Patna: A Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee delegation met railway minister Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi on Wednesday to discuss issues concerning the state.
The delegation was led by its president Ashok Choudhary.
Patna: State BJP president Mangal Pandey on Wednesday criticised the government’s decision not to send its 76 farmers to participate in the Vibrant Gujarat Global Agriculture Summit to be held in Gandhinagar on September 9 and 10. Patna: Paras HMRI Hospital has successfully operated a 56-year-old for implantation of automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator. Patna: Members of Bihar Players Association on Wednesday took out a march to protest against the alleged non-selection of several medal winning players for the Khel Samman Samaroh scheduled to be held on Thursday. Patna: State BJP vice-president Sanjay Mayukh on Wednesday said the party would organise a media workshop on September 6. Patna: The Congress on Wednesday demanded an all-party meeting to discuss problems of flood and drought in the state. Patna: People from different parts of the state joined Upendra Kushwaha-led Rashtriya Lok Samta Party, sources said on Wednesday. Patna: Flood protection works are being done on a war footing at places along the embankments facing increased water pressure, sources said on Wednesday. Bhagalpur: BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Choubey’s maha dharna to protest against the alleged failure of the government disrupted traffic on NH-80 for over three hours on Wednesday.Patna: A body of an adult male leopard was found at Raghiya range in Valmiki Tiger Reserve in West Champaran on Wednesday.
VTR director Santosh Tiwari said medical reports confirm feline teeth mark on the neck of the leopard, suggesting that it must have been killed in a territorial fight with tigers inside the reserve.
Patna: Bihar Bar Council may withdraw its earlier decision that talked of boycotting professional work on August 30 if it gets a positive response from chief minister Nitish Kumar and director-general of police Abhayanand in a case related to the alleged misbehaviour with a lawyer of Patna civil court, the council stated in a release on Wednesday.Patna: Former Union minister and deputy chairman of the state planning board, Hari Kishore Singh, breathed his last in Delhi on Wednesday. Chief minister Nitish Kumar mourned the death of Singh. He said Singh’s death had caused irreparable damage to the political world. Patna: Nitish Kumar expressed grief over the death of former Rajya Sabha member and veteran journalist D.C. Prashant who died in Jammu on Wednesday. Nitish described Prashant as a veteran leader and renowned journalist. “His demise is a great loss in the field of politics as well journalism,” he added.Samastipur: Three youths riding a motorcycle were killed when a truck hit their two-wheeler in Muktapur village in Samastipur on Wednesday, police said. Those killed were identified as Bawan Rai (38), Upender Poddar (30) and Shivshankar Rai, superintendent of police Varun Kumar Sinha said.
