Purnia Murder

A man was shot dead in Bihar's Purnia when he was on his way to cast his vote in the election on Saturday, the police said. The man was the younger brother of jailed criminal Bittu Singh, accused in more than a dozen murder and extortion cases.

A Class IX student was beaten to death today by some men at Balutola locality under Kasba police station area in Bihar's Purnia district, police said.

Controversial former RJD MP Pappu Yadav was acquitted today by the Patna High Court in CPI(M) leader Ajit Sarkar murder case due to lack of evidence.

School teacher Rupam Pathak was today sentenced to life imprisonment by a special CBI court for killing BJP MLA Rajkishore Keshri in Bihar's Purnia town last year. Designated CBI Judge B N Singh had earlier pronounced her guilty of stabbing Keshri to death on January 4, 2011 and fixed today as the date to decide the quantum of punishment.

A man today allegedly killed his mother after she failed to serve him food quickly in the Purnia district in Bihar, police said.

Journalists in Bihar have demanded the immediate release of Navlesh Pathak, editor of an English weekly, who was arrested in connection with the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Raj Kishore Kesri.Kesri, a BJP legislator from Purnia constituency, was knifed on January 4 in his home by a woman teacher, Rupam Pathak, who alleged the p...

A man was shot dead in Bihar's Purnia when he was on his way to cast his vote in the election on Saturday, the police said. The man was the younger brother of jailed criminal Bittu Singh, accused in more than a dozen murder and extortion cases.

A Class IX student was beaten to death today by some men at Balutola locality under Kasba police station area in Bihar's Purnia district, police said.

Controversial former RJD MP Pappu Yadav was acquitted today by the Patna High Court in CPI(M) leader Ajit Sarkar murder case due to lack of evidence.

School teacher Rupam Pathak was today sentenced to life imprisonment by a special CBI court for killing BJP MLA Rajkishore Keshri in Bihar's Purnia town last year. Designated CBI Judge B N Singh had earlier pronounced her guilty of stabbing Keshri to death on January 4, 2011 and fixed today as the date to decide the quantum of punishment.

A man today allegedly killed his mother after she failed to serve him food quickly in the Purnia district in Bihar, police said.

Journalists in Bihar have demanded the immediate release of Navlesh Pathak, editor of an English weekly, who was arrested in connection with the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Raj Kishore Kesri.Kesri, a BJP legislator from Purnia constituency, was knifed on January 4 in his home by a woman teacher, Rupam Pathak, who alleged the p...