West Champaran News

Locals who showed the former Bihar unit BJP chief black flags, submitted that they have supported Jaiswal and "sent him to Lok Sabha thrice but he has failed to bring any development in the region"

An ambulance was stopped in the convoy of Nitish Kumar, who went out on Ganga Path road inspection. The ambulance was stopped on the road itself, it is being told that the patient was being taken to Patna.

Political strategist Prashant Kishor has begun a 3,500-kilometre long 'padayatra' on October 2 The yatra started from the Gandhi Ashram in Bihar's West Champaran dist on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary The Yatra is part of his 'Jan Suraj' campaign, which is widely seen as a precursor to his entry into politics Prashant Kishor on Sunday started his march from Bhitiharwa Gandhi Ashram, from where Mahatma Gandhi launched his first Satyagraha movement in 1917. He and his supporters will attempt to reach every panchayat and block of Bihar during the yatra, which is expected to take anywhere between 12 and 15 months to complete. Launching an attack on all the political parties that have ruled Bihar, Prashant Kishor said the condition of the state has not changed since 1990

Villagers are in panic due to the continuous attack of tigers in West Champaran. Once again a shepherd narrowly saved from the tiger, after this incident, the villagers expressed their displeasure with the team of the forest department.

A total of 16 persons have been arrested in the case where people died due to consumption of poisonous/spurious liquor in Champaran. Eight people died on Thursday while an equal number of deaths occurred on the following day. Sale and consumption of liquor was banned by the Nitish Kumar government in April, 2016.

The victim has been hospitalised with 80 percent burn injuries. 

The flood situation in Bihar continues to remain grim where 69.81 lakh people have been hit by inundation in 13 districts and 56 people have lost their lives.

Eighteen people, including seven children and four women, died and about 2,500 houses were destroyed since Sunday in various incidents of fire in Bihar with heat wave playing its part, officials said.

After 450 border pillars were found missing along India`s open border with Nepal near Bihar`s east and west Champaran districts, the Sashastra Seema Bal (an armed border force) is moving to plug the gap.

A man with an air gun was on Saturday detained when he tried to enter Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi`s rally venue in Bihar`s West Champaran district, police said.