Vikas Chandra

In a vital move to address public health and environmental concerns, the Patna High Court has called upon Bihar's pollution control board and health department to submit a comprehensive report on the alarming gap between biomedical waste generation and its treatment. The court underscores the urgency for immediate tender allocations to set up crucial treatment facilities in six districts.

The registration process for Centralised Admission Process (CAP) rounds for admissions to some of the courses including, engineering (BE/B Tech), based on MHT-CET scores, commenced on Saturday. The state's CET cell also launched a mobile application for the online process.

The implementation of the new national education policy will improve the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education, said principal secretary of the state higher and technical education department Vikas Chandra Rastogi on Sunday.

The Patna high court on Wednesday directed the state government to file its action plan report within two weeks for renovation and development of college hostels in Bihar.

A 24-year-old man accompanying his friend to the capital for medical treatment was stabbed to death by the latter at a south Delhi guesthouse on Saturday night. The accused, after committing the murder, made a call to the PCR claiming that the manager of the guesthouse had killed his friend.

The state government has received applications from 22 autonomous colleges for ‘empowered autonomy’ status, 12 of which are affiliated to Mumbai University. Such autonomous colleges are ‘empowered’ to offer joint degrees with affiliating universities.

Once considered to be a domain of local strongmen, women participation in the liquor business has been on the rise in Uttar Pradesh of late. Beginning April 1, women would control 25% of the retail liquor business in the state, recording the highest participation so far.

A 38-year-old undertrial died under mysterious circumstances while undergoing treatment at KGMU Trauma Centre on Monday with his family alleging that police torture led to his death.

There was panic among residents of low-lying parts of Saharanpur and its neighbouring districts after the recent release of water into the Yamuna river. The overflowing river has already caused inundation in low-lying areas of Delhi and parts of Baghpat, Saharanpur and Shamli in Uttar Pradesh might face a similar situation, worried residents said on Saturday.

Rangayana Trust chairman Vikas Chandra said his trust has organised cultural events like Bharatharanga-22, Rangageethegalu, stage plays, folk dance performances and dance ballet from August 13 to 15 at Kirurangamandir at Rangayana.

Police on Friday arrested a man in connection with violent anti-CAA protest that rocked the city on December 19 last year and held seven others. The charges against them include disrupting traffic near Husainabad Clock Tower, assaulting public servant and unlawful assembly.

The Uttarakhand high court has approved the proposal of the state government regarding the state excise policy. Under the new proposal, after increasing the revenue by 15%, the licensees will now be able to complete formalities for the lottery of 283 vacant shops by April 5. On Friday, in the division bench of chief justice Vipin Sanghi and justice Alok Kumar Verma, advocate general SN Babulkar and chief standing counsel Chandrashekhar Rawat requested for hearing the matter on Friday itself. They informed the court that the allotment of the shops has now been extended till April 5.

Peeved over last-minute cancellation of President's proposed visit to the city due to controversy over 'bogus' degrees to be awarded by the Nagpur University during 100th convocation, chancellor's nominee Sanjay Khadakkar has called for convening an emergent meeting of Management Council on Friday to discuss the fiasco.

Ranchi/Jamshedpur/ In the wake of an increase in the number of violent communal clashes, the state government is clearly in no mood to take any chances ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday.

Uttarakhand high court, after hearing a petition challenging the excise policy of the state, has ordered to maintain the status quo.

AIIMS Patna's neurology and neurosurgery departments hosted "Stroke Update 2025," a key initiative for acute stroke management in Bihar. The event highlighted rapid diagnosis and intervention, with the upcoming launch of a dedicated acute stroke care unit promising swift, protocol-based treatments like thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy to reduce mortality and morbidity.

A deputy superintendent of police in Jharkhand, Vikas Chandra Srivastava, runs a free online 'pathshala' which gives coaching to hundreds of youth from marginalised sections of society preparing for various competitive examinations.