Gangster held

• Patna: Akhilesh Singh, a gangster accused in the 2013 abduction of Surat trader Sohail Hingora, was arrested from Gurgaon early on Wednesday morning. He received a bullet injury in his leg in a fire exchange with a Jamshedpur police team. Singh is facing at least 50 cases of murder, extortion and kidnapping in Bihar and Jharkhand.

Tribute

• Patna: Union minister for chemicals and fertilisers Ananth Kumar visited Sitab Diara on Wednesday to pay tribute to Jayaprakash Narayan on his birth anniversary.

Rail charge

• Patna: D.K. Gayen on Wednesday took over charge as member staff (personnel) at the Railway Board, New Delhi.

Green units

• Patna: The government has decided to give brick-kiln owners time till August 31, 2018, to make necessary changes for introducing clean technology in their units, Sushil Kumar Modi said on Wednesday.

Road show

• Patna: Union minister Upendra Kushwaha will conduct a road show in Patna on Thursday to urge people to take part in an education convention on October 15.

BJP plot jibe

Patna: State BJP president Nityanand Rai on Wednesday claimed the Congress was behind the conspiracy to publish 'malicious' news item against Jay Shah, son of BJP national president Amit Shah.

Left protest

Patna: Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday went to Kerala for a BJP function. He will undertake a 9km walk to register protest against the alleged violent politics of the Left government.

Beneficiaries

Patna: Rural development minister Shravan Kumar on Wednesday said Bihar has become the first state in the country to prepare the list of eligible families who are entitled for help under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin).

Agro roadmap

Patna: Agriculture minister Prem Kumar on Wednesday said promotion of horticulture was a major component of the 2017-22 agriculture roadmap.

Bank dharna

Patna: Gramin Bank Employees on Wednesday organised a daylong dharna before all the head offices on a call given by the All India Regional Rural Bank Employees Association. The dharna was organised to demand regularisation of services of daily wage workers and filling up vacancies through new recruitment among other demands.

Bike record

Patna: Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt Ltd on Wednesday announced it has created a new sales record and transformed the way people ride a two-wheeler in Bihar in the past six years.

JP convention

Patna: Bihar Pradesh Lok Samiti and Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra on Wednesday jointly organised a convention on peace and harmony to mark JP Jayanti at IMA Hall.