Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (file photo).

Patna: With Assembly elections looming in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar once again dredged up the issue of special economic status that had largely been forgotten since the last Lok Sabha poll that gave the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a massive mandate not seen in Indian history before.

LJP leader Chirag Paswan.

Patna: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan who is on his statewide 'Bihar First, Bihari First' yatra ahead of the upcoming Vidhan Sabha elections, slammed the Nitish government on Friday saying there was no denying crime rate in Bihar had skyrocketed and many of the basic amenities that were available in other states were still out of reach of ordinary public in Bihar.

Police investigating the death of a woman in a road accident in Patna on Friday.

Patna: A 45-year old woman died when she was hit by a huge crane near Changar Mor on New Bypass Road under Kankarbagh police station on Friday morning. The victim's 65-year old mother was also hit by the crane but she survived with a broken leg.

Robbery victims in Kankarbagh being questioned by the police.

Patna: Bolstered by Patna police's pyrrhic record in containing crime in the state capital, armed criminals in Rajendra Nagar under Kadam Kuan police station on Thursday forced their entry into the home of a retired couple and escaped with cash, jewelries, and other valuables to the tune of Rs. 5 lakh after taking them hostage at gun points.

The CM holding meeting of party leaders and workers in Patna on Saturday.

Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who earlier in the day welcomed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president and a former Patna resident Jagat Prakash Nadda at his official residence, predicted NDA would win more than 200 seats in Bihar in the state elections that is to be held in November.

Nitish Kumar welcoming JP Nadda on Saturday.

Patna: Ahead of the upcoming state elections in Bihar, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda, on his daylong visit to Patna on Saturday, met with Nitish Kumar in a sign of affirmation of the Chief Minister's candidacy who has been declared the face of the NDA in Bihar by top BJP leaders like Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

LJP chief Chirag Paswan and BJP leader Giriraj Singh.

Patna: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan in Patna on Saturday offered advice to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Begusarai Giriraj Singh to keep a check on his utterances that has in the past gotten the NDA in trouble both rhetorically and politically.

Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey (file photo).

Patna: Putting important issues like Patna fast becoming the murder and armed robbery capital of India on the backburner, Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey on Friday said that the police department would soon organize a special event in Patna in which 40 people will be honored for giving up drinking alcoholic drinks.

BJP leader and Bihary Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi (file photo).

Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who has dedicated the last five or six years of his political life targeting the members of the Lalu Prasad Yadav family, has now find a new punching bag in former Janata Dal-U leader Prashant Kumar who he continues to bash for speaking against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Registration of Citizens (NRC), the two BJP-sponsored law that has polarized the nation for the last several months.

Misa Bharti and Pappu Yadav.

Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Misa Bharti hit back at Pappu Yadav after the latter described Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Kanhaiya Kumar as a much bigger leader than Lalu Prasad Yadav's son Tejaswi Yadav saying unlike Tejaswi, who inherited the leadership from his father, Kanhaiya was a self-made man.

PM Narendra Modi at a litti-chokha stand at a Haat in Delhi.

New Delhi: Keeping the upcoming Assembly elections in Bihar in mind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid an unannounced visit to the 'Hunar Haat' organized at Raj Path near India Gate in New Delhi where he was photographed relishing Bihar's famous 'litti-chokha' outside a Bihari food stall.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar advocating ban on alcohol in Delhi on Sunday.

Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, speaking at a national convention on 'Alcohol-Free India' in Delhi on Sunday, expressed his conviction in prohibition policy saying it should be implemented throughout the nation for the benefit of the people.