The sudden fire incident created chaos on the busy road near the Patna railway station. However, the fire brigade officials and the local police officials timely rushed to the spot and began the fire-dousing operation.

Bharti attacked the central government and stated that if the opposition I.N.D.I.A bloc comes to power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be arrested.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said, "We welcome Mukesh Sahani in the grand alliance. Those raising slogans of '400 paar' the land of Bihar will teach them a lesson".

Pappu Yadav had won the Purnea seat thrice in the 1990s. He joined the Congress a fortnight ago, along with his son Sarthak, merging his Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) founded in 2015.

The rift between RJD and Congress over seat-sharing once again surfaced in Bihar as Congress senior leader Anil Sharma left the party citing issues with Tejashwi Yadav's party. Sharma said that there is disappointment among the party workers due to the seat-sharing deal.

Earlier there were reports that the Congress was upset over 'unilateral' announcements of candidates by the RJD on certain seats it was interested in contesting in Bihar.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: This was the first meeting between the two leaders after Nitish Kumar returned to the NDA this year. The meeting is seen as an icebreaker between Chirag Paswan and Nitish Kumar.

Amid the deadlock over seat-sharing talks with the Congress, RJD has so far given tickets to all four constituencies going to polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha Elections on April 19.

As per the NDA a seat-sharing formula, BJP kept the larger chunk with itself with 17 seats. JD(U) got 16 seats, LJP(Ram Vilas) five, Hindustani Awam Morcha and Rashtriya Lok Morcha on one seat each.

As per the sources, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) may offer only 7 seats out of 40 in Bihar to Congress for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as per their pact. The Lalu Yadav-led party wants to field its candidates in every seat where the JDU is likely to contest.

Bihar Teacher Recruitment 2024 exam has been cancelled due to paper leak allegations. The commission will soon release the new date of the exam. Candidates are advised to keep checking on the official website for latest updates.

Notably, Upendra Kushwaha had quit NDA ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, which he fought as a Mahagathbandhan ally drew nill. However, in 2014 as a part of NDA with its previous avatar Rashtriya Lok Samata Party won three seats.

Sita Soren was serving as a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Jama. She was also appointed as the National General Secretary of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha in 2014.

Bihar will go for polling in two phases. Voting for the first phase will begin on April 19 and voting for the seventh phase will take place on June 1. Election results will come on June 4.

The RJD may offer only 7 seats out of 40 in Bihar to Congress for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, sources said.

Nitish Kumar on January 28 took oath as Chief Minister of Bihar for a record ninth time after a dramatic volte-face, ditching the Mahagathbandhan and the opposition bloc INDIA and forming a new government with the BJP, which he had dumped less than 18 months ago.

Bihar: A transformer explosion at Patna Civil Court resulted in the death of lawyer Devendra Prasad and left two others severely injured. One of the injured lawyers later succumbed to their injuries at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH).

The Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar won a vote of confidence in the Assembly on February 12. The new government secured 129 votes amid a walkout by the opposition members. The Bihar assembly has a strength of 243 MLAs.

The last date of nomination for MLC elections is March 11.