Patna: Balwaan Singh, a New Delhi-based businessman, on Thursday lodged a complaint at the janata darbar of senior superintendent of police Alok Kumar of being allegedly duped of Rs 1.75 crore by a businessman. ingh complained that he had paid Vinod Singh, a businessman in the Salimpur Aahra area under Gandhi Maidan police station, the amount for scrap materials but never received it. Alok directed the matter to the Kotwali police station. Patna: Bihar Obstetric and Gynaecological Society will take out a rally on January 21 in protest against the murder of 55-year-old anaesthetist in Tuticorin, Kerala, two weeks ago, its members said on Thursday. Patna: East Central Railway on Thursday advised caution against drugging of passengers on trains. Nine persons were found drugged on trains in the Danapur division last week. Patna: About 80,000 lawyers in the state would abstain from work on Friday in protest against the regulation of legal education sector through the proposed Higher Education & Research Bill, 2011, Bihar State Bar Council chairman Baleshwar Prasad Sharma said. Patna: A high court division bench comprising Justice T. Meena Kumari and Justice Gopal Prasad on Thursday directed the urban development department’s principal secretary, Patna Municipal Corporation and Patna district magistrate to file replies on a PIL filed by Doctors Colony residents within two weeks seeking removal of encroachment by vendors beneath Rajendra Nagar overbridge.Patna: LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, complaining against incidents of theft and dacoity in temples across the state. Patna: The vigilance investigation bureau on Thursday filed a confiscation case of disproportionate assets against Shyam Narayan Singh, mines inspector, Gaya, and his wife in the special vigilance court. Patna: The vigilance investigation bureau on Thursday filed a charge-sheet against former deputy superintendent of police, vigilance investigation bureau, Chandra Prakash Paswan and former district manager, Vaishali, Bihar State Food Corporation, Manoj Kumar, in the special vigilance court. Sheohar: A Maoist activist, identified as Dinesh Pandit, was arrested from Chiraiya in Sheohar district on Thursday. Patna: Election results for the office-bearers of Patna City Bar Association were declared on Thursday. Navin Kumar Sinha has been elected as president. Gopalganj: At least seven persons were injured in a hotel when some criminals threw acid at them following an altercation late on Wednesday night. The injured included the hotel owner. B> Patna: The general administration department on Thursday notified the posting of four judges for different courts in the state. Begusarai: Government Railway Police on Thursday found the body of a Border Security Force constable, Basudev Singh, in the AC-three tier coach of Lalgarh-Awadh Assam Express at Begusarai railway station.





