Snag snaps power

B>n Patna: A technical snag caused a power cut for around six to seven hours in different parts of west Patna from 2.30pm on Wednesday.SEB spokeperson H.R. Pandey said a snag at Khagaul grid had caused the powercut.

Salary fund

B>n Patna: The education department on Wednesday released Rs 483 crore for payment of the salary of university teachers and non-teaching staff for June, July and August

Hospital

B>n Patna: BL Kashyap & Sons Ltd. — the firm entrusted with the construction of JPNAIIMS — on Wednesday made an oral submission before Patna High Court promising to complete the hospital by December this year.

Removal

B>n Patna: National Institute of Technology administration on Wednesday removed electrical department teacher Ramesh Kumar from the post of the chairman of hostel management committee. Ramesh had caught Gyanendra Kumar, a second-year civil engineering student, allegedly ragging a first-year student last Thursday.

Arrests

B>n Patna: Police nabbed one Hriday Rai, wanted in 18 cases, from Mokama on Wednesday. Another middle-aged man, suspected to be a chain snatcher, was arrested from the Kotwali area. Three criminals allegedly planning to rob a petrol pump were arrested during a raid at Shivganj.

Murders

B>n Patna: Two farmers — Daroga Yadav and nephew Tega Yadav — were killed by armed criminals at Akauna village in Aurangabad district late on Tuesday night.

Tourney

B>n Patna: All Bihar State Throwball Association in collaboration with Naugachia Police District Throwball Association will organise the 12th Senior State Throwball Championship in November.