The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority arrested Umesh Prasad Yadav chairman of Bishnupur Rural Municipality in Saptari district on Wednesday.

The district court has remanded the accused to police custody and further investigation is underway, police say.

Tensions ran high in Saptari district headquarters after JSP Kedar Yadav sustained injuries to his head following a physical altercation with a police inspector.

Lack of government identity cards and deprivation are forcing Musahar parents to keep their children away from schools.

Police investigation revealed the stolen fuel was distributed to two petrol pumps and the heist was perpetrated by the tanker’s former driver and another person.

A total of 14 people had gone to Punjab in the second week of October to work at Mittal Rice Mill in Samana.

Family and locals, in protest of the incident, obstruct vehicular movement along the Rupani road section of east-west highway.

The current stock is not enough to fulfil farmers' demand, say the local units' heads.

His victory surprised many as his party’s performance during the May local elections had been dismal.

Chhinnamasta Rural Municipality in Saptari has not yet released the budget for the education sector.

Spur number 9.79 at Banarjhula in Tilathi Koiladi has been seeing continuous erosion over the last few days.

Two houses were swept away while 35 other houses have been inundated.

Health institutions in all eight districts are seeing a rising number of patients with coronavirus-like symptoms.

Most of the settlements in the district are prone to floods and inundation in the absence of proper embankment along the rivers and a lack of water outlets.

Most of them have no knowledge of legal proceedings while factors like lengthy legal process and financial burden drive them to seek justice from within the community, lawyers say.