State government employees, pensioners and family pensioners would now get a total DA of nine per cent in place of the existing seven per cent, cabinet secretariat department Principal Secretary Sanjay Kumar said.

The town is believed to have been named after Bakhityar Khilji, who is said to have invaded Bihar upon the direction of the then Sultan of Delhi Qutbuddin Aibak.

Recently, a student protesting against reservation hurled a sandal at Nitish Kumar but it missed the target by a few metres.  

Kumar expressed grief over the loss of lives and questioned the level of preparedness for the Dussehra function that was being held close to the railway tracks in Amritsar.

The Lalu Prasad-led party later clarified that the posters were not put up to belittle the chief minister, but criticise the government in the state.

Having worked for a number of parties as a poll strategist, Kishor has emerged as a trusted aide to the Bihar chief minister.

The man who threw slipper at the chief minister has been arrested.

Non-Gujaratis, especially those hailing from UP and Bihar, were targeted in several parts of the state following the arrest of a Bihar native, police said.

"All these reports of a rift within our family are planted at the instance of Nitish Kumar. Attempts are being made to psychologically affect our dedicated workers and supporters," Tejashwi said.

Lok Sabha elections 2019:Besides Shah and Kumar, BJP's Bhupender Yadav and poll strategist Prashant Kishor, who recently joined the party, were also present in the meeting held at BJP chief's residence. The meeting lasted about 30 minutes.

He was admitted for routine health check-up, news agency ANI cited sources as saying.

Tejashwi, the Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly, claimed that the probe into the horrific mass rape case was about to reach government offices in Patna.

Verma had resigned last week following allegations that her husband was a regular visitor to the girls' shelter home where minor girls were subjected to sexual abuse.

Tejashwi, who served as Nitish's deputy in the Mahagathbandhan government, called his former boss a 'coward' while accusing him of shielding people involved in the horrific Muzaffarpur shelter home case.

Officials denied there being any specific input behind such a large-scale action.

JD(U) president rang up Rao and thanked him for the support of TRS members for his party MP Harivansh Narayan Singh, according to Rao's office.

"Girls are raped left, right and centre. Every six hours a girl raped in the country," an infuriated Supreme Court said citing data from the National Crime Records Bureau.

The TRS chief told Kumar that a decision will be taken only after consultation with the party leaders.

During his press conference in Patna on Monday, the Bihar CM said: "If someone related to the Minister is involved, they won't be spared. But why is this issue being raised only now."

“I am not going to spare anyone, and I have never made a compromise. Still, if you want to abuse me keep doing it,” Nitish was quoted as saying by ANI.