Rights relief

Patna: The state government, adhering to a National Human Rights Commission directive, paid Rs 3 lakh as relief to the family of Madan Yadav who died after police torture at Barun police station in Aurangabad district on June 7 2012, a day after his arrest.

Court order

Patna: A high court division bench of Justice Samarendra Pratap Singh and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah on Wednesday rejected a petition filed by former MLC Samrat Chaudhary seeking to restrain the government from evicting him from his official bungalow.

Censor attack

Patna: JDU secretary-general K.C. Tyagi on Wednesday condemned the recent cuts on the movie - Udta Punjab. Tyagi said the movie depicts the reality of Punjab and the government must accept it instead of putting a ban on art forms.

Pappu plea

Patna: Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) national convener and Madhepura MP Pappu Yadav on Wednesday met Governor Ram Nath Kovind at Raj Bhavan and demanded imposition of President's rule in Bihar.

New projects

Patna: Railway minister Suresh Prabhu will inaugurate several railway projects from Munshi Singh College ground in Motihari on June 10. He will flag-off a new train between Motihari and Anand Vihar terminal.

VC search

Patna: Governor Ram Nath Kovind constituted two separate search panels for the selection of vice-chancellors at Veer Kuer Singh University-Ara and JP University-Chhapra.

Tumour talk

Paras HMRI hospital on Wednesday organised a programme to spread awareness on brain tumour on Wednesday, on the occasion of World Brain Tumour Day.

The hospital's consultant neurosurgeon, Mukund Prasad, discussed the cause and treatments for the disease.

"There is no specific reason for the occurrence of brain tumour," he said. "A patient's chances of survival increases by 80 to 90 per cent if the tumour is detected in time."

Talking about the symptoms, he said: "Headache, speech difficulties, loss of control of body functions are some of the symptoms."

Summer camp

Children learnt swimming, clay modelling, drawing, painting and other activities on Wednesday - the concluding day of the TEFL Play School summer camp.

Children between four and 15 years took part in the camp. Cooking without fire drew most kids. Parents also joined in a game of musical chairs in the end.

"Summer camps help children in building self confidence," said school principal Hema. "The best part of the summer camps is that children do not compete with each other but learn together."