Patna, April 9: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday paid tributes to Communist leader Jagannath Sarkar who passed away on Friday. Sarkar’s funeral procession was taken out from Bank Road to the CPI headquarters at Ajay Bhavan near Daryapur Gola. The body was placed at the Bihar Legislative Council before being taken for the last rites at Bans Ghat. arkar was a veteran freedom fighter, a Communist leader, a thinker and writer on social issues. Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said on Saturday that the state government will speed up the work for the beautification of Ganga. He was attending a meeting of Bihar State Ganga River Protection Authority. He also said the state will take every possible measure to make the river pollution free. Patna: A six-member delegation of All India Students’ Federation on Saturday met Sudipto Adhikari, the acting vice-chancellor of Patna University, demanding the extension of dates of LLB first year and postgraduate examinations scheduled on April 18, keeping in view the BPSC prelimnary test on April 17. Patna: M. Rajalakshmi, the director of the academic cell of the Medical Council of India, on Saturday dealt at length on the use of nanotechnology in disease treatment. Rajalakshmi addressed a national symposium on “Nanotechnology: Present perspectives and Future Directions” organised by Mahavir Cancer Sansthan and Research Centre. Aurangabad: A pilgrim was killed and seven others injured wh-en a van carrying them overturned on NH-2 at Madanpur in Auranga-bad on Saturday. The pilgrims were on their way to a temple at Dev when the driver lost control ov-er the vehicle while negotiating a bend, police said.
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