Coal India Limited (CIL) has launched the ‘Lakshya’ initiative aimed at empowering girl students from the Scheduled Caste community at the Government Ambedkar Residential School, Gaighat, Patna.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Patna late Saturday for his two-day visit to Bihar, during which he met leaders of the BJP-led NDA, and will address a couple of public events.
The project will be developed on hybrid annuity model (HAM) at a total capital cost of Rs 3,712.40 crore, a government statement said.
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) launched a nationwide protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in Patna on Wednesday, claiming that the proposed bill undermines Muslim minority rights.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit Patna on Wednesday to attend the 130th birth anniversary celebration of freedom fighter Jaglal Chaudhary at Shri Krishna Memorial Hall.
Meanwhile, the health department had detected 60 positive cases on Thursday evening, which increased the active caseload in the state to 333.
The Naubatpur SHO Deepak Samrat said the incident took place in the wee hours when the victims were asleep.
The special National Investigation Agency court had on October 27 convicted nine out of 10 accused. Out of the other convicts, two have been given life sentence, two others 10 years imprisonment, and one 7 years imprisonment.
"We have conducted a medical examination of the victim which confirms gang rape. She has given the description of the accused. Efforts are on to nab them," Fatuha SHO Manoj Kumar said
"During the raid, we seized a number of documents, including fake RT-PCR reports. The employees of the lab admitted that the fake RT-PCR certificates were sold to some people," SHO of Shastri Nagar police station said.
