Motihari: RJD leader and son of party president Lalu Prasad, Tejaswi Yadav, termed chief minister Nitish Kumar as “communal” at a public meeting in Motihari on Wednesday. Had he been really a secular, he must have resigned from his post and initiated an inquiry in the Godhra riot case as the Union railway minister soon after the incident had rocked the whole country in 2002,” Tejaswi said. The RJD leader sought public support for his party in the coming Lok Sabha elections. Darbhanga: The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday organised a meet on micro, small and medium business entrepreneurs with senior bank officials and government officials at Darbhanga Research Centre. RBI regional director, Bihar, M.K. Verma laid emphasis on how they would become economically independent and generate employment. He also focused on how to export their products and find markets for their economic benefits. Around hundred entrepreneurs from Darbhanga and adjoining districts raised their problems before the dignitaries. Patna: Villgro Innovation Foundation would conduct an event in collaboration with Chandragupt Institute of Management, Patna, on March 4 to unearth and nurture social entrepreneurs and growing the social enterprise movement in India. Patna: Satish Kumar, a former JD(U) MLA, on Wednesday joined the BJP in the presence of party president Mangal Pandey. Another JD(U) member Rajiv Ranjan Kumar also joined the party. Patna: Parents and students of Class XII students of B.D. Public School created a ruckus on Wednesday. Around 17 students have not been issued admit cards owing to low attendance. The exams would begin on March 1. Patna: Simanti Datta, the assistant professor at Centre of Liver Research, Calcutta, would deliver a speech on, Tracing the dynamics of hepatitis B virus and host immune response in e-negative chronic infection, during the National Science Day programme to be organised by Magadh Mahila College on February 28. Patna: Aam Aadmi Party would launch its Swarj Samvad Yatra from West Champaran district on February 27. Party leader Parveen Amanullah said the yatra would pass through different parts of the state. Patna: Former minister and president of All India Momin Conference (Q) Khalid Anwer Ansari on Wednesday issued a statement supporting chief minister Nitish Kumar’s demand for according special status to Bihar. Gaya, Feb. 26: India Power is set to take over the distribution franchise for South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited for Gaya, Bodhgaya, Manpur and adjoining areas from March 1. aya is the third district in Bihar to have a distribution franchise after Muzaffarpur and Bhagalpur. The company is undertaking the responsibility with an opening arrear balance, including delayed payment charges of over Rs 340 crore. Patna: The state government has vested the powers of civil authority with the inspector-general or the deputy inspector-general of the special branch to facilitate the state intelligence agency to depart foreign tourists. Patna: JD(U) state unit president Bashishtha Narayan Singh on Wednesday announced the name of their five candidates for legislative council elections, which would be held on March 23. Patna: A PIL has been filed before the high court by Pratyush Kumar for a direction to declare Bihar Bandh called by chief minister Nitish Kumar scheduled on March 2 as well as Rail Roko scheduled on February 28 by the BJP as illegal and unconstitutional.Patna: Mohammad Anwar, a resident of Giridih in Jharkhand, was arrested from Patna Junction on Wednesday. He was evading arrest in connection with the murder of two persons — Mohammad Rewayaf and Mohammad Ziauddin — at Giridih. Anwar was handed over to a four-member Giridih police team headed by assistant sub-inspector of police Lalji Prasad.
Monday, 09 February 2026
