CM mourns Khandu’s death

Patna: Chief minister Nitish Kumar expressed his condolence on the death of Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu. In his condolence message, Nitish said Khandu was a popular politician and an able administrator. e said the sudden and unfortunate demise of the leader is an irreparable loss not only to his home state but to the political arena of the entire country.

Airline trauma

Patna: There appears to be no immediate calling of the ongoing strike of Air India (AI) pilots. The government carrier has further extended the freeze on booking of tickets on its Patna-Delhi route. “We have been instructed not to make fresh bookings till May 8,” an AI official posted at Patna said.

Partnership

Patna: The ICFAI University, Jharkhand on Wednesday announced in the state capital its academics-industry partnership with a premier hotel to conduct its vocation-oriented campus programme of bachelor of hospitality and tourism management programme, being launched from the current academic year.

New hospital

Patna: Health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey, on Wednesday, inaugurated Srinivas Polypathy Hospital, where patients will be treated through indigenous forms of medicines. Speaking on the occasion, Choubey said various government-run hospitals in the country would soon have experts in yoga, natural therapy and other forms of indigenous medicines.

Meet on water

Patna: Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi presided over a meeting in the capital on Wednesday in which various urban infrastructure and development-related projects were discussed. The current status of water supply project for the state capital was also discussed at the meet.

MLAs’ salary

Patna: A division bench of Justice S.K. Katriar and Justice Samrendra Pratap Singh of the Patna High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL by Mohar Jha challenging the three-time hike in salary and perks of MLAs/MLCs. Jha said: “At a time when the state government’s economic condition is not in the pink of health and the state has been urging for central assistance to carry out its schemes and other development projects, then there is no justification of paying such a fat salary to the legislators of a poor state.”

Road mishap

Chhapra: One person died and two sustained injuries when a truck hit their motorcycle. The deceased has been identified as Sri Bhagwan Rai and the injured as Lal Bahadur Rai and Moti Lal Rai of Kerva Chauthai village under Masrak police station. The driver and the cleaner of the truck managed to escape. The agitated villagers broke the windscreen of the truck and were trying to set it on fire but the police arrived and took the situation under control.