Remand for meal deaths accused

Chhapra: Chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Anil Kumar Jha on Wednesday ordered a two-day police remand for Arjun Rai, the husband of Gandaman Primary School principal Meena Devi. He is one of the suspects in the midday meal tragedy that led to death of 23 children on July 16.

Meena was arrested by the police after a week and a polygraph test was conducted on her. At present, she is in Chhapra jail. Rai was absconding but ultimately surrendered before the court of the CJM on September 9.

Held for loot

Chhapra: Sunil Kumar Mahto, accused of looting Rs 1.25 crore from Daudpur was arrested on Tuesday night. The police said Mahto was the fourth person to be arrested in the case. Earlier, three accused had been arrested and Rs 40 lakh was recovered. In April this year, the money was looted from the Punjab National Bank.

BDO thrashed

Patna: Ratan Lal, a block development officer of Azamnagar in Katihar district, was thrashed by a group of people after he was caught in a compromising position with a woman in a field.

Elderly concern

Patna: Bihar human rights commission member Neel Mani has expressed his displeasure over formation of a district committee going on at snail’s pace to look into the complaints of senior citizens.

Science city

Patna: Chief minister

Nitish Kumar on Wednesday announced that a state-of-the-art science city would be developed on 15 acres near Moinul Haq stadium in Patna. Nitish said the city would be developed at a cost of about Rs 500 crore.

Bank award

Patna: Punjab National Bank has been awarded with Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha award for its excellent performance in implementation of bank work. Bank executive director Usha Ananthasubramaniyan received the award from President Pranab Mukherjee at a function held in Delhi recently.

Protest threat

Patna: Bihar State Cooperative Bank Employees' Association has threatened to launch a two-day agitation from September 24 to press for payment of arrear of 9th bipartite settlement with effect from November 1, 2007.

Visit order

Patna: District magistrate N. Saravana Kumar has made it mandatory for all district level officers of the education department to visit government schools.

More coaches

Patna: Madhuresh Kumar, the general manager of East Central Railway, said additional coaches would be added to Durga Puja special trains.

Stamp nod

Patna: The cabinet has approved outsourcing of sale of non-judicial stamps printed by franking machines installed on the premises of courts.

Bike thieves held

Gopalganj: Fourteen motorcycle thieves were arrested and 20 motorcycles were recovered on Tuesday.

Fisheries

Gopalganj: Animal and fish resources department secretary Santosh Kumar Mall on Tuesday said five training centres for fisheries would be opened.

Cong website

Patna: Congress state unit president Ashok Chaudhary launched the website of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee www.bpcc.co.in.