Excise loss petition

Patna: A high court division bench on Friday directed the state government to file reply in a case related to the loss of revenue worth Rs 341 crore suffered by the excise department in issuance of tenders for opening of country-made liquor shops in the state.

The state told the court that the government had incurred no loss while issuing tenders. The court then directed it to file a reply on how there had been no loss of revenue to the state exchequer. The next date of hearing is on August 31.

Promotion

Patna: IAS officers Kawal Tanuj, Mithilesh Mishra and Pankaj Dixit have been promoted to joint secretary rank, according to a notification issued by the general administration department on Friday. Moreover, 13 IAS officials have been given additional charge of different departments.

Body found

Patna: Police recovered the body of a seven-year-old girl from a government school at Paliganj in Patna rural on Friday. The sleuths said she had gone missing from her native village during a political meeting at Paliganj on Thursday evening. The body has been sent for post-mortem.

Loot 

Kaimur: Motorbike-borne criminals looted Rs 4 lakh from an employee of an LPG agency at Mahania in Kaimur dsitrict on Friday. 

Jail term

Patna: Vijay Kumar Sharma, a retired state government officer, was awarded jail term for the day till rising of the court by a division bench of the high court on Friday. 

Surgery

Patna: The first pinless computer navigation assisted knee replacement surgery in eastern India was performed at Paras HMRI Hospital on Friday. 

Rally traffic 

Patna: Gandhi Setu, Gandhi Maidan and Bailey Road would remain affected on account of the proposed rally by the Congress, JDU and RJD alliance at Gandhi Maidan on August 30, said a press release issued by SP (traffic), Patna, on Friday.