JD-U leader K C Tyagi (left) with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (file photo).

Patna: Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate from Begusarai Kanhaiya Kumar has found an unlikely ally in the Janata Dal – U after party leader and MP K C Tyagi on Monday said that he was a much stronger youth leader and an icon than the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) heir-apparent Tejaswi Yadav.

Patna: More than 40 fruit shops were gutted when a fire swept the Bazaar Samiti Musallahpur Haat wholesale market in Patna on Sunday afternoon destroying fruits and other properties in excess of Rs. 5 crore.

Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha (file photo).

Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Bihar wasted no time in slamming former party leader Shatrughan Sinha for praising Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah as an Indian Congress leader while praising other Congress leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi at a campaign rally in Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh.

Ambulance with the body of the road accident victim arrives at the hospital in Patna on Saturday.

Patna: In yet another road accident in Patna, one person died when his motorcycle was hit from behind by a Bihar State Road Transport Corporation (BSRTC) bus near the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) on Bailey Road on Saturday afternoon.

BJP candidate from Patna Saheb Ravi Shankar Prasad filing his nomination papers on Friday.

Patna: First time Lok Sabha candidate and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday filed his nomination papers from Patna Saheb in the presence of top party leaders from Bihar along with yoga guru Baba Ramdev Prasad who blessed Prasad and party candidate from Pataliputra Ram Kripal Yadav for success in their parliament bid.

Vrinda Karat speaking in Patna on Friday.

Patna: Communist Party of India (M) leader Vrinda Karat, despite insinuating the Election Commission (EC) of India was helping the NDA in the Lok Sabha election by refusing to take punitive measures against those who were directly flouting the election code of conduct, predicted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was headed for a historical loss in southern and northeastern states along with a dismal show in Uttar Pradesh.

Baba Ramdev sharing stage with BJP leaders in Patna on Friday.

Patna: Baba Ramdev who does not mind blending his spiritual self to the political or business side of his personality when the situation demands, at a press conference in Patna on Friday, said that the result of this year's Lok Sabha election would determine the future of India for the next 20-25 years.

CPI-ML leader Dipankar Bhattacharya holding a press meet in Patna on Friday.

Patna: Communist Party of India (ML) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, with the Lok Sabha elections in full swing in the nation, ripped into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying besides flaring communal fear and hatred, the saffron party had no other agenda in this election cycle.

BJP president Amit Shah in Begusarai on Wednesday.

Munger/Begusarai/Ujiarpur: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah was in Bihar on Wednesday to campaign for three party candidates in Munger, Begusarai, and Ujiarpur.

Patna: Communist Party of India (M) leaders are turning no stone unturned to ensure the success of their young star Kanhaiya Kumar who is pitched against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and union minister Giriraj Singh on one hand and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) hopeful Tanveer Hassan on the other.

Voters at a polling booth in Araria in the third phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Tuesday.

Patna; With 60% people casting their votes on Tuesday, the polling for the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections came to a peaceful conclusion without any major incident.

CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechuri holding a press conference in Patna on Tuesday.

Patna: Communist Party of India (M) leader Sitaram Yechuri, at a press conference in Patna on Tuesday accused the NDA of violating election code of conduct by playing with the emotions of voters by weaponizing patriotism to its advantage.