Bhagalpur: A couple was killed and their 5-year-old daughter seriously injured after they were hit by a train while crossing the railway tracks at Akbarnagar railway station in Bhagalpur district on Tuesday.Subodh Mandal, 45, and his wife Punam Devi, 36, residents of Bhiti Kharharia village under Shambhuganj block in Banka district, were crossing from platform…
Patna: The Bihar govt has increased the monthly honorarium of contractual professors, associate professors, assistant professors and resident doctors working at state-run medical colleges and hospitals.According to an order issued by the health department, the honorarium of contractual professors has been increased from Rs1.80 lakh to Rs2.07 lakh per month. Associate professors will now receive…
Patna: Three govt employees were arrested by the Vigilance Investigation Bureau on Tuesday in separate bribery cases in Jehanabad, Sheikhpura and Patna. The officials were allegedly caught accepting bribes ranging from Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 for official work.In Jehanabad, vigilance officials arrested Aman Kumar, a junior engineer with MNREGA at Sadar block, while accepting…
Buxar: A CBI team on Tuesday took Buxar postal superintendent Sarita Kumari and another employee into custody for questioning, triggering a stir at the head post office and within the postal department.The two were subsequently taken to Circuit House, where CBI officials questioned them in connection with a matter believed to be related to the…
Patna: An adopted son is entitled to be considered for compassionate appointment if the adoption is bona fide and not fabricated to obtain the benefit, Patna high court (HC) ruled Tuesday.A single bench of Justice Kumar Manish, while allowing Vijay Kumar Sah’s writ application, directed North Bihar Power Distribution Company to consider Sah’s claim for…
Patna: Deputy CM-cum-water resources department (WRD) minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary on Tuesday said the gravity of the flood situation in the Ganga basin had once again highlighted the need to review the Farakka barrage and the India-Bangladesh treaty on sharing Ganga waters, first signed on Dec 12, 1996.With the treaty due for renewal in Dec…
Patna: Agriculture minister Vijay Kumar Sinha on Tuesday said the Bihar Water Security and Irrigation Modernisation Project was being implemented to modernise irrigation, improve water resource management and strengthen the state’s capacity to tackle floods and erosion.The project, implemented jointly by the World Bank and Bihar govt, has a budget of Rs4,415 crore, with the…
Patna Medical College and Hospital Patna: Health department secretary Kumar Ravi on Tuesday directed doctors at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) to ensure timely treatment and better patient care. He also asked doctors posted in emergency units to make at least two rounds daily to monitor patients’ conditions.During an on-site inspection and subsequent review…
Patna: State Congress dissidents led by former state research department head Anand Madhav on Tuesday staged a dharna outside the party’s national headquarters, Indira Bhawan, in Delhi, pressing for changes in the Bihar unit’s leadership.Their primary demands included the replacement of state Congress president Rajesh Ram and AICC in charge for Bihar, Krishna Allavaru.The dissidents…
Patna: The state budget for 2027-28 will be prepared under a new model aimed at aligning schemes with the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs), a finance department communique said on Tuesday.A workshop was held at Bapu Sabhagar to train budget officers, internal financial advisors and other officials in the new system. The focus was on…
