PATNA: Several children and women were injured after a ride at a ‘Disneyland fair’ collapsed in Bihar’s Sasaram on Friday, officials said. The injured were rushed to the Sadar Hospital in Sasaram for treatment soon after the incident, according to news agency ANI. Dr Manish Kumar said the injured were being treated at the hospital.“Some…
Gautam Adani, chairman of the Adani Group, along with Priti Adani, chairperson of the Adani Foundation, and Pranav Adani, director of Adani Enterprises Ltd, will arrive in Bihar on Sunday to take part in the ‘bhoomi pujan’ for the Adani Centre for Eye Diseases and the Adani Training Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences at Mastichak in…
Patna: In a major administrative reshuffle, the state govt on Friday transferred several IAS officers, reassigned departmental secretaries and handed additional responsibilities to a number of senior officials.IAS officer Mayank Warwade of the 2001-batch has been appointed divisional commissioner of Patna. He replaces Animesh Kumar Parashar, who will continue as managing director of the Bihar…
Bettiah: In a striking example of grassroots entrepreneurship, a 27-year-old youth from a remote village in West Champaran has emerged as a role model for local enterprise and reverse migration.Deepak Chaudhary, a resident of Kathar Tola in Madhubani block, situated across the Gandak diara belt, one of the most backward regions of the district, has…
Patna: City’s gold market has started feeling the impact of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to citizens to defer gold purchases for a year, coupled with the recent hike in import duty, as jewellers across Patna reported a decline in casual buying.Traders said wedding-related purchases were continuing, but discretionary buying had slowed considerably. Families with…
RJD state president Mangni Lal Mandal Patna: RJD on Friday launched a sharp attack on the NDA govts at the Centre and in Bihar over the recent hike in petrol and diesel prices, alleging that the increase was deliberately delayed until the conclusion of assembly elections.RJD state president Mangni Lal Mandal accused the BJP-led govts…
Patna: A 76-year-old woman with severe “mitral regurgitation” was successfully treated using India’s first home-grown mitral clip device, MyClip at a hospital here.Mitral regurgitation is a condition in which the heart’s mitral valve fails to close properly, causing blood to leak backward and increasing the risk of heart failure, said doctors.The elderly patient had been…
Patna: A 76-year-old woman with severe “mitral regurgitation” was successfully treated using India’s first home-grown mitral clip device, MyClip at a hospital here.Mitral regurgitation is a condition in which the heart’s mitral valve fails to close properly, causing blood to leak backward and increasing the risk of heart failure, said doctors.The elderly patient had been…
Image used for representation Patna: Motorcycle-borne miscreants snatched a gold chain from Rohit Kumar, brother of Jehanabad MLA Rahul Kumar from RJD, in Kankarbagh locality of the state capital on Friday morning.The incident occurred while Rohit was returning home from a morning walk at Lohia Nagar Park. He was attacked barely 100 metres from his…
Bhagalpur: In view of the possible threat to the litchi production following the detection of the invasive litchi stink bug (Tessaratoma javanica) in Bihar, a multi-institutional technical task force comprising scientists from ICAR-National Research Centre on litchi, Bihar Agricultural University (BAU) and Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University has been constituted for systematic surveillance, geo-referenced monitoring…
