Patna, Aug. 27: The floods in the state claimed 15 more lives today with the death toll reaching 70.o death was reported on Tuesday when the toll remained 55. However today, two more districts — Nawada and Samastipur — got inundated. With the new addition, the total number of districts affected by the flood has risen to 19. Out of 15 deaths, seven were reported from Sheikhpura and eight from Nawada district. Disaster management department special secretary Anirudh Kumar said the number of people affected by the flood has also risen from 18.3 lakh to 19 lakh. Patna: Bihar Medical Services and Infrastructure Corporation Limited, a wing of the health department, invited a deceased to a government function on Wednesday. The corporation published an advertisement in a vernacular daily on Wednesday in which it mentioned late MLC Virkeshwar Prasad Singh in place of invitee’s name. The advertisement was related to the bhoomi pujan function of a land at Madhepura where a new medical college has to be set up. Patna: Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (Berc) has reserved its order on petitions filed by North and South Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd seeking revision in the tariff to bridge its revenue deficit. Patna: Madhuresh Kumar, general manager, East Central Railway, nspected the under- construction rail-cum-road bridge on the Ganga at Munger. Kumar told the officials to complete the work on time. Patna: Sarita Kumar, chairperson, East Central Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation, distributed school uniforms among the students of Navjeevan school at Karbighaiya. The school is run by the organisation. Patna: One Vicky, a Maoist involved in the Jehanabad jailbreak incident in 2005, was arrested on Wednesday.atna SSP Manu Maharaaj said the man was on the run since then. On August 2, the man had strangulated his wife and sister-in-law and dumped their bodies at the Mahmada river. Vicky admitted to his crimes during the interrogations. Munger: BJP activists staged a road blockade near Balika Bidyapeeth in Lakhisarai district headquarters on Wednesday morning demanding the arrest of criminals responsible for the murder of party leader Shyam Sunder Roy (60). Munger: Police on Wednesday recovered the body of one Raju alias Chhotu (17), from Tetariya river in Jamui district. Raju was abducted on Monday. Muzaffarpur: Students of Mahant Darshan Das Mahila College, Muzaffarpur, mobbed district magistrate Anupam Kumar and municipal commissioner Himanshu Sharma outside the college on Wednesday and demanded solution to waterlogging problems. Patna: Five members of a gang were arrested on Wednesday and recovered a huge stock of pirated books. Patna: The state government has decided to mark the death anniversary of Upendra Nath Verma on Thursday as state function every year in Makhdumpur village of Jehanabad. Patna: Ramchandra Bharti, an MLC, on Wednesday inspected the waterlogged colonies of Kankerbagh in Patna. He visited Hanuman Nagar, eastern Indira Nagar, Vijay Nagar, Dwarikapuri, Postal Park, Gandhi Nagar and Ashok Nagar. Patna: Residents can get their knee and hip joint checked up by the team of Dr Vikram Shah on August 31. Bihar Pradeshik Marwari Sammelan and Shalby Hospital, Ahmedabad, would organise the programme.
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
