Patna: A team of economic offences unit, based on a tip-off, conducted a raid on the office of the examination controller and other officials of BN Mandal University at Madhepura on Wednesday. he raid followed complaints about the leak of MBBS third-year examination question papers. The team found one set of questions matching to those leaked. Patna: Pervez Alam, a resident of Ishanagar in the Phulwarisharif area, surrendered before judicial magistrate Jyoti Prakash on Wednesday in connection with a rape and subsequent murder of a minor. The minor’s body was found on Sunday from a septic tank in the area. Alam has been taken on police remand. Patna: Maoist pamphlets were found at the construction site of a bridge near Motipur in Arwal district on Wednesday. The contractor was threatened with dire consequences if he did not pay heed to the rebels’ extortion demands. Chhapra: Saran commissioner-cum-returning officer of the teachers’ constituency convened a meeting on Wednesday to take stock of preparations for elections on March 23. The district magistrates of Saran, Siwan, Gopalganj, East Champaran and West Champaran attended the meeting. Gopalganj: Sita Devi, a 45-year-old resident of Pyarepur area, was allegedly hacked to death on Tuesday night by family members of a girl with whom the victim’s son had eloped. Patna: A high court bench on Wednesday reserved its order on a petition filed by Ram Badan Rai challenging the election of JD(U) Lok Sabha member Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan in 2009. ai, then RJD candidate from Munger against Lalan, challenged the election on the ground that he won the elections by rigging. Patna: A high court bench on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Ranjit Singh and Charanjeet Singh in connection to a case pertaining to clash between two groups at Takht Shri Harmandir Sahib in Patna City. Patna: The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday released its fifth list for the general election. It includes 56 candidates, including eight from Bihar. Patna: Desi Kishan Party president Kumar Indu Bhushan Singh on Wednesday hinted at contesting the Lok Sabha elections from the Ara or Pataliputra constituency. Patna: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad members took out a protest march in support of their demands, including students’ union election, at Patna University. Patna: A voters’ camp was organised at Premchand Rangshala, Rajendra Nagar, on Wednesday. Patna: Two officials from Uganda’s ministry of energy and mineral development completed a three-week programme on biomass gasification. Patna: Two boys, Md Ali and Md Amin, aged around 14 drowned at Pirdamaria Ghat while taking a bath on Wednesday.
Friday, 03 April 2026
