Bihar

The bridge, built by the state government for Rs 12 crore, had not been opened to the public as the approach roads were still under construction.

Bima Bharti ran for Lok Sabha elections in 2024 from Purnia on an RJD ticket and received only 27,120 votes. She has been an MLA from the Rupauli assembly constituency five times. Before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, she quit the JDU and joined the RJD.

The victim stated that the girls are taken hostage and goons are deployed to prevent them from escaping. The girls are then made to call other girls known to them and they are also offered jobs and sexually exploited.

As per reports, the arrested accused are family members of Rashtriya Janata Dal President Lalu Yadav.

The accused was identified as Li Jiaqi. He claimed to be a resident of Shandong province in China.

Notably, the NDA alliance, which includes the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and Janta Dal (United), are leading in Bihar, according to the latest trends issued by the Election Commission of India.

Ram Kripal Yadav is contesting against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Misa Bharti, daughter of former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, from the Patliputra Lok Sabha constituency.

The underage girl was sexually assaulted for over a year and her family came to know about it when she became pregnant.

Pupils are experiencing severe heat exhaustion, losing consciousness and bleeding from their noses while at school.

According to the letter, 13 teachers had their salaries cut for "bed performance". As the letter went viral on social media, the DEO's office soon issued a clarification. "Bad performance was mistakenly typed as 'bed performance' due to a typing error" according to the DEO.