SC, ST under food law

Patna: Food and consumer protection minister Shyam Rajak on Wednesday said around 27 lakh Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe families would benefit from the state government's decision to include all of them under the National Food Security Act.

The government would incur Rs 23.82 crore annually over the scheme after the cabinet decided to enrol all SC, ST families - except those who pay service tax or possess a house with three or more rooms - under the food law on Tuesday.

IGIMS reply

Patna: Dr Arun Kumar, the former director of Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, has written to the Assembly's deputy secretary, citing that he replied to Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary by mistake regarding recommendations made by the House's zero hour committee on reinstating a female professor of the nursing college. Ogyen Trinley Dorjee â€' one of the two popular claimants for the seat of 17th Karmapa of Kagyue sect Tibetan Buddhists will inaugurate the conference in which speakers from Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Bhutan, Tibet, Bangladesh, Srilanka and India will participate.

Conference

Gaya: The Bodhgaya branch of Mahabodhi Society of India would organise an international conference on Thursday to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Anagarika Dharamapala, the convener of the first international Buddhist congregation in the town in 1891. 

Suspension

Chhapra: Saran superintendent of police Satyavir Singh on Wednesday suspended the Dighwara police station house officer for dereliction of duty.

Fog hits trains

Motihari: Train movement on the Muzaffarpur-Narkatiaganj section of East Central Railway was affected on Wednesday because of a dense fog cover. Railway traffic inspector Neelmani Tiwari on Wednesday said most of the trains ran late. 

CM visit

Motihari: Preparations are in place to welcome chief mister Jitan Ram Manjhi at Adapur, East Champaran, on Thursday. 

Inspection

Patna: General manager of East Central Railway Madhuresh Kumar on Wednesday inspected the Digha-Sonepur rail-cum-road bridge and said some of the work would be done by December 27. The bridge would be inaugurated on December 30 without the approach link. 

Salary whip

Patna: District magistrate Abhay Kumar Singh on Wednesday ordered the deduction of a day's salary from the Masaurhi and Pandarak block development officers for not disposing of complaints from the public in the past fortnight.

At a block-level development meeting, he said no lapses would be tolerated on part of the officers.

Freedom talk

Patna: A national seminar on freedom and equality would be held in the city on December 14. Union minister of state Ram Kripal Yadav would be among the speakers.

Seminar

Patna: The College of Commerce organised a seminar on human rights and the Indian Constitution on Wednesday to mark Human Rights Day. Chairman of the state human rights commission Justice Bilal Nazki was the chief guest.

Rural training

Patna: Punjab National Bank on Wednesday conducted two programmes on rural self-employment training. Rural development minister Nitish Mishra distributed certificates to 57 trainees.

Writer award

Patna: Bihar Hindi Sahitya Sammelan on Wednesday congratulated Hindi and Bhojpuri writer Bhagwati Prasad Dwivedi for winning the Nirala award.