The death toll in the Siwan hooch tragedy due to consuming spurious liquor in Bala Village in Lakari Nabiganj of Siwan district in Bihar rose to five on Monday.
"A total of three people have died after allegedly drinking spurious liquor in Siwan's Lakari Nabiganj. Seven people are undergoing treatment. Ten people have also been arrested in this connection," district magistrate Pandey said on Sunday.
The women of the Naxal area of Bihar's Gaya are becoming self-sufficient by cultivating lemongrass and mushroom. Earlier, where opium was cultivated on barren land, now lemongrass crops are flourishing.
Bihar Police has rewarded two woman police constables for showing bravery on duty as they foiled a bank robbery attempt by armed robbers in broad daylight while they were guarding a bank in Hajipur.
Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) MP Pradeep Kumar Singh on Tuesday claimed that Bihar will soon witness a political game like Maharashtra. The MP from Araria further stated that all Janata Dal (United) (JDU) MLAs and MPs are in touch with BJP.
The flagship Ganga Vilas Cruise, which was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week, reached Patna as per schedule and is not stuck in Chhapra, stated Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) on Monday.
The flagship Ganga Vilas Cruise which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week, got stuck on the third day of its 51-day journey in Bihar's Chhapra due to shallow water in Ganga, officials said on Monday.