Patna: The two-lane double-decker flyover on Ashok Rajpath, being constructed to tackle the ever-increasing vehicular traffic in the area, is likely to be ready by January 2025. The 2.2-km-long flyover is being constructed by the Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Limited (BRPNNL).A BRPNNL executive engineer said the construction work on the stretch between Bankipore church […]
Patna: Along with starting three new branches of studies in mechatronics, chemical technology and mechanical technology from the next academic session, National Institute of Technology-Patna (NIT-P) will soon open centres of excellence in nanotechnology, cybersecurity and quantum engineering.Director P K Jain told this newspaper that NIT-P, which got 56th position in the last National Institutional […]
Patna: Patna divisional commissioner (DC) Kumar Ravi on Tuesday directed the Nalanda district administration to expedite the voters’ awareness drive in universities and colleges, besides constituting electoral literacy clubs there.The DC was reviewing the progress made in the revision of voters’ list with January 1, 2024, as the date of eligibility for inclusion of new […]
Patna: Amid attacks from Grand Alliance partners in Bihar and allies in other states after its defeat in the three Hindi heartland states and JD(U)’s demand for a “credible face” like Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar to lead the INDI Alliance against BJP and PM Narendra Modi in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Congressdefended its […]
Patna/Vijayapura: Seven workers from Bihar died while six others were injured after a huge container with maize sacks collapsed, trapping them under a heap of bags at a food processing unit in Aliabad industrial area in Karnataka’s Vijayapura on Monday evening.The rescue operation by SDRF, NDRF, and fire services personnel to retrieve the trapped bodies […]
Patna: Thousands of duplicate books of a publication house were seized from a house at Rajendra Nagar (road number 10) under the Kadamkuan police station area here on Tuesday. One person was arrested.A printing press was being operated from the rented accommodation where duplicate books of Bharti Bhawan were being printed. The printing press was […]
Patna: Police on Tuesday seized two cattle-laden container trucks near Zero Mile in Patna. The rescued cattle were sent to the district cattle shed in Patna City. The cattle smugglers, however, managed to escape.Some activists of a social organization stopped the trucks near Zero Mile and informed the police. By the time the police reached […]
SAHARSA: A sleeper class coach of the Purabiya Express train, traveling from Delhi to Saharsa, caught fire while crossing Simri Bakhtiyarpur station in Bihar. No injuries were reported in the incident. The train staff, alerted by smoke billowing from the coach, efficiently handled the situation, ensuring the safety of passengers. The preliminary cause is suspected […]
Patna: The railways has launched a massive ticket-checking drive in the Sonepur and Samastipur divisions of the East Central Railway (ECR) to check unauthorised and illegal travelling of passengers in the reserved coaches of long-distance mail and express trains either originating from or passing through the ECR.According to the Sonepur divisional railway manager (DRM) Vivek […]
Patna: The district election officer-cum-Patna DM Chandrashekhar Singh and SSP Rajeev Mishra inspected the newly built warehouse to store Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines here on Monday. As per the directions of the Election Commission, the Patna DM and SSP need to inspect the warehouse, located on the […]
