Siwan: Two criminals snatched Rs 8 lakh at gunpoint from one Shahid Ahmad Ansari near Ander railway crossing under Town police station on Wednesday morning. hahid, who was on his way back after withdrawing the money, has lodged an FIR. Patna: A delegation of Indian Medical Association, Bihar, Bihar Health Services Association and Junior Doctors’ Association on Wednesday met director-general of police P.K. Thakur in connection with alleged harassment of doctors by police in recent times. The delegation requested Thakur to take appropriate action in cases where doctors are falsely implicated. Patna: A petition was filed in the high court on Wednesday challenging the election of Kaushalendra Kumar as Nalanda MP. The petitioner alleged gross electoral malpractices and misuse of government machineries in the election. The court directed Kumar to appear in the court on August 9. Patna: The JDU on Wednesday expressed surprise over the silence of BJP leaders on the report of commission on upper castes tabled in the state legislature. Patna: Sainik School, Nalanda, has been awarded the overall champions trophy in the four-day central zone Sainik Schools Sports and Co-curricular Activities Championship, 2014-15. Patna: Bihar Hindi Sahitya Sammelan spokesperson Ajay Kumar on Wednesday mourned the death of litterateur Madhukar Singh, who breathed his last on Tuesday. Motihari: An association of retired college teachers on Wednesday expressed anguish over the failure of the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University to clear their pension dues. Bhagalpur (PTI): Forty computers were destroyed in a fire that broke out in the district rural development agency building on Wednesday. Patna: Dissident JDU MLAs Gyanendra Singh Gyanu, Ravindra Rai, Neeraj Singh Bablu and Rahul Sharma on Wednesday submitted their written answers to the speaker in connection with the JDU’s demand to disqualify them from the House on account of cross-voting during the Rajya Sabha by-polls. he speaker has fixed July 19 as the next date for hearing. Patna: AN Sinha Institute of Social Studies in association with Center for Policy Research, New Delhi, organised a workshop on “India Nepal Economic Cooperation: Sub regional perspective from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh” on Wednesday. Patna: Police have not been able to make any breakthrough in connection with the murder of Dheeraj Sao, a medicine businessman, at 10.30pm on Tuesday in the Bhihari Sao Lane. He used to run a wholesale medicine shop in the Govind Mitra Road area. Patna: Police have questioned two state industrialists, Akhilesh Bajaj and Vinod Kheria, in connection with the recovery of cash, which allegedly belongs to Nawada MP Giiraj Singh. Patna: A delegation of the Bihar Chamber of Commerce and Industries (BCCI) on Wednesday met chief secretary Anjani Kumar Singh and informed him about the problems faced by entrepreneurs and traders of the state. The BCCI president said the cost of land has been increased 136 times and the minimum value register has also been enhanced. Patna: Students convention of AISF, AISA, students wing of RJD and AIDSO was held at Patna College to protest the Patna University’s directive to ban strikes and dharnas on the campus.