PATNA: Two unlikely visitors to JD(U) precincts on successive days Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MP Chandan Singh calling on Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Monday and student activist-turned-CPI member Kanhaiya Kumar meeting minister Ashok Choudhary on Sunday have led to speculation that something is brewing in the state’s political cauldron.
Chandan, the younger brother of Mokama don-turned-politician and former LJP MP Surajbhan Singh claimed his discussion with Nitish was a “routine” one on problems pertaining to his constituency Nawada.
“The timing of the meeting is significant. Last week, LJP chief Chirag Paswan had blamed the CM’s indifference for the delay in opening a medical college in his constituency Jamui,” a source said.
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PATNA: Earthquake with magnitude 3.5 on Richter Scale struck 20km north-west of Nalanda 9:23pm on Monday. The tremors were felt in Nalanda, Patna and nearby districts. No aftershock of the quake was reported.
The depth of earthquake was 5 kilometers below the ground level. The depth of an earthquake indicates the distance under the earth’s surface, where two tectonic plates collide, leading to release of energy that translates into ground- shaking. Earthquakes having depth of 0-70kms are categorized as shallow earthquakes.
Many people in Patna claimed to have felt the tremors. “I was watching television when I felt slight trembling for a few seconds. Though it seemed less in intensity, I did feel it,” said Ayush Kumar, resident of Ashiana Nagar.
The incident of group dance by the college principal and a dozen of assistant professors, four of them women, took place on December 3, 2020 on the occasion of Dr Rajendra Prasad ’s birthday.
PATNA: In a bizarre case, the principal and 12 assistant professors, four of them women, of Chhapra-based famed Rajendra College have been suspended for joining a ‘group dance’ on the tune of Haryanvi dancer Sapna Choudhary’s famous song ‘Teri Aakhya Ka Yo Kajal’ and some other item songs during a college function organized to celebrate the birth anniversary of country’s first President Dr Rajendra Prasad.
As it is clear from its name, the college is named after the country’s first President.
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MOTIHARI: The forensic team on Monday visited Kundawa Chainpur and collected samples from the room in which the 12-year-old Nepal girl was raped and killed and the field where she was cremated by the accused to destroy evidence. East Champaran SP Navin Chandra Jha also visited the place and inquired from the locals about the accused Siyaram Sah and his son Vinay Sah in whose house the victim lived on rent with her parents for the last 7 years.
The SIT formed for investigating the rape and murder case and the role of suspended Kundawa Chainpur SHO in suppressing the fact could not arrest the remaining nine accused in the case. New SHO Mithilesh Kumar said only the two accused have been arrested while others were absconding.