Patna: The education department will award performing schools based on different parameters on National Education Day next month. ational Education Day is celebrated on November 11. It marks the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the country’s first education minister. Patna: Former deputy chief minister Sushil Modi on Thursday hit back at his adversaries over his allegation that chief minister Nitish Kumar and two other JD(U) leaders receiving fodder scam money. His party leader, Sarayu Roy, had attacked him. But Modi denied he was making any personal attack. Chhapra: Police on Thursday carried out raids in Chhapra jail for about two hours and recovered 26 cellphones, two chargers and eight bottles of whisky. Patna: The state government has decided to keep unprocessed tobacco out of the purview of taxes. Chief minister Nitish Kumar made this announcement after a delegation of tobacco farmers met him on Thursday and shared their problems. Patna: Members of Tariq Anwar Vichar Manch on Thursday took out a goodwill march. Led by manch president Zakir Hussain, the march was organised to spread the message of communal harmony. Patna: South Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd managing director Sanjay Kumar Agrawal conducted a surprise inspection at the headquarters of Patna Electric Supply Undertaking (Pesu) on Thursday. e directed Pesu general manager SSP Srivastava to take steps, including putting in place separate bill counters for women and elderly persons, waiting chairs, install CCTV cameras and make available potable water, to ensure consumers’ convenience. Patna: Dr Arun K. Thakur, head of department, paediatrics, Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, has been elected the chairman of the Indian Medical Association’s standing committee on family welfare. Patna: Nabard has launched a warehouse scheme with a corpus of Rs 5,000 crore. It entails meeting the growing demand for storage capacity of agriculture commodities. Patna: Yo! China on Thursday launched a new menu, comprising 35 dishes, at its Bandar Bagicha outlet. Patna: Md Khalid, a gangster, was nabbed with his associate Sabbar Ali from Federal Colony on Thursday. Country-made pistols were seized from them. olice said Khalid was wanted for abduction, murder and dacoity.Patna: Stockholm University faculty member Nishant Kumar and two students, Carl and Alexandra, visited Chandragupt Institute of Management, Patna, as part of an exchange programme. Patna: Indian Overseas Bank opened its 41st branch at Sheohar. Patna: Around 350 people visited a free eye check-up camp on Thursday organised by Believer’s Church.Patna: Patna district magistrate N. Saravana Kumar on Thursday asked officials to address the complaints of people on a priority basis. Patna: The Centre for Psychology Sciences, Central University of Bihar, celebrated its third mental health day on Thursday.
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