Patna: The Bihar Engineers Services Association members’ strike rolled into its third day on Friday. hey refuted claims of the state government that in their absence, work was being affected in different departments of the state government. The government engineers have been on strike since Wednesday demanding salary revision and security. Patna: Union external affairs minister Salman Khurshid would visit the state on February 12. He will be accompanied by members of the consultive committee of the ministry. Khurshid will reach Gaya in the morning after which he will visit Rajgir and Nalanda Buxar: Rani Devi, a resident of Nawanagar village, suffered 60 per cent burn injuries after her husband and in-laws allegedly tried to kill her on Thursday night. Villagers hearing her cries came to her rescue and took her to the Nawanagar police station. Ravikant, the station house officer, said: “An FIR has been lodged and Ramesh Shah, Rani’s husband, has been arrested. The in-laws are absconding.” Buxar: The district magistrate on Friday ordered the suspension of two teachers for their alleged involvement in irregularity in distribution of uniforms and scholarships under a state government scheme. Patna: St Michael’s Alumni Association would felicitate board toppers of classes X and XII on January 10. Patna: Bihar Adivasi Adhikar Mahasabha, an organisation working for tribals, will take out an Adhikar Rally from SK Memorial Hall on February 11. Patna: Ad-hoc additional district judge Ravi Shankar Sinha on Friday sentenced Dinesh Yadav, Sahjanand Yadav, Bakhauri Yadav, Sidheswar Yadav Shivaji Yadav and Sudama Yadav to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of one Rajendra Yadav on August 27, 1994.





