Rally venue shift

Patna: The State BJP president, Mangal Pandey, on Sunday announced the new venue of the party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi rally in Muzaffarpur scheduled to be held on March 3.

Earlier, the rally was scheduled to be held at Police Lines. The new venue has been changed to Patiyasa under Bochaha block on Muzaffarpur-Darbhanga highway (NH-57).

Meal tragedy

Aurangabad: Twenty-two girl inmates of a government scheduled caste and scheduled tribe residential school in Aurangabad district fell ill allegedly after consuming contaminated food on Sunday.

Education

Patna: Legislative Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Choudhary stressed on the importance of education and health on Sunday while addressing the silver jubilee function of NGO Pragati Gramin Vikas Samiti.

Auto strike

Patna: Autorickshaw drivers’ associated with Bihar State Auto Chalak Sangh would observe a daylong strike on March 2 to press for their various demands.

Convocation

Patna: Aryabhatta Knowledge University would award degrees and certificates to around 400 students in the first convocation ceremony to be held on Monday.

Gas leak

Patna: Panic gripped the residents of Sasaram town in Rohtas district following a gas leakage from a tanker on the NH-2.

Foundation

Patna: Chief minister Nitish Kumar laid the foundation stone of the four-lane bridge costing Rs 1,710.77 crore across Ganga at Aguwani Ghat in Khagaria district.

Navruna case

Patna: The CBI served notices on two police officers, Jitendra Kumar and Amit Kumar, asking them to appear before the agency probing the mysterious disappearance of minor girl Navruna of Muzaffarpur in 2012.

Shop blaze

Patna: A fire broke out in a garments’ shop on the Ashok Rajpath.

Transfer call

Patna: Patna SSP Manu Maharaj on Sunday transferred and subsequently posted 57 police officials as new station house officers.