Patna: Former election commissioner Jiya Lal Arya on Tuesday said maltreatment of the environment was the root cause of the all the problems faced by the people. He was addressing a two-day workshop organised by Scientific and Technical Language Commission of India.shwarchandra Kumar, the former vice-chancellor of Veer Kuer Singh University, was also present at the meet. Patna: Special vigilance judge Ajit Kumar Singh on Tuesday ordered the state vigilance department to inquire and submit a report after hearing a complaint petition filed by former Madhepura district co-operative officer Parasnath Prasad alleging that he had been implicated on false charges. Patna: Additional district and sessions judge III, Patna, M.K. Kaushik on Tuesday sentenced Bakhtiyarpur resident Serodhan Kumar to life imprisonment for kidnap and murder of Pravesh Kumar, a 25-year-old youth. Patna: Additional district and sessions judge VIII, Patna, Ajit Kumar Sinha on Tuesday sentenced Hazari Mohalla resident Sohail and Chhapra resident Irshad Ahmad Kahn to life imprisonment for kidnapping Anand Singh (12). Patna: A lamp lighting and capping ceremony was organised at Patliputra ANM Training School — affiliated to the health department — on Tuesday. Fifty students were capped on the occasion Patna: Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday mourned the deaths of social workers Shivshanker Yadav and Ramchandra Prasad Singh. Patna: Parents protested against the decision of St Joseph’s Convent High School authorities to implement the Right to Education Act from this session, in front of the Montessori wing of the school on Tuesday. They demanded that the act be implemented from the next year, as there were no vacant seats this session.