Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday welcomed the proposed collaboration between the Mithila Sanskrit Research Institute, Darbhanga, and the UK-based Oxford Sanskrit Text Society, describing it as a historic opportunity for Bihar.Samrat said he had received a request in this regard from Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Kumar Jha. The proposal has been made by Oxford…
Patna: The byelection to the Bankipur assembly seat, a traditional BJP bastion, gathered fresh momentum on Tuesday after TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha, popularly known as ‘Bihari Babu’, came out in support of Jan Suraaj candidate Prashant Kishor and appealed to people, cutting across caste, creed and party affiliations, to back him.Prashant, who avoided contesting the…
Patna: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted search operations at multiple locations in Bihar, including Gopalganj, Saran, Siwan and East Champaran, as part of its investigation into an alleged human trafficking racket in which a youth was reportedly sent to Cambodia on false promise of overseas employment and forced into cyberfraud.In Gopalganj, the…
Sasaram: Police have busted an alleged extortion racket operating near a toll plaza on the GT Road, arresting nine people, including four Special Auxiliary Police (SAP) personnel. A sum of Rs 57,760 in cash and nine cellphones were seized during the operation.Sub-divisional police officer Gopal Krishna said police received information about illegal collections from vehicles…
Patna: An average of 438 people were arrested every day in ‘dry’ Bihar during June on charges of manufacturing, storing, transporting, selling or consuming liquor.According to figures released by the state’s prohibition and excise department on Tuesday, 13,166 people were arrested under the anti-liquor campaign between June 1 and June 30.“During this period, a total…
Patna: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Patna zonal office, has filed a supplementary prosecution complaint against Om Prakash Pandey, proprietor of M/s Balajee Enterprises, and others in connection with the alleged irregular procurement of medicines and medical equipment at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) during the financial years 2008-09 and 2009-10.The complaint was filed…
CM Samrat Choudhary in Araria on Tuesday Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday said the state govt would continue its zero-tolerance policy against crime and cross-border infiltration, adding that security along the India-Nepal border has been strengthened with 194 border outposts across the 735-km frontier.Addressing a public meeting after attending a ‘Sahyog Shivir’ at Haripur…
Patna: Patna University (PU) colleges on Tuesday began first-semester classes of the four-year undergraduate programme for the 2026-27 academic session.For many students, it was a lifetime experience as they arrived at their respective colleges for their first classes with excitement and enthusiasm.Mayank, a first semester student at Patna Science College, was barely able to contain…
