It must have been a proud moment for the Catholic Church when the foundation stone for the St. Peter's Church was laid on the "roof of the world" on July 29. The Press note issued by the Catholic ...

A S the Indian Airlines aircraft descended on Patna on a rainy day last fortnight, I could identify almost all the landmarks of the city - the meandering Ganga, the sprawling Gandhi Maidan, Hotel ...

RANCHI : It’s a kind of story we normally get on the celluloid – a story about greedy, self-indulgent politicians and the deprived lot. In Jharkhand, there exist various accounts of Mr Babulal Marandi ...

The author is The Statesman’s Patna-based Special Representative. Sukath Choudhary is dead. So is my father. But my village, thrown carelessly on the map of Bihar state of India is still there. I love ...

A senior journalist & Patna based special correspondent of The Statesman.

Patna: Six year old Gangiya from Kangyav village in Shivsagar block [Rohtas District] was sick for a long time and too weak to walk. The local doctor prescribed medicines but nothing seemed to work.