The state government should inform the court about whether a complete lockdown will be imposed in Bihar or not, it said, directing the government to submit a report by Tuesday.
As many as 15 officials of the Bihar agriculture department have lost their lives due to the Covid-19 infection, including the Deputy Director of Diyara Taal Development Project, Om Prakash Singh.
The officer was undergoing treatment for coronavirus at AIIMS Patna for past few days where he breathed his last at around 1:40 am late last night, sources in the hospital said Saturday.
The accused were identified as Rocky and Mantu.They have been arrested and booked under 376D in the Malsalami police station.
The state saw 85 fresh casualties, taking the death toll to 2307, it said. Among the new cases, Patna’s share was maximum 1837, while Bhagalpur reported 654 cases, Aurangabad (622) and Begusarai (611) infections.
Manjhi said his party will only support the curbs if the state government ensures waiver of power charges, water bills, school fees, house rents, EMIs, among others.
The state saw 67 fresh casualties, taking the death toll to 2222, it said. Among the new cases, Patna’s share was maximum 2720, while Saran had 568 infections, West Champaran (460), Saharsa (433) and Purnea (384).
The occasion was “upanayana” (sacred thread wearing ceremony) of the former MLA’s nephew in his native village Khanjahachak on Friday night.
Talking about the waiting period to cremate somebody at Mukti Dham, he said, “There is a waiting period for cremation as the number of bodies is high.”
The Bihar government on Wednesday announced that it will provide free COVID vaccination to all aged above 18, extending the facility provided to citizens of the state of other categories so far. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar informed this through a tweet message. Kumar said the state government will bear the[Read More…]
Altogether 384 employees of AIIMS Patna, including doctors, nurses, safai karamchari and others have come under impact of the virus in course of the dangerous second wave so far
Confirming the development, Santosh Kumar, the SP of Saran, said that all the 19 juveniles have been traced and will be brought back to the isolation ward soon.
A total of 3577 patients recovered in last 24 hours across the state while overall 2,83,863 have been cured since the outbreak of the contagion last year. Recovery rate has slided to 82.99 per cent.
Subham Singh, the Personal Assistant (PA) of Mewalal Chaudhary, who was with him till his last breath, shared his plight before reporters.
In the last 24 hours (since Sunday), 7,487 fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported in Bihar and 41 people including former education minister Mewalal Chaudhary lost their lives.
Bihar School Examination Board has postponed the BSEB Classes 10 and 12 compartmental exams along with D.El.Ed exams 2021 amid rising COVID-19 cases.
Meanwhile, Bihar registered 8,690 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday that took the state’s total caseload to 3,24,117. So far, 1,749 people have succumbed to the virus in Bihar.
The state health department has categorised Patna as A grade district, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Purnea as B grade districts and the remaining districts have been classified under C grade.
Nodal officer for COVID at AIIMS Patna Dr Sanjeev Kumar said IAS officer Vijay Ranjan who was undergoing treatment for the virus for last four days died Tuesday.
The SIT of Nawada police arrested Suraj Chaudhery alias Karku Chaudhery of Kharidi Bigha village, Pappu Yadav of Gondapur and Anil Chaudhery and Manti Devi of Budhaul village on April 6.
The incident took place at Patna Medical College and Hospital on Sunday.
Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) will begin the registration for Bihar board Class 10 compartmental exam from today, April 12. The last date to complete the registration process for the Bihar Board Class 10 compartmental exam is April 16, 2021.
In a letter to the chief minister on Saturday, the Patna Chapter of the Delhi-based NGO, has also fervently appealed to not demolish fully or partially any other heritage buildings that may fall on the route of a proposed elevated corridor on the historic Ashok Rajpath, from Kargil Chowk to NIT More.
After the LJP’s lone MLA Rajkumar Singh joined the Janata Dal (United), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is also gearing up to break the LJP.
According to the police, a woman lodged a complaint stating her father, with whom she holds a joint bank account, received an SMS on March 3 asking for updation of KYC details.