Bihar

The incident took place in Meenapur village of Rajpur under the Sahebganj police station area. A Muslim mob is reported to have pelted stones from the roofs of houses near Meenapur Mosque.

The research paper also supported the EC's action to address the issue of fake voters in Bihar before the assembly elections.

The Election Commission has flagged major issues in Bihar's voter list, identifying 18 lakh deceased voters, 26 lakh who have shifted, and 7 lakh duplicates. The move has triggered political backlash, with the Opposition calling it an attempt to remove genuine voters.

The verification process in poll-bound Bihar has been concluded for 95.92% of the 7.90 crore voters.

Bihar’s Additional Director General (ADG) of Police, Kundan Krishnan, issued a public apology on Saturday after his earlier remarks linking the rise in murders to the lack of farm work before the monsoon

The Election Commission been proactive in ensuring that no voter is left out. Special camps have been set up in 5,683 wards of 261 urban local bodies (ULB) of Bihar.

The Supreme Court allowed the ECI to continue the SIR in Bihar, but asked to consider Aadhaar, voter ID cards, and ration cards as valid documents during the verification drive.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary has said that on average, 26 thousand to 28 thousand applications were coming to Kishanganj for a residence certificate every month from January to May in 2025. He said that as soon as the process of the Election Commission started, this number increased rapidly.

Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar and independent MP Pappu Yadav were prevented from sharing stage with Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav and other opposition politicians in BIhar, leading to a major embarrassment

Notably, the last comprehensive SIR in Bihar was conducted in 2003. Contrary to the ‘votebandi’ assertions by the opposition, the SIR is being carried out to address issues like rapid urbanisation, unreported deaths, new voters, the potential inclusion of ineligible foreign nationals, particularly, Rohingya and Bangladeshi infiltrators.