Patna, April 14: Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced that the government has increased the amount of consolidated pay of Vikas Mitra by Rs 1,000 every month. ikas Mitras were hired to provide the benefits of developmental schemes to the Mahadalit community. Patna: Energy minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav would lay the foundation for the construction of 33/11KV power sub station at Kumarkhand block headquarters in Madhepura district on Sunday. Patna: National Disaster Management Authority, Delhi, and Indira Gandhi National Open University have jointly decided to conduct eight two-day programmes on capacity building in disaster management for government officials, panchayati raj institutions and urban local bodies in Patna, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Supaul and Madhepura districts. Patna: Punjab National Bank celebrated its 118th foundation day on Friday. On the occasion, senior bank officials donated medical equipment for polio hospital of Krishna Pranami Seva Samiti as part of its corporate social responsibility. Patna: Chief minister Nitish Kumar, his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi, Assembly Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary and former chief minister Jagannath Mishra among others, paid floral tributes to B.R. Ambedkar, on his 121st birth anniversary on Saturday. Patna: Chief minister Nitish Kumar would inaugurate a dairy plant at Hajipur on April 18 on the occasion of the 29th foundation day of Bihar State Co-operative Milk Federation.





