EXPLAINED: Rohtas - The Real Truth

After Bihar’s SIR clean-up, some voters have dots as names. Will they press the EVM button too?

In Bihar’s Kaupa village in Rohtas district lives a family of dots. 

Newslaundry · Aug 11, 2025

Bihar: 4 security personnel on election duty die of heatstroke

Four security personnel deployed for the Lok Sabha elections have died due to heatstroke over the last one week in Bihar's Rohtas district. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jun 1, 2024

22 drown while taking bath during Jivitputrika festival in Bihar; CM announces ₹4 lakh compensation

22 drown in rivers/ponds in Bihar in 24 hrs during the jivitputrika festival; CM Nitish Kumar announces ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh for kin. 5 in Bhojpur, 4 in Jehanabad, 3 each in Patna and Rohtas, 2 each in Darbhanga and Nawada, 1 each in Kaimur, Madhepura and Aurangabad.

The Hindu · Oct 8, 2023

Six injured in fresh violence at Bihar's Sasaram; Internet services remain suspended in Rohtas

SASARAM/BIHARSHARIF: In a fresh violence in Sasaram, at least six persons were injured, three of them seriously, when a bomb was thrown during prayers in Madina Masjid locality of the town in Rohtas district Saturday night.

The Times of India · Apr 1, 2023

Elderly couple found dead on rail track in Bihar

PATNA: An elderly couple allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a moving train at Dhanpurwa Gumti near Sasaram railway station in Rohtas on Saturday night. The couple was identified as 75-year-old Ramashray Singh and his wife Rajeshwari Devi of Dhanpurwa.

The Times of India · Jun 20, 2022

Bihar: 3-day-old baby dies in Sasaram hospital due to non-functional ACs and fans

SASARAM: A 3-day-old baby died in the special newborn care unit (SNCU) while the parents of at least three others shifted their kids from Sadar hospital here in Rohtas district on Wednesday morning due to defunct airconditioners (ACs) and fans in this hot and humid weather condition. The trauma centre…

The Times of India · Jun 9, 2022

Treatment in phone light: Sasaram hospital staff served notice by DM

SASARAM: Rohtas DM Dharmendra Kumar on Saturday visited the trauma centre of Sasaram Sadar hospital and served show-cause notice on its health manager after a video showing the staff dressing the wounds of a person with gunshot injury in cellphone light on Friday went viral on social media.

The Times of India · Jun 4, 2022

Bihar: Cash, valuables worth Rs 5 lakh looted from Rohtas judicial officer's house

SASARAM: Three criminals looted cash, ornaments and valuable items worth around Rs 5 lakh from the official residence of first-class judicial magistrate Ravindra Nath Pandey at Judicial Officers' Colony at Bikramganj in Rohtas district around 10am on Tuesday.

The Times of India · May 18, 2022

Bihar: Eight held, including a Govt official, for stealing 60-feet long iron bridge in Rohtas

Bihar Police on Sunday arrested eight persons including a Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) of the water resources department in connection with the theft of the 60-foot abandoned bridge in the Rohtas district, an official said. Read full story on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Apr 11, 2022

Bihar: 14 teachers for 1 subject in this Rohtas school!

SASARAM: The Government High School at Garh Nokha, 20km from Sasaram in Rohtas district, has 14 teachers of social science, but not even a single one with requisite degree to teach subjects like Hindi. The school has total 24 teachers for 366 students. Ironically, quite a few other government schools…

The Times of India · Apr 9, 2022