Education minister Mithilesh Tiwari addressing a news conference on Friday Patna: Teachers opting for transfer under Bihar’s new transfer policy will be posted only to schools of their choice, education minister Mithilesh Tiwari said on Friday, asserting that the exercise would be entirely voluntary.Addressing a news conference at Vikas Bhawan, Tiwari said teachers applying for…
Bettiah: Two persons, including a woman, fell prey to back-to-back tiger attacks near the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) in West Champaran over the past 24 hours.On Friday, a 45-year-old woman Umrawati Devi died after being attacked by a tiger near the VTR, while Aklu Yadav (65), who was mauled by a tiger on Thursday, succumbed…
The body of deceased being ferried on e-rickshaw Patna: Alleged lapses in the state’s emergency transport system came under light in Munger after the family of a road accident victim claimed they had to transport his body to their village in a private e-rickshaw because a govt hearse did not arrive despite repeated requests.The incident,…
Patna: Two children were killed after a speeding tractor hit their bicycle and ran them over near Sinthu village under Manpur police station area in Nalanda district on Friday evening.The victims were on their way to tuition classes when the accident occurred. The tractor driver fled the spot, triggering a three-hour road blockade by angry…
Patna: In a bid to support the growing number of electric vehicles (EVs), around 48 public charging stations will be set up across Patna and nearby urban areas. The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) and several Nagar Parishads have identified suitable sites and forwarded them to the transport department for final approval under the PM E-Drive…
Gaya: Members of the Gaya Ji Ramayana Circuit Jodo Sangharsh Samiti have urged the Centre to include Gaya in the Ramayana Circuit under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme. District Congress netas on Friday alleged that the state govt and local public representatives failed to effectively present the district’s claim for inclusion.Samiti convener and Bihar Pradesh Congress…
Patna: A 32-year-old shopkeeper was shot dead by bike-borne assailants in Digha police station area of Patna on Friday. The deceased, identified as Surendra Sahu, was refilling gas cylinders at his shop when two attackers arrived on a motorcycle and opened fire. A bullet struck him in the stomach, triggering panic in the area.The assailants…
Patna: In a joint operation, the Excise Department and the Excise Intelligence Bureau (EIB) seized banned medicines worth Rs 32 lakh and arrested one person from an alleged illegal storage facility in Bank Colony, Shivpur, under Mehndiganj police station area of Patna late Wednesday night.During the raid, officials recovered 240 bottles packed in 20 cartons,…
Patna: Long before English theatre became closely associated with metropolitan centres such as Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, Patna had built a vibrant amateur theatre tradition that staged classics of William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, George Bernard Shaw and several modern playwrights. Theatre practitioners, however, say the city’s once-thriving English theatre culture began to decline in…
VIB team with the arrested Aurangabad SI Patna: The Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) on Friday arrested a sub-inspector, posted at Rishiyap police station in Aurangabad district, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000. The trap was laid near the Panchayat Bhawan behind the police station.The accused, SI Umesh Kumar, had allegedly demanded the bribe…
