Bihar

An FIR was lodged against Congress leader and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for violating the model code of conduct by exhorting Muslim voters in a Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar to vote en bloc to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The poll campaign for the second phase ended on Tuesday with the ruling BJP and the opposition locked in a keen contest, fighting fiercely for every inch of the turf.

reports of Electronic Voting Machine malfunction, omissions in voters’ list, the indelible ink failing and clashes in which two persons died in Andhra Pradesh. The reports of glitches came from several places in the 18 states and the two Union Territories that went to polls.

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Rebel BJP MP Kirti Azad ‘Jha’ (60) is sulking ever since the Congress denied him the Darbhanga Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, which he had won thrice.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav criticised the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government for not maintaining the law and order situation in the state and said that it looks like ‘Rakshas Raj’ has come to Bihar.

Four youths were arrested on Thursday in connection the kidnapping of a 14-year-old school student, who was found murdered in Bihar’s Siwan district, and demanding Rs 50-lakh ransom from the family, a senior officer said.

MIDC police arrested the two welders from Bihar on Tuesday, who were absconding since the day fire broke out at the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Kamgar hospital, at Marol.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday told a gathering in Bihar that he needs another term to fulfil his promises.

Situated on the northern bank of the Ganga river, Begusarai in north Bihar has earned the “Leningrad of Bihar.