Patna: State human rights commission chairperson Justice S.N. Jha on Thursday called for a report from the home department principal secretary and Samastipur district magistrate within two weeks on a complaint regarding arrest and alleged illegal detention of an advocate. awyers across the state stayed away from work on Wednesday to protest against the detainment.Patna: Bittu Kumar and Ranjan Kumar — the accused in the murder of 10-year-old Rishikesh — were forwarded to judicial custody on Thursday. Chhapra: Patna High Court has cancelled the contractual appointme-nts of 22 teachers of Basa-hia panchayat under Panapur block of Saran . Chhapra: Chief judicial magistrate Anil Kumar Jha on Thursday awarded five years’ rigorous imprisonment to Krishna Prasad and Arun Prasad for stabbing one Anil Kumar of Samhota village in 2007. Patna: Election to ward number 39 of Patna Municipal Corporation has been postponed till the next notification by the state election commission. The decision was taken in wake of Patna High Court instructions in a case filed by former mayor Sanjay Kumar. Sasaram: A Maoist activist, Sudarshan Bhuian, alias Gupta, was arrested during a combing operation in Karbandaria forest in Rohtas district on Thursday.Patna: The alleged kingpin of a fake currency racket was arrested at Forbesganj in Araria district on Thursday.Patna: Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday expressed grief at the death of JP Movement leader and social activist Nutan.Patna: Kaushik Kumar, 12, drowned while swimming at Moin-ul-Haq Stadium on Thursday.
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
