Violence probe

Muzaffarpur: The government has taken note of the frequent conflicts taking place in Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology, leading to disruption of academic activities and lawlessness. cience and technology principal secretary Sudhir Kumar has directed divisional commissioner (Tirhut) Narmadeshwar Lal to ask district magistrate Anupam Kumar to probe the reasons behind the impasse at the tech cradle.

ATM murder

Muzaffarpur: Santosh Kumar, an ATM guard of Axis Bank, was found murdered inside his cabin at Chatarbhuj Sthan under Mithanpura police station in the small hours of Thursday. The suspected killers made an abortive attempt to breaking open the ATM machine.

Coin fair

Patna: A coin distribution fair was inaugurated at the Bank of India’s main branch in the city. A bank press note said the fair, which would continue till March 1, was to motivate people to use more coins in low transactions.

Pilgrims hurt

Patna: At least 30 pilgrims from Nepal were injured, eight of them critically, when a bus carrying them overturned and fell into a ditch in Supaul district on Thursday.

Criminal shot

Patna, Feb. 27: Criminals shot dead Sudarshan Paswan, a terror of Kosi belt, in Saharsa district on Wednesday night. is body was recovered from Barahi East village under Sonebarsa police station on Thursday. The body was sent for post-mortem.

Jail alert

Patna: Inspector-general (prison directorate and correctional services) Prem Singh Meena has asked the district magistrates to beef up security in divisional jails and sub-divisional jails ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

Bridge

Ara: Chief minister Nitish Kumar laid the foundation stone for a Rs 15.96-crore pontoon bridge across Ganga at Mauzampur Mahuli Ghat.

Admit cards

Patna: A five-member team of Bihar Public Schools & Children Welfare Association requested the CBSE regional officer to issue provisional admit cards to 17 students of BD Public School for the Class XII exam.

Tax notice

Patna: The central excise department has served notices on 4,000 business establishments across the state, asking them to pay service tax before March 31 or face action.