On the lines of metro cities, Bhagalpur is among those four major cities - Gaya, Darbhanga & Muzaffarpur - where the state government plans to depute Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) and SP (Rural) in addition to the regular SP post to curb the increasing crimes in the regions. The notifications for SSP have already been issues while for the SP (rural) process has begun.
Thirty years is a long time to heal even the worst of wounds. Patel Sah, Umesh
Yadav or, for that matter, Devraj Khatri would not agree though. Now in their
mid-50s, the trio were among the 33 youths whose eyes were gouged out and acid
poured into the sockets by Bhagalpur cops between October 1979 and July 1980 in
what later came to be infamously known as the `Bhagalpur blinding incident’.
Finally after three decades after the historical ruins were first dug out at the site of Vikramshila University in Kahalgaon, excavation work will now again start at the site with the district administration clearing an Archeological Survey of India (ASI) proposal in this regard to find out historical treasures lying beneath the mound.
Water, which is generally obtained free or at a small price, has become dear and
is being burgled in large quantity. And, thieves may not be anti-social persons,
but could be all kinds of civilised persons. It may sound like an
amusing tale, but it would appear true if one goes by the statistics and
perception of Bhagalpur Municipal Corporation (BMC). The BMC, relying on its
facts and figures, has decided to catch the thieves and take suitable action.
In Hindu mythology, a child dying of snakebite is not cremated. Instead, the corpse is tied to a raft made of banana stems and
floated on the river Ganga with the hope that the child might return
someday. While many would think it to be insane, Naresh Paswan and his wife
Asha Devi did just that when their eight- year old son Amit was presumed
dead after he was bitten by a snake. Years passed and the Paswan
family had come to accept their fate till
this Monday, when a young man knocked at their door. Dressed in a saffron robe, the
21- year- old claimed to be their
'dead' son Amit. He had returned home after 13 years.
