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The total number of voters in Bihar till January, 2014, was over 6.21 crore, of which 38.70 lakh are new voters added to the electoral rolls this year.

RJD chief Lalu Prasad, it seems, may be looking at the planets and stars for help in the elections. Astrologers, soothsayers and even occultists are thronging the former Bihar CM's residence to bless him and help him "win".

At least three people, including a girl, have been detained here for threatening to blow up the Bodh Gaya and Vishnupad temples in Gaya district, police said on Saturday.

Even though there are still two days left for the Festival of Colours, Holi parties have already begun in the city.

Manish Mahajan organized a birthday party for his wife Pinky recently.

With the growing emergence of nuclear families and apartment culture in the state capital in recent times, Holi, the festival of colours, has lost some of its sheen.

"Such colours are easily removable and do not leave stains on skin or clothes," said Rupesh, a seller on Boring Canal Road.Those having small children especially opt for these colours, he said.

JD (U) national president Sharad Yadav on Saturday released the first list of candidates for six Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar which will go to polls in the first phase on April 10.

The city turned quite 'colourful' on Saturday itself with residents enjoying pre-Holi bashes at the homes of friends and relatives.

The RJD on Saturday decided to field party president Lalu Prasad's personal assistant (PA) Vinod Kumar Srivastava as its candidate from Purvi Champaran Lok Sabha constituency.

RJD president Lalu Prasad's eldest daughter Misa Bharti, who is the party's candidate for the Pataliputra parliamentary seat, was on Saturday granted bail in a case of model code violation by a Danapur court.

There is likely to be huge rush of mutton buyers in different markets of the city during Holi, but few people know about the link between eating red meat and cancer in the gut (lower intestinal tract).

Property worth Rs 2 crore was gutted in the two showrooms located on the first floor of Pushpanjali Palace near Boring Road roundabout under S K Puri police station area on Saturday.

"NaMo belongs to social justice.It is for the first time that a man belonging to a weaker section of society is on the verge of becoming the country's PM.

BJP parliamentary board on Saturday cleared the name of former labour resources minister Janardan Singh Sigriwal for the Maharajganj parliamentary seat, leaving candidates for four other seats to be decided next week.

Some Maoist posters were found on the walls of the university campus particularly on the PG hostels on March 10.

Aurangabad, ever since the provisional Parliament of 1950, has been sending a Rajput as its MP rightfully earning the tag of Chittorgarh (Rajput fiefdom).

A sense of shock and disbelief gripped the people here following the recovery of the body of Piyush, a nine-year-old school boy on Saturday.

East Champaran SP Vinay Kumar said the police opened four rounds of fire in the air to disperse the mob and control the situation but no one was injured in the firing.

Following the example of Mughal emperor Jahangir who had installed a huge bell at his palace to ensure his subjects got instant redressal, a senior police officer in Bihar has put in place his own version of the 'Jahangiri ghanti.'

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