Day: April 17, 2025

Ara: Miscreants shot dead a 16-year-old boy at Bhaluhipur locality under Ara Town police area in Bhojpur district on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Golu Kumar, son of Vakil Yadav. Golu, who sustained six bullet injuries, was declared brought dead by doctors at sadar hospital Ara, police said.
According to the family members, Golu was on his way to a cattle fair to buy a cow, when about six miscreants intercepted and opened fire at him, resulting in his death. They also alleged that the miscreants decamped with Rs 2 lakh cash that Golu was carrying with him. However, the Town police station house officer (SHO) Devraj Rai told the TOI on Thursday afternoon that no snatching of money had come to light during the preliminary investigation.
Golu’s cousin, Manish Kumar, told mediapersons at the hospital that a quarrel had taken place few days ago between Golu and few youths of his locality. “They were threatening to lodge a case against Golu. When Golu confronted them on Wednesday evening and asked them why they were bent upon sending him to jail, they didn’t relent. They also threatened him to kill him and they shot him dead on Thursday,” he said.
The SHO said as per the preliminary probe a heated argument took place between Golu and the accused youths over some old dispute on Wednesday evening. However neither side lodged a complaint in this regard with the police. “In our investigation, names of three youths have come up as the accused in the case. Police are conducting raids to nab the culprits. Though the boy’s family has not registered an FIR yet, the police are investigating the case and making all efforts to apprehend the suspected accused,” the SHO added.

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Bhagalpur: In an effort to address the health hazards caused by chemicals in vermilion, which married Hindu woman put in their hair parting as a symbol of their marital status, scientists and researchers at Bihar Agricultural University (BAU) in Sabour, Bhagalpur, have developed organic ‘sindoor’ from a fruit. Traditional sindoor sold in the markets often contains harmful chemicals, including heavy metals, that can cause skin irritation and toxicity, potentially leading to other dermatological disorders.
D R Singh, BAU vice-chancellor (VC), who is overseeing the organic sindoor project, said that it is produced from the fruits of Bixa orellana plant, a perennial bush also known as annatto, lipstick plant, achiote, latkan or senduri. The BAU scientists have extracted and stabilised the fruit pulp to produce the organic sindoor. After this successful innovation, they have begun propagating its saplings for distribution among farmers as well.
The scientific breakthrough is not only expected to promote organic sindoor in the cosmetic industry, but also in pigment-producing industries.
The BAU VC said that they are also planning to organise awareness camps and learning sessions for farmers to motivate them to become agri-entrepreneurs by producing safe organic sindoor commercially.
The BAU VC said that the researchers are also working to cater to the demand for other organic cosmetic products.
The director of research at BAU, A K Singh, who led the project team, said that studies have shown traditional sindoor sold in markets can cause irritation and skin toxicity, resulting in blisters, itching, rashes, pigmentation and sometimes dermatological disorders.
Scientist V Shazda Bano and Krishi Vigyan Kendra scientist Rajesh Kumar were also part of the team.

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Patna: Patna Women’s College (PWC), an autonomous institution under Patna University (PU) and accredited with an A++ grade by NAAC in the fourth cycle, is drawing a huge rush of girls seeking admission to its UG and PG courses in the new academic session (2025-26). The last date for online application submission for admission to these courses is April 30.
According to PWC principal Sister Mary Rashmi, appearing candidates of the Intermediate (Class XII) examination will be eligible for the entrance test for admission to the UG programmes and, similarly, appearing candidates of degree examinations will be eligible for admission to the PG courses in the college. “Admission will be made strictly based on the merit list prepared after the entrance test for the respective programmes of study,” she said.
PWC has introduced two new courses, namely, clinical nutrition and dietetics at the BSc honours stage and two PG courses in economics and history from the new session. The institution introduced bachelor courses in data science and analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, fashion designing, professional commerce and PG course in social work last year which are gaining wide popularity.
The college will hold separate entrance tests for admission to each of its undergraduate programmes. While the test for admission to the honours courses in AICTE-approved BCA and BBA courses will be held on May 26, the entrance test for admission to BSc courses in physics, chemistry, botany, zoology, mathematics and statistics will be held on May 27. However, there will be no entrance test for admission to data science and analytics, clinical nutrition and dietetics and artificial intelligence and machine learning.
The entrance test for admission to all BA courses will be held on May 27. Admission to the BCom course will be made based on an interview scheduled to be held on May 30. There will be no entrance test for admission to the PG diploma courses in computer applications, advertising and marketing management, fashion designing and journalism and mass communications.
“Admission to other self-financed courses and general postgraduate courses will be made based on interviews to be held on May 30 and 31. The first merit list of different courses will be published between May 29 and June 02,” the principal said.

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