Patna: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday produced Feroze Aslam alias Pappu (40) and Iftikhar Alam (25) in its special court in connection with the Patna serial blasts last year. n-charge special judge (additional district and sessions judge-1) Anil Kumar Singh sent the duo to judicial custody at Beur Central Jail till June 25. Patna: Nine students from Centre for Biological Sciences of Central University of Bihar have been awarded GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) and JRF (Junior Research Fellowship). Patna: Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi would hold a review meeting of education department on June 20. The meeting would be attended by education minister Brishen Patel and education department principal secretary R.K. Mahajan. Three wings of education —higher, secondary and primary — were asked to prepare development reports by June 16. Patna: Bihar Hindi Sahitya Sammelan spokesperson Ajay Kumar on Wednesday demanded appointment of a full-time director of the organisation. Patna: Punjab National Bank general manager Shambhu Kishore Mullick chaired a meeting on Wednesday in which results of its special drive on non-performing assets were reviewed.