CM Samrat Choudhary during a review meeting in Patna on Wednesday Patna: Chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Wednesday reviewed projects worth more than Rs100 crore and identified under the ‘Bihar Gati’ as well as the Centrally-sponsored schemes, directing departments to speed execution and ensure completion within stipulated deadlines.The meeting was held at the Sankalp auditorium…
Patna: Forget campus politics and academic rivalries for a moment. The hottest race in Bihar’s universities right now appears to be for the vice-chancellor’s chair—with a staggering 8,000 aspirants throwing their hats into the ring for just 10 posts.Governor-cum-chancellor Syed Ata Hasnain told TOI on Wednesday that around 8,000 online applications have been received through…
Samrat reviews projects worth more than Rs 100 crore Patna: Chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Wednesday reviewed projects valued at more than Rs 100 crore and identified under the ‘Bihar Gati’ as well as the Centrally sponsored schemes, directing departments to speed execution and ensure completion within stipulated deadlines.The meeting was held at the Sankalp…
Women buy rakhi from a shop in Patna on Wednesday Patna: With Rakshabandhan approaching, sweet shops across Patna are seeing a surge in demand, but customers are likely to pay more this year as rising sugar prices and higher input costs have pushed up sweet prices.Sweet prices in the city have increased by around 5%…
Patna: Gopalganj district transport officer (DTO) Shashi Shekhram and additional DTO (ADTO) Ruchi Priya have been served show-cause notices by the state transport commissioner over the alleged irregular passing of 448 candidates in driving tests between Aug 19 and 22.The notices were issued after the transport department’s Sarathi portal was allegedly accessed using an unauthorised…
Patna/Gaya: Police in Gaya, more accustomed to dealing with serious crimes and law-and-order challenges, have found themselves at the centre of an unusually bovine ownership dispute. A senior police officer has ordered a DNA test of a buffalo to help resolve a bitter claim over its ownership between two villagers.Inspector general (IG) of police Vikas…
Patna: BJP state president Sanjay Saraogi on Wednesday said strengthening the party’s Mahila Morcha from the state level down to the mandal level would remain a key priority, asserting that greater participation of women would provide fresh strength to the organisation.Saraogi was speaking at the Bihar BJP headquarters at a programme marking the formal assumption…
Patna: Sonepur division of the East Central Railway (ECR) has detected around 34,000 cases of ticketless travelling during an intensive ticket-checking drive conducted this month till August 25. The drive resulted in the recovery of nearly Rs 3 crore as fines from passengers travelling without valid tickets.According to Sonepur senior divisional commercial manager (senior DCM)…
Patna: Danapur division of the East Central Railway (ECR) on Wednesday launched ‘Rail Saathi’, a community policing initiative by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) aimed at building trust and strengthening cooperation between railway security personnel and people living around railway tracks and station areas.The initiative focuses on bridging the gap between RPF personnel and local…
Patna: A 45-year-old man was killed following a clash between two families over a land dispute in Jamalpur village under Bikram police station area in Patna district on Wednesday morning, police said.Police received information about the incident around 8.15am and reached the spot. According to Paliganj SDPO-II Pankaj Kumar Sharma, the dispute between the two…
