Mobile power bill vans

Patna, April 24: South Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd on Wednesday invited tenders from various firms to provide mobile cash van services for collection of energy bill amounts from consumers under selected electricity supply divisions under Pesu. esu has 10 electricity supply divisions catering to the needs of around 3.5 lakh consumers. This will help consumers to deposit their bills at their convenience and reduce their trouble in depositing bills.

Party meet

Patna: Members of state working committee and district unit presidents of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party, Bihar, would discuss the details of the strategy for raising issues concerning farmers in a meeting of the party to be held on April 27. The party said this was being done because of the “failure of the state government to provide compensation to farmers who lost their standing crops in incidents of fire recently”.

Scheme

Buxar: District magistrate Vinod Singh Gunjiyal has assured that the landless people of the district would get benefits under Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) soon.

Review

Patna: North Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd managing director Sanjay Kumar Agrawal conducted a review meeting on Tuesday with the officials of the power company at Gopalganj and Siwan. Agrawal directed the officials to strengthen the power supply system.

Progress

Patna: East Central Railway general manager Madhuresh Kumar on Wednesday conducted a meeting to review progress of various departments of railways.

IGIMS reply sought

Patna: A high court bench directed Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences to file its reply within three weeks on a petition filed by Kendriya Pensioners’ Samaj and others seeking direction to the authorities for removal of encroachment on a road constructed by the hospital in 2009. ppearing for the petitioner, advocate Awadhesh Kumar Pandit submitted that the road passing through IGIMS connects AG Colony with Bailey Road.

Potable water

Patna: A high court division bench on Wednesday directed PMC and the state government to file respective replies by Friday on a PIL explaining steps being undertaken to supply drinking water in all parts of the capital.

More ATMs

Patna: Bank of India is planning to install more automated teller machines in Patna zone.

Bank branch

Patna: Labour resources minister Janardan Singh Sigriwal on Wednesday inaugurated a new branch of UCO Bank at Maner in Patna district.

Health drive

Patna: Dr Diwakar Tejaswi at a function organised by Pahal on Wednesday stressed on importance of vaccination to check pneumonia in people over 50 years of age.

Women’s cell

Patna: BD College Students’ Union members called urged the principal on Wednesday to set up a women’s cell.

SUCI jibe

Patna: SUCI (C) politburo member Ranjeet Dhar on Wednesday alleged that the poor were suffering owing to anti-people policies of the state and central governments.

Blood camp

Patna: Around 250 volunteers took part in a blood donation camp organised on Wednesday.

Police nab criminal

Ara: A team of Bhojpur and Jharkhand police on Wednesday caught one Rakesh Singh, an accused in a number of cases of murder, kidnap and loot. resident of Karnaul village under the jurisdiction Charpokhari police station in Bhojpur, Singh is the prime accused in the murder of a CPI (ML) leader, said sub-divisional police officer Rabish Kumar.

Jail recovery

Buxar: Authorities of Buxar Central Jail late on Tuesday night recovered a cellphone without a SIM card from an undertrial, Dheeraj Pandey, during a sudden visit made by jail officials.

Sex assaults

Patna (PTI): Two persons at Pharpur in Sheikhpura district allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl on Tuesday night. The victim was admitted to Sheikhpura Sadar Hospital. One suspect has been arrested. Eight persons at Sisauna in Araria district raped another girl of the same age on Saturday.

Missive

Patna: State human rights commission member Neel Mani on Wednesday wrote a letter to the DGP Abhyanand asking him to put in place a system that would allow maintaining a record of senior citizens in the all the police stations.

Water work

Patna: Water resources department has sanctioned Rs 16.3 lakh for anti-erosion work on the bank of the Bagmati at Pindaruch village in Darbhanga district. The project would begin this fiscal.

Worker pay

Patna: Indian National Trade Union Congress Bihar unit president Chandra Prakash Singh on Wednesday expressed happiness over the agreement reached between Molsan Koers Kobra India Pvt. Ltd and the representatives of the union regarding basic pay of the workers at the Bihta unit.