Court orders clean-up

B>n Patna: A high court division bench on Thursday directed Patna Municipal Corporation and Bihar State Water Board to take steps within two weeks to provide better drainage system, cleanliness and sanitation as well as clear waterlogging in the police colony of Anisabad area. he direction was passed on a PIL filed by Arakshi Grih Nirman Samiti seeking direction to the authorities concerned.

Workshop

B>n Patna: Eastern Region Power Committee, Eastern Region Load Despatch Centre and Bihar State Electricity Board would organise a two-day workshop, “Emerging Issues in the Power Sector”, from August 31.

AIDS train

B>n Patna: District magistrate Sanjay Kumar Singh on Thursday said Red Ribbon Express — a train spreading awareness about AIDS and HIV — would reach the city on September 2.

Football

B>n Patna: Six footballers of East Central Railway — Pinki Bompal Magar, Susmita Malik, Lesram Naobi Chanu, Suprava Samal, Y. Kamla Devi and Monteshwari Chanu — will take part in the SAF Women’s Football Tournament 2012, to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from September 7.

Clash

B>n Patna:A person was seriously injured in a gunbattle between two groups in the Badi Patandevi area under Alamganj police station on Thursday night.

Death

B>n Patna: A middle-aged contractor, Chitranjan Prasad Srivastava, was found hanging at his house in the old Jakkanpur area on Thursday.

Theft

B>n Patna: Thieves got into the house of advocate Arun Kumar Sinha in the Bhagwat Nagar Colony area late on Wednesday night and stole cash and valuables worth Rs 15 lakh.

Cub coma

B>n Patna: Two newborn tiger cubs at Patna zoo have gone into coma after suffering from an unidentified disease since August 20. Of the three tiger cubs born to Royal Bengal tigress Swarna on August 2, one died on August 28