Patna, Feb. 23: A four-member delegation from Pakistan today reached the city to study the state’s polio eradication programme and replicate the model in the neighbouring country. ltogether 47 polio cases were detected in Pakistan in 2012. During chief minister Nitish Kumar’s visit to Pakistan in November, 2012, political leaders and parties there were eager to know how the state ensured eradication of polio. he Pakistan delegation, headed by Shahaab Balki, the head of Rotary International in Karachi, will visit at least five districts in Bihar till February 28 to look into the programme. Ara: Criminals shot dead a farmer, Tej Narain Yadav, on Friday night at his house in Bhojpur district over an alleged land dispute. Buxar: Six persons were arrested on Saturday for allegedly robbing a jewellery trader. Vishnu Verma was attacked at gunpoint and looted of Rs 10,000 cash an jewellery worth Rs 5,000.
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
