India's north and east are scorched by a severe heat wave. As a result of the extreme heat, approximately 100 people have died in the past three days in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Hospitals are overflowing with patients who are suffering from symptoms related to the heat.

India: Temperatures soar above 40 degrees Celsius in U.P and Bihar

Delhi might get some relief from the scorching heat in the next few days. The India Meteorological Department has predicted light rains and thunderstorms over the national capital due to Cyclone Biparjoy.

Weather Update: Heatwave to continue in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh; Delhi to witness light rains, says IMD forecast

In one of the bizarre stories of the day, a man presumed dead by his family in the eastern Indian state of Bihar was found alive, eating momos in the northern Indian city of Noida in Uttar Pradesh.

Indian man believed to be dead, found eating momos in another state

The Bihar police exposed a liquor mafia on Monday, that was found to be operating in the graveyard located on the outskirts of Bihar's Sasaram town. The liquor mafia's illegal activities were busted after a group of people, who had visited the graveyard to attend a funeral, informed officials about spotting an open grave with some liquor pouches lying around it.

India: Police unearth 50 litres of illicit liquor hidden inside grave in Bihar

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After a portion of an under-construction Khagaria-Aguwani bridge in the eastern Indian state of Bihar collapsed on Sunday (June 4), Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav has said it was a planned demolition as experts had discovered 'serious defects' in the design.

Bihar bridge collapse: Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav says ‘serious defects found’

The guard, who was reportedly stationed near the bridge that collapsed within seconds like a 'house of cards' in the Indian state of Bihar, has gone missing and efforts are being made to trace him.

India: Guard missing after under-construction bridge collapses like a 'house of cards' in Bihar

India: Guard goes ‘missing’ after bridge like 'house of cards' in Bihar

One day after a bridge crossing the Ganga under construction in the Indian state of Bihar collapsed, the state's chief minister, Nitish Kumar, acknowledged the bridge's poor design. He claimed that the bridge in the district of Bhagalpur was improperly built and that it had also collapsed the previous year. He promised to take action against those responsible.

Bhagalpur Bridge Collapse: CM Nitish Kumar acknowledges fault in design of the bridge | India

A portion of the under-construction Khagaria-Aguwani bridge collapsed in the eastern Indian state of Bihar on Sunday, June 4. People present at the site recorded the visuals on their smartphones, which showed two parts of the bridge collapsing one after another.

Watch: Another under-construction bridge collapses in India’s Bihar

Ruckus was created at a government school in the Araria district of India's Bihar after a snake was found in the mid-day meal served to the children on Saturday.

Many students fall sick after snake found in Bihar school's mid-day meal

At least 16 people were reported dead and over 48 hospitalised after drinking spurious alcohol in India’s Bihar state, where alcohol has been banned since 2016. The death toll is expected to rise further as most of those hospitalised are in critical condition.

16 die, 48 hospitalised after consuming spurious liquor in India’s Bihar

India's Bihar state was hit by an earthquake on the morning of Wednesday, April 12. The earthquake occurred at around 5:35 PM on Wednesday, April 12, about 320 km east of state capital Patna and over 1300 km east of New Delhi.

India's Bihar state hit by earthquake, no casualties so far

More than 150 litres of liquor was found hidden inside a pond in the Indian state of Bihar on Friday (March 3), said the local police, as per news agency ANI. According to the Bihar police, at least 17 cartons of liquor marked “Holi special” were found hidden in the state’s Vaishali district.

India: Police find more than 150 litres of ‘Holi special’ liquor hidden inside a pond in Bihar

Let's take a look at what's trending across the news - A rare theft scene has gone viral in India where a group of robbers posing as telecom company employees uprooted a 29-foot-long mobile tower in Patna's Sabzibagh and took off.

Trending on WION: Thieves steal 29-foot tall mobile tower in Indian states of Bihar

A senior medical officer of Gaya, Bihar confirmed on Monday that samples of four foreigners who tested positive for Covid-19 at the Buddhist pilgrimage site of Gaya were sent for genome sequencing on Sunday.

Bihar: Five foreigners test positive for COVID-19 at Gaya, four samples sent for genome sequencing

More than 80 people died on Saturday after consuming poisonous alcohol in India’s eastern state of Bihar. The sale and consumption of alcohol was banned in Bihar in April 2016.

Over 80 people die after consuming toxic alcohol in India’s Bihar

The death toll due to the consumption of spurious liquor in the Indian state of Bihar has risen to 70. The incident took place on Wednesday after reports said that a group of men in Bihar's Saran district started vomiting when they consumed the locally-made liquor called Hooch.

Bihar liquor tragedy: Death toll rises to 70; four suppliers arrested including 123 others

A special investigation team has been set up to crack the hooch case in Saran district of Bihar, where 39 people have died and at least 12 others have taken ill. Watch further to know more.

WION Dispatch | Bihar Hooch Tragedy: At least 39 killed after consuming illicit liquor

A complete diesel engine was stolen piece by piece from a railway yard in the Begusarai region of Bihar. The complete engine that had been brought there for maintenance was allegedly systematically destroyed by the thieves after they constructed a tunnel to the yard and began collecting parts.

Thieves steal entire train engine by digging tunnel in railway yard in Bihar

A combination of sheer arrogance and negligence has led to the death of four people on the Purvanchal Expressway in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Reportedly, the four friends were travelling in a BMW car at speeds as high as 230 km/hr to Delhi when they rammed into a container truck.

India: Four die in a car accident trying to breach the 300 kmph speed barrier

A tiger that killed nine humans in the last 26 days was shot dead by forest officials in India’s West Chamara district, Bihar. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and the State’s additional principal chief conservator of forest-cum-wildlife warden had issued a ‘shoot-at-sight’ order for the big cat following protest from the people living around the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) in Bagaha.

India: Male tiger that killed nine in Bihar shot dead

Authorities in India's western state of Bihar reported that an overloaded boat carrying 55 people sank near the Shahpur police station area. The accident happened evening as the labourers, who hail from the Daudpur area of Patna, were ferrying back after work.

Bihar: Overloaded boat carrying 55 people sinks in Ganges river

Leaders of the ruling coalition in Bihar demanded on Sunday that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) be stripped of its general authority, claiming that the agency was being used for political ends by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the federal level.

Bihar: Ruling alliance requests that CBI universal consent be withdrawn

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