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Bihar: Three dead, four missing after boat capsizes in Samastipur; search operation on
Bihar | May 28, 2026, 07:27 PM ISTAccording to officials, strong winds caused the small boat to lose balance and overturn in the water. The vessel was a dinghy fitted with a motor, which had reportedly stopped working properly before the incident.
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Bihar: Crowd holds police sub-inspector hostage over drunken misconduct allegations | VIDEO
Bihar | Mar 24, 2026, 08:17 AM ISTA police sub-inspector in Samastipur was held hostage by locals after accusations of drunken behaviour and threats at a sweet shop. Police rescued him and initiated a medical examination.
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Bihar elections: Row after VVPAT slips found dumped in Samastipur, official suspended; CEC responds
Bihar | Nov 08, 2025, 06:23 PM ISTOpposition parties questioned the conduct of Election Commission after piles of discarded VVPAT slips were found in Samastipur, days after Phase 1 polling in the Bihar assembly elections.
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Bihar crime: Murder accused out on bail shot dead in Samastipur in Chandan Mishra-like killing
Bihar | Jul 25, 2025, 10:43 AM ISTThe victim has been identified as Sumit Kumar, also known as Guddu, according to police. He was out on bail at the time of the incident.
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Devotees carry snakes in hands to Singhia Ghat in Bihar's Samastipur for Nag Panchami fair | Videos
Bihar | Jul 17, 2025, 05:21 PM ISTHundreds of devotees gathered at Singhia Ghat in Bihar’s Samastipur district to celebrate the traditional Nag Panchami fair. As part of the rituals, participants carried live snakes, often in their hands or draped around their bodies, while offering prayers to the local snake goddess, Mata Vishhari.
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Boiler explosion in Samastipur factory: One dead, eight injured, factory walls reduced to rubble
Bihar | Jan 15, 2025, 04:46 PM ISTA boiler explosion in an aluminum factory in Samastipur’s Vaini area has claimed one life and left eight injured. The devastating incident reduced parts of the factory to rubble, raising serious concerns about industrial safety in Bihar.
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Bihar: Two schoolgirls killed, one critically injured in hit-and-run incident in Samastipur
Bihar | Sep 14, 2024, 07:22 PM ISTTwo schoolgirls lost their lives, and a third was seriously injured after being struck by a speeding pick-up van on National Highway 28 in Bihar's Samastipur district on Saturday morning, police reported.
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Blast in Bihar Sampark Kranti train at Samastipur Junction creates chaos | Details
Bihar | Jul 21, 2024, 08:39 PM ISTBihar Sampark Kranti train was on platform number one of Samastipur Junction in Bihar. There was a sudden stampede due to an explosion in the general compartment of the train.
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Bihar: Explosion onboard Bhagalpur-Jaynagar Intercity Express, three injured, two detained
Bihar | Nov 15, 2023, 11:38 PM ISTA Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) has joined the investigation. The injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital. The explosion occurred in a bag inside the coach.
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Bihar: Woman constable hangs herself on duty in Samastipur, accuses Major of mental harassment
Bihar | Sep 14, 2023, 11:57 AM ISTIn the suicide note, female constable Archana has levelled allegations against a Major Nayan Kumar who was troubling them (Archana and her husband) over a government quarter.
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Bihar: Samastipur SHO shot dead at by cattle smugglers, family raises questions on police department
Bihar | Aug 15, 2023, 10:51 PM ISTThe deceased cop has been identified as SHO Nandkishore Yadav who succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Patna.
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Samastipur accident: Over 40 injured in bus-truck collision in Bihar
Bihar | Jan 23, 2023, 07:26 PM ISTAccording to police, the incident took place on National Highway-28 near Chandchor village.
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Bihar: Special cell with couch, AC set up for VIP alcoholics in Samastipur
India | Oct 10, 2022, 08:00 AM ISTBihar: Commenting on the set up special cell, an official said general public will not be allowed to use the facilities.
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Bihar: Parents beg for money after hospital employee demands Rs 50,000 to release son's body
India | Jun 09, 2022, 12:26 AM ISTSamastipur Civil Surgeon, Dr SK Chaudhary said that they will certainly take strict action in this matter and those found responsible will not be spared.
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RJD leader stabbed to death in Bihar's Samastipur
India | Oct 24, 2021, 02:55 PM ISTFollowing the incident, the angry villagers put his body on Rebra Chowk at Samastipur-Gudarghat main road and blocked it for over 3 hours.
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Referral Hospital Bihar's Samastipur Struggles to Maintain Basic Hygiene Amid Covid, watch report
News | May 28, 2021, 12:56 PM ISTIn an overwhelmed healthcare system amid the second Covid-19 wave, premises of Jan nayak karpuri thakur referral hospital in samastipur of bihar was seen in a sorry state with waterlogged, polluted areas, inside the campus. watch ground report.
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Aaj Ki Baat: How political parties are creating confusion over Covid vaccine supplies
Aaj Ki Baat | May 27, 2021, 11:03 PM ISTDelhi Police seizes 850 kg used gloves picked from hospital waste, being recycled, packed for resale, 3 nabbed. In Samastipur, Bihar, a referral hospital works from a derelict building with leaking roof, peeling plaster. for more Watch Aaj Ki Baat with Rajat Sharma on india tv.
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Primary health centre in Bihar being used as cattle shelter
News | May 27, 2021, 06:17 PM ISTIn the shadow of COVID pandemic, Bihar health care has come under severe scrutiny. In Samastipur's Morwa block area the scenario is totally adverse as here the Primary Health Centre is being used as a cow shelter.
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Flood-hit locals of Bihar's Samastipur await Govt's help
News | Jul 24, 2020, 09:26 PM ISTRural parts of Samastipur district in Bihar have been ravaged by flood. Disaster has crippled lives of villagers.
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By-polls: LJP leads in Samastipur LS seat
Elections | Oct 24, 2019, 12:43 PM ISTPrince Raj of the Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP) has established a lead of 31,375 votes over his nearest rival Ashok Kumar of the Congress in the by-poll to the Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar, as per the latest trends.