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Manoj Saunik is state’s new chief secretary
In the race for the top post along with Saunik was his batch mate and wife Sujata Saunik, which was reported by HT in a story titled, ‘Saunik vs Saunik: Who will be the next chief secretary of the state?’ on March 24. Sujata Saunik is ACS, general administration department. The third contender for the post was Nitin Kareer, additional chief secretary (revenue).
Updated on Apr 29, 2023 12:02 AM IST
Second phase of Bihar caste census to begin today
The second phase of the caste survey in Bihar will begin on Saturday and will cover 29.2 million families, according to officials in the state’s general administration department.
Updated on Apr 15, 2023 12:14 AM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Not aware of any boycott call by teachers, caste survey to begin as per schedule: Officials
Several schoolteachers’ unions have given a call for boycotting the caste survey work in protest against the new rules rolled out by the state government for teacher recruitment a few days back.
Updated on Apr 14, 2023 10:02 PM IST
TG writes to CM for mentioning them as ‘caste’, instead of gender for caste survey
Reshma Prasad, founder secretary of Dostana Safar, which espouses the concerns of members from the third gender community, in her letter to the CM, requested him to issue orders to mention TG as a gender; remove its reference as a caste, and to allow them to specify their caste at birth, along with their TG identity, during the survey.
Updated on Apr 13, 2023 10:42 PM IST
Twin suicides at Mantralaya trigger crowd-thinning measures
On an average, 15,000 visitors come to Matralaya on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays because the cabinet is held on Tuesdays and all ministers are present there in the first half of the week. For the rest of the week, the number of visitors thins down to about 10,000 per day, say state secretariat officials.
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 01:15 AM IST
