Swine flu case

Patna: A swine flu case was reported in Patna on Friday. A 12-year-old Agamkuan resident was tested positive for the disease at Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences. So far, 16 swine flu cases have been found positive in Patna.

GST norm

Patna: Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday said the decisions taken in Friday's GST meeting in Delhi would be conducive for industrialists. The decision entails retailers with a turnover of Rs 1.5 crore could now file their tax returns once in every three months unlike the previous monthly system.

PM visit

Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi would visit Mokama on October 14 during his daylong visit to the state for the centenary year celebrations of Patna University.

Demise

Patna: Chief minister Nitish Kumar expressed condolence over the demise of JDU minister Jai Prakash Kushwaha.

Heart unit

Patna: The mobile cardiac coronary care unit of Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences is ready to provide services to people suffering from heart diseases.

Carcass order

• Patna: Patna High Court on Friday directed PMC to file a reply within four weeks in a case related to disposal of animal carcass in the Ganga. A division bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Anil Kumar Upadhyay passed the order on a PIL by Guddu Baba, who presented pictures showing disposal of carcass in the river.

Drug affidavit

• Patna: The state government on Friday filed a counter-affidavit in the high court in the case of siphoning off of medicines purchased by government medical colleges. The government said FIRs had been lodged and action was being taken.