The cremation of Ram Vilas Paswan at Patna's Digha Ghat on Saturday.

Patna: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) founder and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan who died of medical complications shortly after a heart surgery at a hospital in Delhi on Thursday, was cremated with state honors at Patna’s Janardan Ghat in Digha on Saturday with his son and party president Chirag Paswan performing the last rites.

Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others.

Patna: Congress national general secretary K C Venugopal on Saturday announced the name of the party’s star campaigner for the Bihar Assembly elections that will be completed in three phases starting this month on 28th.

LJP founder Ram Vilas Pasan is no more (file photo).

New Delhi: Ram Vilas Paswan, the founder of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and a union minister, just days after undergoing a heart surgery at a Delhi hospital, died on Thursday due to medical complications caused by sudden deterioration in his condition.

JD-U chief Nitish Kumar and BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi.

Patna: With Bihar elections just around the corner, Janata Dal – U and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bihar reached an agreement on seat sharing with the two parties to split the 243 seats 50-50.

LJP president Chirag Paswan (file photo).

Patna: Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) is poised to break its ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA in Bihar after talks over seat-sharing broke down between the two parties despite several meetings with the BJP top leaders in Delhi.

RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav (file photo).

Patna: Putting all speculations to rest about the Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan) Chief Ministerial face in Bihar, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Saturday announced that party’s de facto president Tejaswi Yadav will be its candidate for the Chief Minister post in the hope of replacing the incumbent occupant of the chair Nitish Kumar.

LJP leader Chirag Paswan holding a virtual meet with party workers.

Patna: Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), notorious for switching political alliance right before any national or state election, on Tuesday threatened to walk out of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over its disagreement on seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Bihar elections.

RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha (file photo).

Patna: Despite his history of political arm-twisting prior to each state and national election as a bargaining tool, it appears Upendra Kushwaha, the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief, is at the end of his rope as neither the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led Mahagathbandhan nor the BJP-led NDA has shown any sign of making a deal with him for the upcoming Bihar elections.

Bihar poll dates announced.

Patna: The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India Sunil Arora on Friday announced the dates for the upcoming Bihar elections with poll slated to be held in three phases on October 28, November 3, and November 7.

Bihar new DGP S P Singhal takes charge (file photo).

Patna: Bihar has now a new chief of police after the sitting Director General of Police (DGP) Gupteshwar Pandey took voluntary retirement from the service reportedly to pursue his political ambitions.

Nitish Kumar holding a press meet in Patna on Wednesday.

Patna: Like in the past three Assembly elections in Bihar, Chief minister Nitish Kumar, who is hoping to coast to victory to his record fourth term in the 2020 state polls, is back on his campaign mode offering sops to different social groups to ensure their votes while also announcing a slew of developmental projects, all of which curiously expected to be finished in the next five years.

RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav holding a press meet in Patna on Wednesday.

Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejaswi Yadav on Wednesday once again slammed the Nitish government in Bihar and the Narendra Modi government at the Center saying both parties were made up of liars and men without any principle or moral qualm.