Bihar: JD(U) candidates win 5 seats, BJP bags 2
Patna (PTI): The JD(U) has won five seats, including Mokama, and was leading in 79 other constituencies in Bihar, according to the Election Commission.
Former Bihar minister Rana Randhir of the BJP retained Madhuban seat for the third time, by winning the constituency by a margin of 5,492 votes. BJP candidate Raju Kumar Singh won Sahebganj seat by a margin of 13,522 votes. The saffron party was leading in 91 other seats.
JD(U) candidate Anant Kumar Singh, arrested in murder case during electioneering, won Mokama seat by a margin of 28,206 votes.
The party's Maheshwar Hazari defeated his nearest rival, CPI(ML) Liberation's Ranjeet Kumar Ram, by a margin of 38,586 votes in Kalyanpur assembly seat in Bihar.
JD(U) candidate Ram Chandra Sada won Alauli seat by 35,732 votes, while its nominee Hari Narayan Singh bagged Harnaut by 48,335 votes.
JD(U) candidate Manorma Devi won Belaganj seat by 2,882 votes.
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US offers $3 million reward for information on attacks in Iraq
Washington/Baghdad: The United States has announced a reward of $3 million for information related to recent attacks on its diplomatic and military-linked facilities in Iraq.
In a post on X, the US Department of State’s Rewards for Justice programme sought public assistance in identifying those responsible for attacks on the US Embassy in Baghdad, the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Centre and the US Consulate General in Erbil, located in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
The programme said the reward would be given for information on Iran-aligned armed groups and others believed to be behind the attacks.
