Patna News

The leaders sought immediate dismissal of Central minister Ajay Kumar Teni whose son Ashish Mishra allegedly mowed down at least four farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh last week.

The police have arrested seven persons, while a case has been registered against over a dozen people in this connection

The Cabinet also gave its nod for payment of ₹50,000 to the nearest kin of those who died due to Covid-19 pandemic

Of the 34% (34,082) mobile towers the DoT had inspected, all conformed to the government’s radiation norms, said Girijesh Kumar Mishra, senior deputy director general, department of telecom, Bihar Licensed Service Area.

The e-retail giants like Amazon and Walmart’s owned Flipkart managed to have a seamless business in India despite legal restraints,” alleged the Congress leader

The action came after officials of DRI Muzaffarpur unit got a tip-off that three persons will be travelling with huge quantity of smuggled gold in a luxury car. The car was intercepted at Gaighat Maithi Toll plaza in the district, said officials, adding that it was also seized.

The chief minister said that for the reduction in power generation, the state government has decided to buy power from other states at expensive prices.

chief minister Nitish Kumar said that the state government has decided to increase the pension amount of JP Senanis, who spent one to six months in jail from ₹5000 to ₹7500 and for those who spent more than six months in jail to ₹15,000 from the existing ₹10,000.

Saran SP said no complaint was filed by the victims, yet the police took suo motu cognisance of the matter and lodged an FIR against six persons

To meet its deficit, Bihar was still bidding at a high rate and spending an additional ₹20 crore per day to purchase power through private sources. This was in addition to its average monthly bill of ₹800 crore to the NTPC for supply of thermal power from central sector. Yet, it was unable to get the required quantity of power.

The preventive wing of Patna Customs nabbed the suspect and brought him to Customs headquarters office for interrogation

Sale, purchase and consumption of liquor is banned in the state under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.

In a tweet on Sunday, Tej Pratap said he had never spoken or written about claims being made by independent candidate Sanjay Kumar Yadav a few days back that he would campaign for him

Having inoculated 1,36,560 doses on August 7, Patna became the fifth district in India to cross the 1 lakh vaccination mark in a single day. It achieved another milestone by becoming the second district in the state after East Champaran to vaccinate over 2 lakh people in a day, having administered 2,01,142 doses during a mega camp on October 2.

Jharkhand, Assam, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi (NCR) have commenced Covid vaccination mega camps in collaboration with Care India, after its successful implementation in Patna, said an official.

In another decision, it was decided to provide online classes and coaching facilities to students from backward classes lodged in various hostels run by the state government.

The Ayurveda outdoor patient department (OPD) of Patna’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will now provide free medicines to its patients, said the institute officials on Friday

The Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party, led by union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras, held a function in Patna while LJP (Ram Vilas), led by Chirag Paswan, organised a similar function in New Delhi.

The list, which was submitted to Election Commission of India ( ECI) on Thursday by party’s national principal general secretary Abdul Bari Siddiqui, has Lalu Prasad’s name at the top, followed by his younger son and leader of the opposition in Bihar, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, and Siddiqui in the third place.

Party insiders said Prasad would stay at 10 Circular Road, the official residence of former CM and his wife Rabri Devi, under constant supervision of doctors and stay away from the crowd to avoid any health hazard.

Superintendent of police, Kaimur , Rakesh Kumar, confirmed the murder and use of iron rods in killing. He said two suspects have been taken into custody and their interrogations were on.

In all, 14 girls selected from shelter homes in Bihar were sent to Eurindian Academy of Hotel Management in Bengaluru by the state government in December 2020

Soon after his release from jail in a 32-year-old kidnapping case on Tuesday, Yadav had praised Congress, saying that his party will “support Congress in the assembly by-elections”.

These include archaeological remains discovered on the banks of Chandan river in Amarpur block of Banka district, the huge mound discovered at Guwaridih-Bariarpur in Bhagalpur district, the ancient Lord Shiva temple at Dumaria village in Gopalganj district and mausoleum of Qamar Ali and Sultan Ali and Dulhin Mandir at Sherghati in Gaya.

After attempting twice to crack the exam and getting a satisfactory rank, the 65th Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) exam topper Gourav Singh secured the first rank in his third attempt with sheer grit, and now wishes to improve the working at government offices for convenience of people

Transport minister Sheela Kumari held a meeting on Thursday with all DTOs to strictly implement the sale of helmets with two-wheelers. She said the decision was taken to reduce injuries and fatalities during road accidents.

Union tourism ministry has announced development plans for Bihar's Bodh Gaya, a famous Buddhist pilgrimage site, to attract tourists all year round.

An RSS worker described the high profile visits by RSS functionaries to Bihar as ‘routine’ and claimed that these were related just to the organisational work