Adani Group has planned to invest Rs 20,000 crore in setting up a super critical thermal power plant in Bihar. The development comes amid its plans for expands its cement, food processing and logistics business in the state.
Two youths from Bihar, who were working as migrant workers in Manipur were shot dead in the state's Kakching district on Sunday.
A scooter driver was arrested in connection with the attack on a councillor in Kasba. Police have arrested the accused, Laxman Sharma, from Vaishali in Bihar.
Some senior citizens aged 70 years and above were provided Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) cards also.
Meanwhile, the ruling NDA coalition, buoyed by their recent victory in all four seats during the Assembly bye-elections, is enthusiastic about defending their position.
Ally JD-U, and the Opposition parties questioned the rationale behind seeking caste and religion certificates from candidates willing to join the military short service scheme, Agnipath.
A total of 80 students in Bihar's Bhojpur district who had appeared for B.Ed examination have been expelled for carrying mobile phone into the exam centre, an official said on Friday.
The development came as a setback to the main Opposition RJD headed by Lalu Prasad with the party's tally coming down to 79 from existing 80. The RJD which won 75 seats in the last assembly elections had reached to 80 after it won the Bochaha assembly by-polls held in April this year and then four of the five legislators belonging to All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) joined the party last month.
BJP leaders have sought immediate sacking of Manavjeet Singh Dhillon, currently posted as the senior superintendent of police in Patna, for comparing the Popular Front of India (PFI), an extremist Islamic organisation, with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
When asked about the possible targets of the arrested persons, the official said that anything about their future plans could be said only after the investigation into the matter is done.
