40 litres of country liquor seized, 2 held

The Bagaha police conducted two separate raids on NH-727 near Ratanmala under the Bagaha town police station area and Chautarawa Chowk under the Chautarawa police station area on Tuesday. They seized 40 litres of country liquor from two cars and arrested the drivers. “Two cases under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018 have been lodged,” Bagaha SDPO Kailash Prasad said.
CM condoles Vaishya’s death: CM Nitish Kumar on Tuesday condoled the death of Rajkumar Vaishya, who had created a record by completing his masters in economics from Nalanda Open University at the age of 98 in 2017.He died at the age of 101. Nitish said Vaishya’s name has been mentioned in the Limca Book of Records for completing his MA at the age of 98. “When he achieved this feat, I had personally congratulated him and visited his home. He was like a father to me,” said Nitish in a statement.
Officers told to visit polling stns: At a training-cum-orientation programme held on Tuesday, Saran DM-cum-district election officer Subrat Kumar Sen directed the sector officers to visit every polling station allotted to them along with police officers. He also told them to find out what difficulties the voters had faced during the last elections and redress them. Altogether 4,239 polling stations have been identified for the 10 assembly constituencies in the district.
‘Clone’ trains: The East Central Railway has decided to start eight ‘clone’ trains from September 21 on various routes with stoppages at different stations under the Samastipur railway division. The ticket prices will be similar to those of Humsafar Express.