June 11, 2026 03:02 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Sonia Gandhi reportedly floats ‘Ghar Wapsi’ offer to Mamata Banerjee | Modi-Trump meet back in focus as report hints at G7 sidelines talks in France | Mamata's troubles deepen! Sushmita Dev quits Rajya Sabha, Himanta meet sparks BJP buzz | India's first AI data centre is coming! Reliance-Meta deal sends stock soaring | Anti-immigration protests hit Belfast after knife attack | Maharashtra CM backs Israel’s plan for Shivaji Maharaj statue — Big diplomatic gesture | NDA strength crosses 300 in Lok Sabha as 20 rebel TMC MPs extend support | Big nuclear boost! India’s arsenal surges to around 190 warheads, says SIPRI report | Fresh blow to TMC! Ex-Bidhannagar Mayor Sabyasachi Dutta arrested in extortion case | Mamata's crisis deepens! 20 TMC Lok Sabha MPs back NDA as party splits in Parliament

Patna boat mishap: 21 killed

| | Jan 15, 2017, at 04:15 am
Patna, Jan 14 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): At least 21 people died after an overcrowded boat sank in river Ganga on Saturday.

The incident took place near NIT ghat in Patna, sending shockwaves in the areas.

As per reports, the victims were going across the Ganges to participate in the kite festival being organized by the tourism department when the boat sank.

The chief minister Nitish Kumar while expressing shock over the incident had ordered an inquiry into the incident.

RJD president Lalu Prasad also expressed shock.

The Opposition party blamed government’s negligence for the incident alleging the government was only busy branding its image.


(thebiharpost.com)

Image courtesy: TV grab from India TV channel

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.