Top lawyer Ujjwal Nikam and former Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla are among the four people President Droupadi Murmu has nominated to the Rajya Sabha.

Election Commission officials in Bihar have identified numerous individuals from Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myanmar during voter list revisions. This verification process aims to exclude illegal migrants from the electoral roll, with citizenship status checks beginning in August.

In Bihar’s Sheikhpura district, BJP leader Surendra Kewat was fatally shot by unidentified assailants, adding to the escalating concerns over law and order. This incident occurred shortly after the murder of businessman Gopal Khemka in Patna. Tejashwi Yadav, an RJD leader, criticized the NDA government’s handling of the situation following the recent violence.