Patna: City-based tutor and academy director Roshan Anand, who was granted bail by a Patna court in connection with the June 2 violence at a coaching institute, has accused educator Faisal Khan, popularly known as Khan Sir, of conspiring to kill his brother, Prince Yadav.Speaking to reporters after his release from Beur jail on Monday,…
Patna: Patliputra University (PPU) on Monday approved its examination calendar for the 2026-27 academic session at a meeting of the examination board chaired by the vice-chancellor ( VC ) Upendra Prasad Singh.According to PPU registrar Abu Bakar, the examination calendar has been prepared to ensure timely conduct of examinations and publication of results in accordance…
Patna: The orthopaedics department and the emergency & trauma centre at IGIMS marked the World Ilizarov Day on Monday by unveiling a new indigenous surgical innovation.Dr Gavriil Ilizarov, whose pioneering work transformed treatment of complex orthopaedic conditions worldwide, was honoured at the event. It was inaugurated by IGIMS director-cum-vice chancellor Dr Bindey Kumar, in the…
Patna: Candidates, who appeared for the Bihar Police sub-inspector recruitment examination, have intensified their protest over alleged paper leaks and manipulation in the written test held on May 27 for 1,799 posts.On Monday, hundreds of aspirants marched from Patna College to JP Golambar via Kargil Chowk and Gandhi Maidan, demanding a transparent and time-bound investigation…
Patna: A major railway mishap was averted between Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) and Sasaram station on Saturday after an alert goods train guard helped detect a potentially serious fault in another freight train running on a parallel track.According to railway sources, the incident occurred around 2.40pm when two goods trains were moving simultaneously between Deen…
Patna: Governor Syed Ata Hasnain, who is also the chancellor of the state universities, on Monday directed all the newly established 211 degree colleges at block level to introduce the teaching of Urdu and Maithili from the upcoming academic session.A communiqué released from the chancellor’s secretariat stated that for the time being only six subjects–…
Gaya: Gaya airport observed ‘Yatri Suvidha Divas’ on Monday, with authorities showcasing a series of infrastructure upgrades aimed at enhancing passenger amenities and accommodating rising traffic.As part of the function, a programme including featuring stakeholder feedback sessions, free health check-ups, a blood donation camp and a plantation drive were organised. School and college students were…
Patna: Police uncovered an illegal stockpile of LPG cylinders and foreign liquor during a raid in the Shastri Nagar police station area late Sunday night, and arrested a man and his wife in connection with the case.The accused have been identified as Sonu Kumar and his wife, Babli Kumari. A case has been registered under…
Gaya: Chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Monday laid the foundation stone for a Rs170-crore technology centre in Khizarsarai area of Gaya district. Once constructed, the centre will train 7,000 entrepreneurs every year in fields including general and heavy engineering and textiles.To be built on 20 acres, the technology centre will have state-of-the-art training facilities and…
The library houses around 21,000 manuscripts in Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Turkish, Pashto, Sanskrit and Hindi Patna: A 9th-century Quran written on deer skin, manuscripts embellished with gold and rare texts with no known copies elsewhere in the world are among the treasures preserved at Patna’s Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, one of India’s most significant…
