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…
PATNA: A court on Monday granted bail to Roshan Anand in a case linked to the vandalism of and stone-pelting at educator Faisal Khan’s coaching institute. Khan is popularly known as ‘Khan Sir’.After being released from jail, Roshan alleged that Faisal Khan was responsible for his brother’s death and demanded that a narco test be…
Prince Yadav (M), an accused in the June 2 violence outside Khan Sir’s (R) coaching centre, was found dead in Nepal, Tej Pratap Yadav (L) alleged Khan Sir orchestrated the killing PATNA: The death of Prince Yadav, brother of coaching institute owner Raushan Anand and an accused in the June 2 violence outside Khan Sir’s…
Patna: The state govt is all set to open over 200 block-level degree colleges from July 1, and to further discuss the reform measures in the field of higher education, Bihar higher education minister, Sanjay Singh Tiger, visited Union education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, in New Delhi on June 11.During their meeting, Singh highlighted the efforts…
Patna: Patliputra University (PPU) on Sunday released the first merit list for admission to its four-year undergraduate programmes under the choice-based credit system (CBCS) for the 2026-30 academic session.The merit list for arts, science and commerce courses has been uploaded on the Samarth portal, allowing candidates to check their allotment status online.PPU dean of students’…
Kin protest at local police station Ara: A 13-year-old Class VII girl was allegedly gang-raped by a co-villager and his three accomplices in Bhojpur district on Sunday.According to police, the girl had gone to buy coconut water near a bus stand around 3pm. While waiting for an autorickshaw, a youth from her village, along with…
Buxar/Sasaram: A suspected interstate gang used gas cutters to break open two ATMs in neighbouring Buxar and Rohtas districts late on Saturday night, decamping with more than Rs 42 lakh in cash. Rohtas police suspect the same gang was behind both incidents and believe the second strike was carried out while police were tracking the…
Chief minister Samrat Choudhary being welcomed by energy department secretary Ajay Yadav during the launch of different projects in the energy sector, at Vidyut Bhawan in Patna on Sunday. Picture by : Ranjeet Kumar Patna: Chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Sunday directed power sector officials to complete installation of rooftop solar panels on the homes…
Patna: Bihar advocate general P K Shahi on Sunday voluntarily relinquished his constitutional post and sent a letter to the state govt communicating his decision.Shahi, who assumed office as advocate general for a second term on Jan 16, 2023, said the decision was entirely his own and had not been taken at anyone’s instance.“I did…
Patna: IAS officer Sanjeev Hans, who is being searched by the Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) in connection with the alleged tender scam, has written a four-page letter to SVU ADG Pankaj Kumar Darad questioning the FIR lodged against him.Hans claimed that the case was registered without sufficient evidence and is based on allegations similar to…
