Patna: Taking cognisance of complaints from serving and retired teachers and non-teaching staff of universities, governor-cum-chancellor Syed Ata Hasnain on Saturday directed vice-chancellors and the higher education department to expedite the payment of pending salary arrears, pension dues and other retirement benefits by July 20.Expressing concern over delays in settling retirement benefits, the governor instructed…

Patna: A total of 16,136 accused were convicted in 12,166 cases through speedy trials across Bihar in May 2026, reflecting the state’s continued push to strengthen law and order, additional director general of police (law and order) Sudhanshu Kumar said on Monday.Addressing a press conference at police headquarters, Sudhanshu said the convictions covered offences including…

CM inaugurates new building of 400-bed orthopaedic hospital at LNJP Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Saturday inaugurated the new building of the 400-bed orthopaedic super specialty hospital on the Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital campus at Rajvanshi Nagar in the state capital.Following the inauguration, the CM carried out a detailed inspection of different departments, modern…