Patna: The Bihar govt has issued posting orders for newly-appointed 446 senior resident and tutor doctors across govt medical colleges and hospitals in the state.A press release issued by the health dept on Saturday said the doctors, recommended by Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB), have been appointed under the provisions of the Bihar…
CM Samrat Choudhary at the signing of an MoU between the UDHD and Hudco for the development of greenfield satellite townships in Patna on Friday Patna: Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (Hudco) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bihar govt’s urban development and housing department (UDHD) to provide long-term financing…
State education minister Mithilesh Tiwari with Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan in New Delhi on Thursday Patna: Bihar education minister Mithilesh Tiwari on Thursday sought Rs 1,120 crore in financial assistance from the Centre to strengthen school education infrastructure and expand quality education initiatives in the state during a meeting with Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan…
Patna: Deputy CM Bijendra Prasad Yadav on Friday defended the state govt and health minister Nishant Kumar amid controversies over the alleged Bhojpur police encounter and the removal of Patna Medical College (PMC) principal Dr Narendra Pratap Singh.Dr Singh was removed after he was found absent during an unannounced inspection by the health minister at…
Patna: The Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation Ltd (BSTDC) has opened the technical bids for the Rs 24 crore project to modernise tourist facilities at the historic Sonepur Mela ground in Saran district. The selected agency will execute the project after the financial bidding process.The Bihar govt recently approved Rs 24 crore under the Swadesh…
Patna: Expressing displeasure over the “high-handedness” of the Bihar Police in seizing a truck in Gopalganj nearly 10 months ago merely on a “liquor-like smell feeling” of an erring police officer, the Patna high court has imposed a cost of Rs 2 lakh on the state govt, to be paid to the vehicle owner.A division…
Patna: In a major push to strengthen Bihar’s sugar cane economy through research, innovation and technology-driven interventions, the sugar cane industry department on Tuesday signed separate MoUs with IIT Patna and the Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, at Vikas Bhavan.Sugar cane industry minister Sanjay Kumar presided over the programme and also launched the Sugarcane Nursery Scheme…
Patna: The Bihar State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Monday took cognisance of the Bharat Bhushan Tiwari encounter case in Bhojpur district and sought reports from the chief secretary, director general of police (DGP) and Bhojpur SP within four weeks. The next hearing has been fixed for July 13.The action came on a petition filed…
Patna: In a decision to modernise law and order and investigation systems, the state govt and police headquarters have decided to post police inspectors as station house officers (SHOs) in all 425 general category police stations across the state.The order was issued by the DGP Vinay Kumar on Monday. Currently, 208 police stations already have…
Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Thursday announced that the Bihar govt will re-establish the historic Vikramshila University within a year as part of efforts to revive the state’s educational heritage.Addressing the 70th foundation day celebrations of A N College and the 149th birth anniversary of freedom fighter Anugrah Narain Singh in Patna, Samrat said land…
