Blasts custody

Patna: Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) judge Anil Kumar Singh on Wednesday ordered the superintendent of Beur Central Jail to hand over Bodhgaya blasts suspects Haider Ali and Mujibullah Ansari to the agency in police custody for 12 days.dditional NIA superintendent Vishal Garg filed a petition in the special court in this connection.

Condolence

Patna: Former Independent MLA Umadhar Prasad Singh died on Wednesday following a heart attack on Tuesday evening.

Guard killed

Bhagalpur: A night guard of an under-construction mall, Subash Singh, was run over in his sleep by a truck on Wednesday while unloading material on the premises.

Laxity charge

Muzaffarpur: Pro-VC of Bhim Rao Ambedkar Bihar University Nilima Sinha has requested the VC, Pandit Phalende, to remove registrar Vivekanand Shukla, examination controller Ajay Kumar and finance officer JPN Singh for negligence.

Rebel gives in

Gaya: A Maoist, Nagina Yadav, surrendered in the court of Sherghati sub-divisional magistrate on Tuesday evening.

Health talk

Patna: A seminar on the opportunities in para-medical and applied health science was organised at Indian Institute of Business Management on Wednesday.

News book

Patna: Nalanda Open University vice-chancellor Rash Bihari Prasad Singh on Tuesday released Unique News authored by Naresh Chandra Mathur, a retired bank employee.

Promotion

Patna: Bihar Administrative Service Association on Wednesday drew the government’s attention towards the grounds on which promotions can be denied to Bihar administrative service officers.

Prison term

Patna, June 18: Additional district and sessions judge Dan Pal Singh today sentenced Guddu Gope, Rajesh Kumar Yadav, Ganesh Kumar and Akhilesh Kumar to two years of rigorous imprisonment in connection with an Arms Act case.

Dealers’ meet

Patna: Bank of Baroda organised a car dealers’ meet with sales executives and sales managers of Patna.

Sentence

Patna: Special CBI judge Vijay Kumar Srivastava on Wednesday sentenced former BSNL head clerk Mahua in Vaishali Vijay Kumar Singh to one year of rigorous imprisonment in connection with a bribery case.

Teacher woes

Patna: State Congress president Ashok Choudhary and party MLC Madan Mohan Jha on Wednesday met chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and raised the problems faced by unaided and contract teachers working at different colleges and schools.