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Governor-cum-chancellor Syed Ata Hasnain addresses a workshop at Chandragupt Institute of Management, Patna Patna: Governor-cum-chancellor Syed Ata Hasnain on Saturday urged researchers to focus on solving real societal and governance challenges through fact-based studies. He also warned against manipulating data to fit preconceived conclusions..Inaugurating a six-day workshop on SocialScienceResearchMethodologyandWritingSkills at the Chandragupt Institute of Management,…

Patna: The RJD on Friday announced six candidates for four graduate and two teacher constituencies of the legislative council. The party has fielded former Parbatta (Khagaria) MLA Sanjeev Kumar Singh from the Patna teacher constituency. From the Saran teacher constituency, the RJD has fielded Jairam Yadav. For the four graduate constituencies, the party has fielded…

Exam buildings to be constructed in 29 districts at a cost of Rs 33.07 Cr; 12 districts receive administrative approval Patna: Acting on the instructions of chief minister Samrat Choudhary, the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) on Friday moved to speed up construction of proposed strong rooms and examination buildings in 29 districts, the chief…

Patna: The Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) on Friday conducted simultaneous searches at premises linked to Rajendra Kumar, superintending engineer with the minor water resources department, in connection with a disproportionate assets case. During the searches, investigators recovered Rs1.96 lakh in cash and gold and silver jewellery worth around Rs76 lakh, besides property documents and bills…

660 MW Unit-II of Buxar Thermal Power Project to begin commercial supply Patna: State-owned SJVN Ltd said on Friday that the 660 MW Unit-II of its Buxar Thermal Power Project in Bihar will begin commercial electricity supply at midnight on Saturday, bringing the plant’s full 1,320 MW capacity into operation.In an exchange filing, SJVN said…

Patna: The ruling JD(U) in Bihar may consider renaming itself “JD-Nitish”, with the proposal mooted by the party’s national working president Sanjay Kumar Jha drawing support from at least two senior functionaries.The proposal appears to be aimed at acknowledging former chief minister Nitish Kumar’s role in shaping the party and his political legacy in Bihar….

Bihar assembly to develop ‘single window system’ for convenience of serving and former legislators Patna: Members and former members of the legislative assembly will soon be able to access travel allowance, daily allowance, medical reimbursement, guest house facilities, other services and official information through a single mobile application, officials said on Friday.Assembly speaker Prem Kumar…

Jan Suraaj claimed there were 1,668 repeated entries in the MLC voter list; Kishor intensifies preparations for the Kosi elections. Patna: Jan Suraaj on Friday stepped up preparations for the upcoming MLC elections, with party founder Prashant Kishor holding a meeting with functionaries in Purnia. The party is set to contest all eight MLC seats.On…

Sasaram: In a bizarre twist to a 12-year-old alleged murder case, a woman who was declared dead after a body was recovered from a canal in Rohtas in 2014 has been traced alive in Jharkhand’s Garhwa district.The woman, Shakuntala Devi alias Kanti Devi, had gone missing in Aug 2014 along with a relative, her ‘devar’….

Gaya: A team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday morning conducted searches at around half a dozen locations in Gaya and Bodh Gaya in connection with an alleged bank loan fraud and money laundering case involving a hotel, its director and his two sons.The agency is probing the alleged diversion of loan funds and…