Foundation day

Applied Economics and Commerce Department of Patna University celebrated its foundation day at Darbhnga House (PU) in Patna on August 25, 2009.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Mobike lifters gang busted

Patna Police on August 25, 2009 busted a gang of mobike lifters and arrested nine members of the gang. The police have also seized two stolent vehicles from their possession.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Meeting on drought

Bihar Government Home Commissioner Afzal Amanullha holds a meeting with Patna district magistrate JK Sinha and other officials on drought in Patna on August 25, 2009.
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Two killed in Nawada bridge collapse

Two persons were killed and 31 others injured, when a 80-year-old road bridge on Sakri river collapsed near Kadirganj Bazaar in Bihar's Nawada district on August 25, 2009.

Two dumpers, a bullock-cart loaded with foodgrains and a van carrying passengers, besides a motorcyclist fell down as the bridge over Nawada-Jamui road caved in, killing two persons on the spot.

Three injured persons had been referred to Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) in critical conditions while others were being treated at a government hospital in Nawada.
The bridge was built in 1929.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui