Congress convened its CWC meeting in Bihar in bid to take 'driving seat' from allies, claims BJPThe BJP criticized the Congress's CWC meeting in Bihar, claiming it's a ploy to gain more seats from the RJD. Ravi Shankar Prasad asserted ...
24 Sep, 2025, 04.16 PM IST
Bihar's tradition of men being kidnapped for marriage back in newsIn, 'Pakadwa Vivah', neither the consent of the boy nor the girl is taken for marriage. Boys are taken hostage by kidnapping or coaxing and...
03 Dec, 2023, 10.07 AM IST
Veterinarian called to check on an ailing animal, then kidnapped and forcibly married in Bihar's BegusaraiThings turned ugly for a Bihar veterinarian who was called to treat a sick animal as he was kidnapped and married against his will.
15 Jun, 2022, 05.55 PM IST
Would've been better if Bihar CM met victims of daily murders, kidnappings: Tejashwi Yadav takes jibe at JD(U) chief over meeting with Prashant Kishore"Whoever Nitish Ji meets is his business. It would've been better had he met victims of daily murders and kidnappings in Bihar or kin of th...
20 Feb, 2022, 07.27 PM IST
PM Modi calls Tejashwi Yadav the "yuvraj" of "jungle raj"Addressing his second rally of the day in the poll- bound state, Modi cautioned the people that a return of the "jungle raj" will bring a d...
28 Oct, 2020, 02.15 PM IST
FIR lodged against Bihar Congress MLA SiddarthAn FIR has been lodged against Congress MLA Siddarth on the charge of allegedly kidnapping a minor girl on Thursday.
28 Jan, 2016, 07.35 PM IST
Bihar election: Curbing crime top task for Bihar govtBihar government has a tough task. Last 10 years, the state has seen an increase in crime against vulnerable population including women, ch...
11 Nov, 2015, 12.11 PM IST
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar slams Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 'jungle raj' barb"Though many BJP leaders have spoken on Bhagwat's remark, PM did not open his mouth even once on the topic on such an important issue," he ...
10 Oct, 2015, 11.20 PM IST
Is the jungle raj confined to Bihar?ET accessed this report to find that only 1% of such kidnappings actually were for ransom...
09 Oct, 2015, 10.44 AM IST
Close to 40 per cent of all abductions are of women for marriage: National Crime Records BureauLatest data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) also suggests that ransom is no more a major motivation for kidnapping.
19 Aug, 2015, 10.25 AM IST
Lalu Prasad pitches for JD-U MLA Anant Singh's arrest in murder caseThe veteran leader, a former Bihar chief minister, sent an RJD probe team to the Barh sub-division of the district where the incident had h...
24 Jun, 2015, 11.03 PM IST
- Nitish calls meet over kidnapping of cops
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will preside over an all-party meeting here on Saturday to discuss the kidnapping of four policemen by th...
04 Sep, 2010, 02.50 PM IST
- Bihar hostage crisis: Body of a cop found
The deadline set by the Maoists for killing the other three hostages will expire at 10am
03 Sep, 2010, 10.32 AM IST
- Maoists issue ultimatum on kidnapped Bihar policemen
Maoists today issued an ultimatum to the Bihar Govt to release eight of their jailed colleagues by tomorrow failing which they would kill a...
31 Aug, 2010, 01.07 PM IST
Bihar economy fires up as law and order improvesBihar was indeed becoming a state where mundane was getting mainstream, a sign of normalcy in itself, was evident at a session in Patna. As...
29 Mar, 2010, 07.44 AM IST
- Nitish Kumar promises development in Bihar in '08
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the state would see a slew of development programmes in 2008.
01 Jan, 2008, 06.57 PM IST
- Kidnappers of Adobe India CEO’s son want Rs 2 cr
The men who kidnapped Adobe India CEO Naresh Gupta’s three-yearold son Anant from his Noida home on Monday have demanded Rs 2 crore as rans...
16 Nov, 2006, 10.30 AM IST