Patna: A 10-day workshop on capacity building programme for social sciences on research methodology organised by Birla Institute of Technology, Patna, concluded on Friday. ndian Council of Social Science Research sponsored the workshop. Chhapra: The RJD’s students’ wing on Friday staged a demonstration on the premises of Jai Prakash University in demand for seating arrangements for students coming from far-off places and an information centre on the campus. Patna: District magistrate, Patna, N. Saravana Kumar on Friday ordered for FIRs to be lodged against three block education officers for slow rate of paddy procurement. Patna: Bihar State Pollution Control Board on Friday organised a training camp on bio-medical waste management and the hazards of mercury. Patna: The Communist Party of India has given a bandh call on Saturday to register its protest against alleged exploitation of consumers by power companies. Patna: The State Bank of India on Friday organised a health camp for its retired employees. Patna: Members of All India Students’ Association on Friday staged a protest near the Patna collectorate in demand for release of students implicated in false cases.Patna: Rajit Kumar Das has assumed the charge of chief general manager of the Bihar regional office of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard). Nabard press note on Friday said Das had comprehensive and varied experience in development economics and related subjects. Patna: Chairperson-cum-managing director of Punjab National Bank, K.R. Kamath visited Gaya and Bihar Sharif during his two-day visit to the state. A press note said the chairperson asked the officials to put in efforts for the financial uplift of the people of the state. Patna: A cultural programme was organised at Patna Central School on Friday on the occasion of departure of a cultural team of Mauritius, which had visited the school. Speaking on the occasion, Acharya Sudarshan said the visit of Mauritian team was beginning of cultural ties between the island country and the school.Patna: Members of Indian Red Cross Society on Friday distributed blankets and woollen caps among the homeless. A press note said 430 blankets and 100 caps were distributed. Patna, Jan. 17: Members of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee today accused the state government of not being able to use development funds. arty spokesperson V.K. Thakur said on one hand, the state government was not able to use the allotted funds and on the other, it was demanding special status asking for more. Patna: A high court division bench of Justice Iqbal Ahmad Ansari and Justice Samarendra Pratap Singh on Friday reserved its order on a petition filed by Ahmad Ashfaque Karim, the chairman and managing director of Katihar Medical College and Hospital. In the petition, he challenged his arrest in connection with the disproportionate assets case lodged by the vigilance. BPatna: A high court bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh on Friday directed police not to take coercive action, till further order, against the six students of Patna College who were allegedly found indulging in a clash between two groups on December 11, 2013 on Ashok Rajpath. Patna: The state human rights commission has issued notices to officials concerned on the basis of a petition filed by one Parvati Devi of Ghodbandi village in Madhubani district. She had stated that her husband, Shivshankar Pandey, was not being released from jail even after completing his term. BPatna: A petrol pump owner, Prabhat Kumar Singh, has been missing from Hajipur in Vaishali district since Thursday. Patna: A court on Friday convicted three persons, including a woman, in a double murder case. Patna: Five middlemen arrested from Khagaria district, during a special operation, were produced before the special vigilance court in Patna on Friday. Buxar: Police on Friday recovered the body of a minor girl from the outskirts of a village, who was suspectedly strangled.
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
