The party enthusiasts are busy campaigning in villages, panchayats, blocks, sub-divisions and district headquarters to garner the largest numbers ever to congregate at the Gandhi Maidan.

More than 16 lakh students appearing for Class 10 Board exams in Bihar have been asked not to wear shoes and socks. The bizarre order is an attempt to curb cheating during Bihar Board examinations.  

The court's order came as it heard a petition filed by accused Ashwani, a self-claimed medical practitioner, demanding an investigation into the role of the three.   

Refusing to say anything on Banerjee's dharna against the CBI action, Kumar said now the case is in the Supreme Court and only court can say anything.

Kumar welcomed provisions like an annual assistance of Rs 6,000 to farmers and Rs 3,000 monthly pension to those employed in the unorganised sector.  

Kumar snapped 17-year-old ties with the BJP in 2013 when it became amply clear that the party would fight the Lok Sabha polls with Modi as its face.Kumar, however, returned to the NDA in 2017 after a short-lived alliance with arch-rival Lalu Prasad's RJD. 

On Tuesday, the Congress demanded that the Election Commission address the "very serious" issues raised at a London presser by a self-proclaimed cyber expert on the functioning of EVMs.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced that his government will implement quotas for the economically-backward among the unreserved category after getting a legal opinion about the appropriate modalities.

Kumar had quit the alliance, comprising the JD(U), the RJD and the Congress, in July 2017 after the CBI lodged an FIR against Yadav on corruption charges and the following strife between him and the RJD.

"Our stand on these controversial issues is old. There is no change in our stand. We have nothing to do with such issues," the JD-U President told the media here after holding his first Lok Sambad in 2019.   

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state, the BJP had won 22 out of 30 it contested while the LJP won six out of seven it contested in 2014.

Vajpayee passed away on August 16 after a prolonged illness. He was cremated with full state honours.

The latest victim being a construction firm owner, who was gunned down in broad daylight on Saturday in Darbhanga district. Hours before that a bank official was abducted from Gaya and killed.

  To a question whether a meeting with Congress president Rahul Gandhi was on the cards, he said "I need nobody's permission to meet anyone".

Ultimately the drive had to be deferred in view of Yadav's appeal in the Patna High Court against the eviction order.

Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Bhai Virender said his party would raise the "failures" of the Nitish Kumar-led government on law and order and scams. 

The Union Minister, who has accused Kumar of referring to him as "neech" (lowly) - a charge rejected by Kumar-led JD(U), took a dig at Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi over his defence of the chief minister over the issue.

Tejashwi Yadav tweeted photos of CCTV installed right above the boundary wall between his and the Bihar CM's house and accused Nitish of snooping.

  Kushwaha said he would also request Shah to clear the "confusion" over seat-sharing among the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) constituents in the state at the earliest.

BJP president Amit Shah and JDU chief Nitish Kumar held a meeting in New Delhi on Friday to decide the seat sharing formula for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.