Court order

Patna: The high court single bench of Justice A.K. Tripathi on Tuesday stayed the state government's order to stop the appointment of assistant professors in different state colleges.

The order was passed after a writ petition filed by Archana Bharti requested the court to direct Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) to publish interview results from 2014.

Meal scam

Bagaha: A case has been lodged against Rajesh Sah, the headmaster of a middle school in Hardi-Nadwa village in West Champaran, for selling rice meant for the midday meal programme.

Physics essay

Patna: Preeti Dubey, a BSc-BEd student of Central University of South Bihar, came second at the national competition on essay writing in Physics organised by the Indian Association of Physics Teachers.

Protest

Patna: Members of Jai Prabha Aspatal Bachao Samiti invited followers of late Jayapraksh Narayan to take oath on September 11 and join their protest against the state's move to hand over a part of Jai Prabha Hospital's land to a private company.

Programme

Patna: Bandhan Konnagar, an NGO, which launched its Targeting the Hardcore Poor Programme in Bihar in 2010, has since helped 1,580 impoverished households earn sustainable livelihoods in various districts said, Bandhan's CEO Debashish Ray Chowdhary on Tuesday.