Relief for PMC official

Patna: The high court on Tuesday granted interim relief to an executive engineer of Patna Municipal Corporation, Lallan Prasad Singh, against whom the vigilance investigation bureau lodged an FIR in a disproportionate assets case.

The vigilance sleuths had raided the residence of Singh on December 3 and unearthed disproportionate assets worth over Rs 2.05 crore from him. A division bench on Tuesday directed the vigilance investigation bureau to file a reply before the court by December 19 after Singh presented the sleuths his explanation.

Arrest

Patna: Two men, suspected to be arms suppliers, were arrested in Patna on Tuesday. Police recovered three countrymade pistols, a cartridge and a motorbike from them. In another case, police caught one Guddu Kumar from the Digha police station area after a tip-off.

Meat shops

Patna: A division bench of the high court on Tuesday directed Patna Municipal Corporation to shut down all unlicenced meat shops in the city within three weeks.

Film mahurat

Patna: Art, culture and youth affairs minister Vinay Bihari on Tuesday performed the mahurat of a Bhojpuri film.

Dal jab

Patna: JDU MLC Sanjay Singh on Tuesday accused Sushil Kumar Modi of working on the instructions of the liquor mafia.

Rail tourney

Patna: East Central Railway Sports Association will organise the men's and women's All India Railway Kabaddi Championship from December 11 at the Patliputra Sports Complex.

Cop on the run

Patna, Dec. 9: Police are searching for constable Jitender Kumar, who is on the run, after unidentified men snatched his service revolver late last night near the Beur Mor. 
The cop was posted in the special cell that works under the Patna senior superintendent of police

EC blow

Patna: The state election commission on Tuesday cancelled the election of Sasaram ward councillor Ravi Shankar Kumar for hiding information about his third child. According to the commission’s order any person having more than two children after April 2008 was not eligible to contest poll of local bodies. 

Food security

Patna (PTI): The state government on Tuesday decided to bring all Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe families in Bihar under the National Food Security Act with the exception of those who pay income tax or are government employees. 

Power protest

Gopalganj: Agitated over the non-replacement of the burnt transformer for five months, 200 residents of Gopalmath village ransacked the electricity office on Tuesday.