Teacher aspirants protest at Gardanibagh in Patna on Wednesday Patna: Teaching job aspirants continued their protest in Patna on Wednesday despite the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) announcing the TRE-4 schedule, saying their key demands remain unresolved.The BPSC released the schedule on Tuesday, hours after protesters at Gardanibagh warned they would gherao the education minister…
Bihar’s government will pay creators for promoting state schemes. Creators will receive ten thousand rupees for each lakh video views PATNA: The Bihar government will pay social media creators an additional Rs 10,000 for every one lakh views generated by videos on its schemes and programmes, under amendments to the state’s social media rules approved…
CM Samrat Choudhary inspects the site of Kosi Mechi river link project in Supaul on Wednesday Patna: Chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Wednesday directed officials to complete the Kosi-Mechi Intra-State River Link Project within the stipulated deadline while ensuring quality standards, with the project scheduled for completion by March 2029.During an inspection at Chainpur village…
Patna: The income tax department’s investigation unit has uncovered a suspected network of entities allegedly involved in large overseas remittances over the past three years, with a link to Bihar-based chartered accountant (CA) emerging during the probe.The department’s investigation team conducted search recently at the CA’s residence and offices in Danapur and Patna, and examined…
Patna: A 22-year-old man was shot dead by unidentified assailants on a six-lane bridge in Raghopur-Rustampur police station area of Vaishali district on Wednesday afternoon. Police said they were investigating the motive behind the murder and trying to identify those involved.The deceased, Anshuman Kumar, a resident of Chechar village, was the younger of two brothers…
Patna: The state govt will shift the focus of gender budgeting from earmarking funds for women to measuring how effectively govt schemes improve the lives of women and girls, senior officials said at a state-level workshop in Patna on Wednesday.The Women and Child Development Corporation under the social welfare department organised a review-cum-sensitisation workshop on…
Patna: Three police personnel and an alleged middleman were arrested and sent to judicial custody in Gopalganj district on Wednesday in connection with allegations of illegal detention, corruption and extortion. The accused allegedly kept several people in custody for around 36 hours without following due legal procedure, threatened them with false cases and demanded money…
Patna: In a medical breakthrough, cardiologists at Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) have successfully performed a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) on an extremely high-risk 77-year-old patient. This marks the first time the advanced procedure was conducted in a govt hospital in Bihar.As per the press release from the hospital, the patient was…
Arrested accused Atul Raj Pandey Patna: The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) has arrested a key accused in connection with alleged malpractice in the Bihar Public Service Commission’s (BPSC) assistant local sanitation and waste management officer and assistant education development officer (AEDO) examinations.The accused has been identified as Atul Raj Pandey, a resident of Postal Park…
Buxar: Easy money from liquor smuggling along the Bihar-Uttar Pradesh border is drawing a growing number of youths into the illegal trade, with some allegedly using proceeds from the business to build local influence and prepare for panchayat politics.Excise department data paints a picture of a thriving smuggling network operating through key transit routes such…
