The new 'Mahagathbandhan' government in the state is embarrassed over photographs, clicked a few days ago, in which minister for environment, forestry and climate change Tej Pratap Yadav is seen along with his brother-in-law at a meeting with department officials.

Bihar news: Earlier today, Lalu Prasad Yadav slammed the BJP government at the Centre as "dictatorial" and vowed to oust Prime Minister Narendra Modi from power in the 2024 general elections.

Bihar Cabinet expansion: Bima Bharti is upset over not being chosen for the cabinet. Criticizing the move to induct Singh, she said, "Leshi Singh is a minister who gets people murdered for her convenience.

Kartikeya Singh was to surrender in Danapur court on August 16 in a kidnapping case but instead, he reached Raj Bhavan in Patna to take oath as the new minister in the Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar.

The meeting comes on a day Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expanded his two-member cabinet, which, till now, included Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav besides him. Thirty-one ministers took oath with the RJD getting a lion's share.

Bihar cabinet expansion: After the change in power, Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav were already signed up as the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar.

Jailed RJD leader seen at home: The MP had reached his home after court production on August 12. He also held a meeting with his supporters there. During the stop, the former MP's wife Lovely Anand, and RJD MLA son Chetan Anand, were also present.

Congress has 19 MLAs in the 243-member Bihar Assembly while the JD(U) has 45, RJD 79, CPI(ML) 12, and CPI and CPI(M) each have two legislators. The BJP has 77 MLAs in Bihar while the Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) has 4. The House has one Independent MLA while one seat is vacant.

Bihar political crisis: A meeting of the RJD-led Grand Alliance, comprising the Left and the Congress, also took place at Rabri Devi’s house, across the street from the chief minister’s residence where all the MLAs are said to have signed a letter of support to Kumar.

Bihar Political Crisis: The swearing-in ceremony of Nitish Kumar is scheduled at 2 pm on Wednesday at the Rajendra Mandapam inside Raj Bhavan. Besides him, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav will also take the oath as Deputy Chief Minister.

Bihar JD(U)-BJP alliance: Speculations are being made about political upheaval in Bihar, and a possible split among JD(U) and BJP. This makes the coming two days important.

Bihar news: The incident took place in Maner area when the LPG cylinder leaked while the occupants of the boat were cooking food, official said.

Bihar news: CM Nitish Kumar appealed to the people to keep vigil during bad weather and follow suggestions issued by the disaster management department.

Bihar: As per reports, CM Nitish Kumar has been suffering from fever for the past few days.

Indigo Patna-Delhi flight bomb scare: Patna's Deputy Magistrate Chandrashekhar said that the individual himself told the authorities about the "bomb" in his bag. The accused, identified as Gurpreet, was boarding the aircraft with his parents when the incident took place.

Giriraj Singh terror threat: This came to light after Union Home Ministry informed that the terrorist organization Islamic State Khorasan province has written about the attack against the BJP in a new edition of its magazine.

The accused confessed during interrogation that he came in contact with the PFI Darbhanga district president in 2015 and has been associated with the organisation ever since.

Tahir made two WhatsApp groups which were created through a Pakistan number and he was the admin of those groups.

Bihar terror module: Special teams have been constituted to probe the potential terror module busted by Bihar Police.

Bihar terror module: Several objectionable documents pertaining to Islamic extremism have been seized from the possession of the accused.