Rebels torch steamrollers

Gaya: Alleged Maoists torched two steamrollers of a construction company in Gaya district late on Monday night over the firm’s refusal to pay levy.

Infrastructure firm Gammon India is constructing a four-lane road from Dumaria (Gaya) to Raniatalab (Patna) via Imamganj and Gurua in Gaya district. Maoists torched two road rollers of the company and another earthmover at Khaira village, around 30km west of Gaya town, on Monday.

Based on the statement of Gammon India manager at Gurua camp, Amarjeet Pandey, an FIR has been lodged against 50 people at Konch police station.

Chirag defers party rally

Patna: LJP parliamentary board chairman Chirag Paswan has postponed his Bihar Bachao Yatra, scheduled to be held on January 5. However, Paswan would be attending the regional conference of the students’ wing of the LJP on January 8.

New Year wishes

Patna: Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday greeted the people of the state on the eve of the New Year.

Review visit

Patna: AICC general secretary and party in-charge for Bihar affairs C.P. Joshi will reach the city on January 8 as part of his two-day visit to the state to review tasks assigned to different office-bearers in Bihar.

Paddy attack

Patna: Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP C.P. Thakur on Tuesday slammed the state government for its failure to open paddy procurement centres in the districts.

Remembrance

Patna: The contribution of former chief minister K.B. Sahay was recalled in a programme organised in the city on Tuesday to mark his birth anniversary.

Appointment

Patna: BJP leader and MLC Harendra Pratap has been appointed member of the central campaign committee by the party national president Rajnath Singh.

Symposium

Patna: Language Lab, a spoken English institute, organised a symposium and cultural programme on Tuesday on the topic, assessment of year 2013.

Three in net

Patna: Dharmendra Rai, Santu Rai and Manish Rai, associates of gangster Ritlal Yadav, were arrested on Tuesday during a raid in Patna rural. Two countrymade pistols, four live cartridges, four motorbikes and a mobile phone were seized.

Excavation work

Patna: Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday visited Telhara village in Nalanda to review the excavation work being done by the directorate of archaeology in the district.

Officer retires

Patna: The 1981 batch of Indian Railway Traffic Service officer Radhe Shayam on Tuesday retired from the post of chief commercial manager (freight marketing) posted at Hajipur zone of East Central Railway.