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Munger (Bihar): In a startling incident from Bihar’s Munger district, a newly married woman allegedly eloped with her lover just ten days after her wedding, leaving behind her marital home along with gold jewellery and cash, police officials said on Friday. The incident was reported from the Tarapur police station area. The woman, identified as Sneha, was married on December 1 in Manikpur village and moved to her husband’s home the next day. However, on the evening of December 10 at around 6:40 pm, she suddenly went missing from her in-laws’ house. Family Alerted, Search Launched The disappearance came to light when the groom’s mother, Anjana Devi, informed Sneha’s mother, Soni Devi, over the phone. Family members searched for the newlywed woman for nearly two days, but when all e...

New Delhi/Chapra: BJP MP from Saran (Chapra), Rajiv Pratap Rudy, delivered a fiery and politically loaded speech in the Lok Sabha, taking a veiled but unmistakable swipe at the Lalu Prasad Yadav–Rabri Devi political dynasty. His remarks, made on the floor of the House, have since triggered intense debate and reactions across political and social media circles. Addressing the Speaker, Rudy declared himself a unique political figure, claiming there was no one like him in Parliament—or perhaps anywhere in the world—who had contested elections against almost an entire political family that produced two chief ministers. “I come from a state where a Chief Minister went to jail and placed his wife on the throne. This is how democracy was defined. Mr Speaker, I am such a person who probably...

Nawada (Bihar): A 40-year-old cloth trader who was brutally assaulted in a mob lynching incident in Bihar’s Nawada district has succumbed to his injuries, days after giving a harrowing dying declaration describing the night of terror he endured. The incident occurred on December 5 in Bhatta village under Roh police station limits, where Mohammad Athar Hussain, a resident of Gagan Deeh locality in Nalanda district, was allegedly attacked and tortured by a mob. He passed away late Friday night during treatment at Biharsharif Sadar Hospital. Victim’s Dying Declaration Reveals Extreme Brutality Before his death, Athar recorded a detailed statement on December 7, which was captured on camera by an NBT correspondent. In his dying declaration, Athar narrated the horrifying sequence of ev...