Minors drown

Patna, May 10 (PTI): Eight minors drowned in separate incidents in the state today. Four boys, identified as Md Yasin (9), Md Sajjad (10), Md Barkat (9) and Mohan Kumar (10), drowned in a waterbody while bathing in Ladbaiya-Bahiyar village in Begusarai, a police officer said.

In another incident, bodies of Jafar and elder brother Bittu were recovered from Sone in Rohtas two days after they went missing, SP Shivdeep Lande said. In Buxar, Golu Chaudhary (12) and Ajay Kumar (14) drowned in Ganga while taking bath, a police officer said. The bodies were recovered by divers from Shamrekhaghat.

PAN cards

New Delhi (PTI): The government will launch a mega programme to provide PAN cards to all. An online facility is on the anvil under which an applicant can get a PAN card within 48 hours, sources said.

Review

Patna: Union financial services secretary Hasmukh Adhia on Sunday reviewed the micro finance operations for linking financial products with banks and micro financial institutions.

Promotion

Patna: The state government has promoted two additional directors-general of police A.K. Upadhyay and K.S. Dwivedi to director-general (DG) rank.

Graft control

Bhagalpur: Bibhuti Prasad Pandey, a senior lawyer at Patna High court and coordinator of Janadikar Morcha, a body of intellectuals and people from different walks of life, on Sunday underlined the need of developing an alternative system to check corruption.

Letter

Patna: IIT-Patna has written a letter to the district administration about the protest by a section of farmers over the construction of its campus in Bihta.