Patna: Around 80,000 advocates from across the state will go on a weeklong strike from Tuesday to protest against the setting up of evening courts. ihar State Bar Council has appealed to the advocates to abstain from court work on Tuesday if the high court does not take any initiative to hold talks or withdraw notification regarding the evening courts, which have been functioning in the districts since last year. Patna: The state information commission imposed fines on three public information officers (PIOs) on Monday for failing to provide information to the applicants on time. The officials — provident fund officer of Madhubani collectorate, PIO of Darbhanga collectorate and block development officer of Kalyanpur block in Samastipur district — did not even bother to respond to the notices served by the commission. Patna: Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who also holds the finance portfolio, discussed the loan targets of 2011-12 with representatives of banks in a meeting on Monday. Patna: A daylong seminar on human rights was organised at St Xavier’s College of Education on Monday. An interactive session was also organised for the students.Patna: Congress member Prabhat Kumar Singh took the post of the spokesperson of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee on Monday. Motihari: A Nepalese national, with four ATM (Automated Teller Machine) cards of a Nepalese bank, was apprehended by the ATM guard of State Bank of India on Monday. The man managed to escape after dodging the guard. Patna: Criminals broke into the house of one Abhishek Singh, a resident of the Kajanchi Road area under Pirbhore police station, in the early hours on Monday and escaped with jewellery and cash worth Rs 4 lakh.
Monday, 09 February 2026
