'I have three daughters. I kept thinking what would happen to them if I didn't make it? I still don't know how I survived. This chaos, this fear, it will stay with me forever'
"It might be a small bridge or causeway. District officials have left for the spot. We are trying to gather more information about the incident," Additional Collector (Saharsa), Jyoti Kumar, said.
Lok Janshakti Party MP Mehboob Ali Kaiser, the lone Muslim to have been elected to the Lok Sabha from the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance in Bihar, joined the Rashtriya Janata Dal on Sunday, in a shot in the arm for the opposition party amid the elections.
Sada, who was away in his constituency in Saharsa district, was asked to come to Patna by Kumar soon after Suman announced his resignation.
Plans for a 500-car road show were abandoned after the controversy surrounding his release.
In January, Nitish Kumar assured the Rajputs that he has been making efforts to release Anand Mohan from jail.
Former Bihar MP Anand Mohan, who is serving a life sentence in the killing of Indian Administrative Service officer G Krishnaiah, is to be set free along with 26 others who have been lodged in different prisons of the state for more than 14 years.
His resignation came hours after reports surfaced that the party has sought an explanation from him over allegations of corruption levelled by some unidentified workers.
Six children drowned while trying to create a platform for Chhath festivities in a pond at Pulindabad village in Saharsa district of Bihar on Tuesday.
"A total of 48 people of Bangaon village were operated upon for removal of cataract at Saharsa Sadar hospital. At least 15 people have lost their vision due to infection," a district health official said.
State disaster management department officials said seven people lost their lives due to floods in Muzaffarpur district, while around 65,000 people of 140 villages in Muzaffarpur, Supaul, Patna, Nalanda and Saharsa districts were affected by the deluge.
At least 12 people have lost their vision after a cataract surgery at an eye camp in Bihar's Madehepura district, sources said on Saturday.
A group of flood victims were protesting against the lack of relief materials and irregularities before the local administration.
An overcrowded boat capsized midstream in Kosi River off Jauri village in Bihar's Saharsa district.
Two school children of DAV school were abducted in Begusarai district on Thursday. Both were sons of a businessman and were abducted on their way to school.
14-year-old Nilesh was abducted by gunmen from Balwahat Azaar on September 28 while on his way for tuition. The kidnappers chopped off the boy's head and threw the body in the ditch on Monday morning.
Abdul Gaffoor and his supporters were assaulted and their belongings looted by unidentified criminals at gunpoint near Baluwaha Ghat in Saharsa district.
PM Modi is scheduled to visit Bihar on August 18 to lay the foundation stone of a four lane road in Bhojpur district and will also address a BJP rally in Saharsa district.
'The middle class needs to be made aware of the migrants's plight.'
It is understood that he was confirmed positive for coronavirus on Thursday night.
Several states of the country are battling grim flood situations that have affected lakhs of people and have also resulted in loss of life and property.
A 70-year-old woman allegedly revived an age-old tradition of sati by jumping into the funeral pyre of her husband in Bihar's Saharsa district.
The stage is set for the August 30 rallies of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bhagalpur district and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad's joint rally in Patna.
Floods have forced people to eat rats to survive as there is nothing left to eat. M I Khan reports from Patna.
This phase will decide the fate of senior minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav of Janata Dal-United, Rashtriya Janata Dal legislature party leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui and RJD chief Lalu Prasad's 'Man Friday' Bhola Yadav among others.
Swirling floodwaters have paralysed normal life and marooned over 1.20 crore people.
The scam has offered Lalu Prasad an opportunity to point fingers at Nitish Kumar and Sushil Kumar Modi.
Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi appears to be on the way out in the wake of his defiance as the Janata Dal-United is all set to replace him with his mentor Nitish Kumar at a meeting of the legislature party on Saturday.
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