Darbhanga

(dərbŭng`gə), city (1991 pop. 218,391), Bihar state, NE India, E of the Baghmati River. It is a district administrative center and is located in a sugarcane- and tobaco-growing area on a fertile alluvial plain. Once part of the Brahman kingdom of Mithila, Darbhanga passed to the Mughals in the 14th cent. The British assumed control in 1765. Darbhanga has a mixed Hindu and Muslim population.

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Summary: Darbhanga (Bihar) [India], Sept 5 (ANI): The coach of Darbhanga-New Delhi Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express, which caught fire yesterday, was empty and parked in the yard for routine maintenance.

Darbhanga train fire: Coach was parked in yard for routine maintenance, no casualties reported

Tenders are invited for extension of rural pipe water supply scheme loam to ensure ward saturation with house connection including 5 years operation and maintenance in the district of darbhanga under p.H.

Extension Of Rural Pipe Water Supply Scheme Loam To Ensure Ward Saturation With House Connection Including 5 Years Operation And Maintenance In The District Of Darbhanga Under P.h. Division, Darbhanga

The project -- Sulabh Jal -- was launched on Saturday in Darbhanga by Sulabh International.

Bihar set to get bottled water at lowest price in the world

Summary: Marriage was solemnised in Qadirabad locality of Darbhanga district

Bride flees with secret lover on wedding night

Dr Prabhat Ranjan Das, the P candidate from Darbhanga constituency, is a seasoned medical practitioner who spent 22 years in the US before returning to Darbhanga two years ago to do social work.

Bihar poll debutants walk the social plank

Summary: Darbhanga (Bihar) [India], Sept 5 (ANI): The Railways has ordered a Joint-Secretary level enquiry to ascertain the cause of the fire that broke out in the empty coach of Darbhanga-New Delhi Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express during shunting here on Wednesday.

Darbhanga train fire doused, enquiry ordered

Tenders are invited for design, construction, supply, testing, commissioning of water supply schemes with electric driven pumps for non quality habitations/ wards of darbhanga districts of bihar on turn-key basis with 3 months trial run after commissioning and comprehensive operation and maintenance of 60 months after successful completion of trial run period under mukhmantri nishchay non quality affected yojna under p.H.

Design, Construction, Supply, Testing, Commissioning Of Water Supply Schemes With Electric Driven Pumps For Non Quality Habitations/Wards Of Darbhanga Districts Of Bihar On Turn-key Basis With 3 Months Trial Run After Commissioning And Comprehensive Oper

IANS Darbhanga/Patna Upbeat over the visit of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to Bihar's Darbhanga district, pro-Hindutva activists have painted veteran socialist leader and former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur's statue"saffron", police said on Wednesday.

Sangh workers paint Karpoori's statue saffron

According to intelligence sources, Yasin had rented a fourroom house in Shivdhara locality of Darbhanga town where he lived under the pseudonym " Dr Imran".

LURED MANY INTO IM NET

Summary: Darbhanga (Bihar) [India], Sept 4 (ANI): A fire broke out in a coach of Darbhanga-New Delhi Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express during shunting here.

Fire breaks out during shunting in Darbhanga-New Delhi Sampark Kranti train

Prequalification are invited for Empanelment Of Agency For Providing Man Power Service For Operation Of Different Rural, Urban & G.B Pipe Water Supply Pumping Station Under P.H.Meciianical Sub Division Group-A Darbhanga, Group B Madhubani, Group C Samastipur, Group D Begusarai In P.H.

Empanelment Of Agency For Providing Man Power Service For Operation Of Different Rural, Urban & G.b Pipe Water Supply Pumping Station Under P.h.meciianical Sub Division Group-a Darbhanga, Group B Madhubani, Group C Samastipur, Group D Begusarai In P.h. Me

Uzma Ara, a resident of Darbhanga district in North Bihar, lost her arm when criminals attacked her in Rajendra Nagar locality under Kadam Kuan police station in Patna on Thursday night.