Updated Feb 13, 2021 | 07:17 IST
Nitish Kumar confirmed he had a word with the principal secretary in this regard and that he had told him the department has swung into action and records of 22 districts have been examined. Bihar Deputy CM Tarkishore Prasad | Photo Credit: ANI
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Bihar govt has been accused of keeping the COVID-19 testing rate deliberately low so as to conceal the severity of COVID-19
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has taken serious note of allegations and ordered an inquiry into it
Patna: A day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took serious note of the alleged irregularities in COVID-19 testing in the state, Deputy CM Tarkishore Prasad on Saturday rebuffed the reports and claimed Bihar has been exemplary in its dealing with the deadly virus.
Goons shoot cop in Patna s Barh; Bihar deputy CM Renu Devi calls incident shameful
Goons shoot cop in Patna s Barh; Bihar deputy CM Renu Devi calls incident shameful
Sub-inspector Vipin Kumar Singh was shot outside Barh railway police station in Bihar s Patna late Saturday night.
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Sub-inspector Vipin Kumar Singh (Photo: Rohit Kumar Singh / India Today)
A cop was shot at by some unidentified criminals in Barh subdivision in rural Patna, Bihar, late Saturday night. The incident took place amid the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.
Sub-inspector Vipin Kumar Singh, posted at Barh railway police station, was shot outside the police station when he was on patrolling duty. According to sources, Vipin Kumar Singh had objected to a group of men drinking and creating chaos at a shop near the Barh railway police station. When he asked them to leave the place, they refused.