The police resorted to lathi-charge (Baton charge), water cannon to control the protesters. LJP workers were marching towards Raj Bhavan when they were stopped by police.

The Hijab protests in Karnataka began in January this year when some students of Government Girls PU college in the Udupi district of the state alleged that they had been barred from attending classes. 

PM Modi had said late Ram Manohar Lohia and George Fernandes, besides "our ally Nitish babu," stood out as "samajwadis" who did not succumb to the lure of setting up their own political dynasties.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that all activities will resume normally while complying with COVID-19 appropriate behaviour and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). 

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has nine children. His son Tejashwi Yadav, who served as the deputy CM in 2015, is currently the Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly.

Three liquor tragedies happened in January this year in which 37 people died and over 50 lost their eyesight.

According to police, six people lost their lives under mysterious circumstances in Bixar district's Amsari village on Wednesday night. An investigation is underway to ascertain the cause of death.

RJD said that the party is preparing for a no-confidence motion amid a buzz that Nitish Kumar is likely to amend the liquor ban law.

After a liquor tragedy in chief minister's district Nalanda, state BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal had slammed Nitish Kumar government for the failure of his pet project liquor ban in the state.

Janata Darbar has also been called off after 6 people who came to attend it tested positive for Covid-19.

Last week, Nitish Kumar attended an Indian Medical Association (IMA) function in Patna. The event emerged as a Covid hotspot after several doctors tested positive for the disease.   

As per the Niti Aayog's Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI), Bihar has the highest proportion of "multidimensionally poor" people; 51.91 per cent of the state's population.

The term of current President Ibrahim Solih comes to an end in 2023 and this propaganda campaign aimed at India appears to be an early manifestation of the election strategy of the opposition coalition

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has one residential flat in a cooperative housing society at Dwarka in New Delhi, while his son has agricultural land and residential houses at Kalyan Bigha and Hakikatpur (both in Nalanda district) and Kankarbagh in Patna.

In an exclusive interaction with India TV, Pandey said the way Covid cases have shot up in the last few days, it is evident that the state is witnessing a surge.

The Bihar chief minister also applauded the role of doctors in serving people during the first and second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. 

The matter was resolved after the district police chief had a word with the agitated people, though not before they had received a tongue lashing from the chief minister.  

Earlier, Bijendra Yadav, the state minister for planning and implementation, wrote a letter to NITI Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar, pitching again for the special category status. In the letter, Yadav asserted that Bihar "fulfilled all the criteria" set for grant of special status.

Bihar Labour Resources Minister Jivesh Mishra said he won't enter the Assembly till the time Police officials are suspended.

Mahto's statement comes at a time when Nitish Kumar started an oath-taking campaign in a bid to implement the liquor prohibition law successfully in Bihar.