Patna: Neeraj Kumar, working with the Centre for Economic Policy and Public Finance, Asian Development Research Institute, has been selected to lead the Indian team to a model Saarc summit in Dhaka, Bangladesh. he event, scheduled from March 4 to 6, is aimed at bringing young minds from the Saarc countries together and providing them a platform to meet policy-makers, government officials and embassy representatives.
Patna: Director of Kanti Bijlee Uptadan Nigam Limited S.C. Pandey went to the Kanti thermal plant in Muzaffarpur for a two-day visit from January 12 to review progress of the plant’s Stage II.
Patna: Mahavir Arogya Sansthan will celebrate its silver jubilee year from January 21. The director, Dr S.C. Mishra, said the health hub would provide patients treatment at subsidised rates this year, introduce a CT-scan facility and inaugurate a new building of the Mahavir Netrayalaya on its premises.
Patna: The Thakur Prasad Smriti Samiti celebrated the 95th birth anniversary of Thakur Prasad, a former state industry minister and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad’s father, on Wednesday. Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Nand Kishore Yadav inaugurated the event.
Patna: East Central Railway general manager A.K. Mittal on Wednesday inspected the Ganga rail-cum-road bridge project and directed officials to optimise the quality of work and streamline the various activities involved in the project.
Patna: Former cricketer Chetan Sharma on Wednesday demanded the Bihar Cricket Association to be given affiliation to the Board of Control for Cricket in India. He was in Patna to meet rural development minister Nitish Mishra who recently organised the Lalit Karpoori Rural Cricket Tournament in Jhanjharpur constituency.
