people from Bihar, Bengal and Haryana on the pretext of providing them jobs, using a fake website of the Indian Railways Recruitment Board, police said Sunday.
Patna, Oct 1 (IANS) At least 10 people died in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district after they consumed spurious liquor, police said Monday.
Patna, Sep 7 (IANS) The Bihar Human Rights Commission Friday sought a report from the police about Kanchanbala Jha, a college student who committed suicide in Sitamarhi district following sexual harassment, intimidation and subsequent "police inaction".
Patna, July 7 (IANS) Another jailed Bihar politician Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a minister, is set to be awarded a PhD. for his research on expression of political awareness in Hindi novels.
New Delhi, July 3 (ANI): Janata Dal -United (JD-U) chief Sharad Yadav met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Tuesday to discuss allotment of coal blocks to Bihar government for its proposed power projects.
Patna, July 2 (IANS) Families of hundreds of children who died of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Bihar are yet to be paid compensation announced by the state government last month, an official said Monday.
Muzaffarpur(Bihar), June 29 (IANS) The disease has already claimed the lives of more than 200 children and affected nearly 600 in Bihar. Distraught parents are now praying to god to save their children.
The mysterious killer disease, which has reportedly killed to over 200 children in three districts of Bihar since May 2012, is not Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) as it was earlier estimated, said Additional Secretary (Health) R P Ojha in an official announcement.........
Patna, June 28 (IANS) It is official now. The acute encephalitis syndrome(AES) that has killed 233 children in Bihar since May is not Japanese encephalitis, it was announced Thursday.
Patna, June 19 (IANS) Four more children died of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) Tuesday in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, taking the death toll from the disease to 204 in the last one month, officials said.
Patna/Lucknow, June 16 (IANS) Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), the deadly mosquito-borne disease that has hit Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, two of India's most populated states, is spreading.
Patna, June 16 (IANS) Nine more children have died of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Bihar's Gaya, Muzaffarpur and Patna districts, taking the state's toll from the disease to 159 in the last three weeks, officials said here Saturday.
Patna, June 15 (IANS) Seven more children died of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) Friday in Muzaffarpur and Patna districts of Bihar, taking the state's death toll to 150 in the past month.
Patna, June 15 (IANS) Four more children succumbed to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) Friday in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, taking the death toll to 147 in the state in the last one month. The government has identified 10 districts where the disease has spread, officials said.
Patna, June 13 (IANS) The families of children, who died of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) will be paid a monetary compensation, officials said Wednesday.
Patna, June 12 (IANS) The mysterious disease that has killed more than 100 children across three districts of Bihar in the past fortnight has been identified as acute encephalitis syndrome (AES), the government has confirmed and sounded a red alert to tackle the crisis.
Patna, June 11 (IANS) Bihar has urged the central government to declare a mysterious disease that has killed 102 children an epidemic, Health Minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey said Monday.
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Patna, June 9 (IANS) Bihar Saturday sought help from the central government to tackle a mysterious disease that has killed 81 children in Muzaffarpur, Gaya and Patna districts during the past fortnight, officials said.
Patna, June 8 (IANS) A "mysterious" disease has claimed the lives of 73 children in Bihar's Muzaffarpur, Gaya and Patna districts during the past fortnight, officials said Friday.
Patna, June 7 (IANS) The deaths of five more children because of a mysterious disease in Bihar's Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts has taken the death toll to 36 in 11 days, officials said Thursday.
Patna, June 6 (IANS) The deaths of eight more children because of a mysterious disease in Bihar's Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts has taken the death toll to 31 in 10 days, officials said Wednesday.
Patna, June 5 (IANS) Four more children have succumbed to suspected encephalitis in Bihar's Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts since Monday taking the death toll to 23 in nine days, officials said Tuesday.
Patna, June 4 (IANS) Suspected encephalitis has killed three more children in Bihar's Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts, taking the death toll in eight days to 18, officials said Monday.
Patna, June 2 (IANS) Suspected encephalitis has killed 15 children in Bihar's Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts in the last week, officials said Saturday.
Patna, May 25 (IANS) A court in Bihar Friday awarded capital punishment to three men and life imprisonment to another for the abduction-cum-murder of a four-year-old boy.
Patna, May 11 (IANS) A Right to Information (RTI) activist was shot and seriously wounded Friday by some assailants in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, police said.
Muzaffarpur/Gaya (Bihar), May 11 (IANS) Meena Srivastav of Muzaffarpur and Shoib Akhtar of Gaya have a common woe: frequent power outages that have left them sleepless.
Muzaffarpur, April 27 (IANS) With the mercury peaking and rains and thundershowers lashing this litchi belt of Bihar sporadically, worried farmers have already started counting their losses this year.
New Delhi, Feb.7 (ANI): Doctors at the trauma centre of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Tuesday said that the health of two-year-old battered infant Falak was improving.
New Delhi, Feb.7 (ANI): In the latest development in the baby Falak case, Delhi Police have traced the second child of her mother, Munni, in Muzaffarpur in Bihar.
New Delhi, Feb.7 (ANI): Doctors at the trauma centre of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Tuesday said that the health of two-year-old battered infant Falak was improving.
New Delhi, Feb.7 (ANI): In the latest development in the baby Falak case, Delhi Police have traced the second child of her mother, Munni, in Muzaffarpur in Bihar.
London, August 9 (ANI): In a one-in-50million event, an Indian woman with two wombs has left doctors stunned by giving birth to two sons - one from each uterus.
Patna, July 4 (ANI): Flood waters have reportedly entered over 2,000 houses in Muzaffarpur and Sitamarhi districts of Bihar following a breach in the embankment of the Bagmati River on Monday morning.
Muzaffarpur, June 6 (ANI): A local court here on Monday accepted a complaint seeking registration of a case of sedition against Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh for allegedly describing yoga guru Baba Ramdev as a fraud.
Allahabad/Lucknow, Jan.7 (ANI): A train ticket examiner in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, has been charged with throwing a ticketless couple off a train.
Patna, Nov 4 (ANI): Countering the allegations made by his political opponents, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said his Government brought back rule of law in the State and delivered justice to every section of the society.
Patna, Nov 4 (ANI): Countering the allegations made by his political opponents, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said his Government brought back rule of law in the State and delivered justice to every section of the society.
Patna, Oct.24 (ANI): Over 52 percent voting was witnessed during phase-II of the Bihar State Assembly elections here on Sunday, as people exercised their franchise in 45 constituencies spread over six districts of the State despite Naxals' poll boycott call.
Patna, Oct 24 (ANI): An estimated 50 percent voters have exercised their franchise so far in the second phase of Bihar Assembly election on Sunday. olling that began at 7 a.m., will continue upto 5 p.m. except five constituencies of Minapur, Paru, Sahebganj, Sheohar and Belsand where it ends at 3 pm.
Patna, Oct.23 (ANI): As six districts of Bihar undergo polls for the phase-II of State Assembly elections for 45 seats on Sunday, the Election Commission has changed the poll timings for some constituencies following the ultras killing six policemen in Sheohar district.
Motihari/Muzaffarpur (Bihar), Oct. 19 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K.Advani on Tuesday said neither Prime Minister Manmohan Singh nor UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi should project central assistance for Bihar as a special favour.
Patna, Oct 19 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani will address three public meetings in constituencies that go to polls in Bihar on October 24.
