Hundreds of youngsters took part in Voter Awareness Marathon in Patna on October 27, 2010. The marathon began from Bihar Assembly gate and ended at Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park. Patna District Magistrate Jitendra Kumar Sinha flagged off the race. 
BJP national president Nitin Gadkari, state president Dr CP Thakur and senior leader Ravi Shankar Prasad were at Patna airport on October 27, 2010 on their way to attend election meetings for NDA in different Assembly segments of Bihar.
Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) workers took out a door-to-door campaign for their candidate at Machhuatoli locality in Patna on October 27, 2010.
Congress submitted a memorandum to Election Commission seeking strict action against JD-U chief Sharad Yadav for his personal remarks against Rahul Gandhi in
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RJD leader Pabhunath Singh greeted BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain at Patna airport on October 27, 2010. Both the leaders were on their way to attend election meetings in different parts of Bihar.
RJD leader and former MLA Siya Devi joined JD(U) in Patna on October 27, 2010.
CPI-ML (Liberation) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya and several other Left leaders paid tributes to Comrade Ram Naresh Ram at CPI-ML (Liberation) office in Patna on October 27, 2010. Senior CPI-ML (Liberation) leader Ram Naresh Ram died in Bhojpur on October 26, 2010.
RJD national general secretary Ram Kripal Yadav released his party's 6th list of 22 candidates for the sixth and last phase of Bihar Assembly election in Patna on October 27, 2010.
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Senior CPI-M leader Suhasini Ali was in Patna on October 27, 2010 to boost her party's campaign in Bihar Assembly election. Talking to reporters, Suhasini sought public debate on real issues facing the country.
Justice Toom Meena Kumari was sworn-in as Patna High Court judge on October 27, 2010. 
Diyas (earthen lamps) were being prepared for Deepawali, the festival of lights, in Patna on October 27, 2010.
As Deepawali, festival of lights comes near, students of Patna Women's College purchased designer diyas (earthen lamps) from a makeshift shop near their college in Patna on October 27, 2010.
As it was the last day for the campaigning for the third phase of Bihar Assembly election, several important national and state-level leaders gathered at the state hanger of the Patna airport on October 26, 2010 to board their respective helicopters and fly out to attend different election meetings in different places of Bihar.Meanwhile, campaigning came to end in the 48 Assembly constituencies of
The ruling NDA and the RJD-LJP combine are locked in a neck-and-neck fight in the constituencies of East Champaran, West Champaran, Siwan, Gopalganj, Saran and Vaishali districts.
An electorate of 1.03 crore, including 47.56 lakh women, will decide the fate of 787 candidates prominent among them being former chief minister Rabri Devi.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is drawing huge crowd in his election meetings in
Speaking on the occasion, Rahul Gandhi stepped up his attack on the
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar attended and addressed an election rally organised by the NDA at Kankarbagh in Patna on October 25, 2010 to garner vote and support for the BJP candidate Arun Sinha for Kumhrar Assembly seat. BJP leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad, Dr CP Thakur, JD (U) state spresident Vijay Kumar Choudhary and sitting BJP MLA Arun Kumar Sinha were present on the occasion.
A MBA first-year student committed suicide by hanging herself at her Patrakar Nagar colony residence in
Police said the girl, identified as Arya Kumari (21), committed suicide by hanging herself with a ceiling fan. A suicide note had been found from her room in which she has explained the cause behind taking the extreme step, police added.
Acting on the basis of the suicide note, police have registered a case against five youths for provoking her to claim her own life.
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Abu Kaiser, RJD candidate for Nathnagar assembly constituency of Bhagalpur district, launched a door-to-door campaign in some areas of Bhagalpur on October 25, 2010.
Bihar Electricity Regularity Commission held a public hearing on ARR and tariff petition of Bihar State Electricity Board for financial year 2010-11 in Patna on October 25, 2010. Consumers belonging to domestic, agriculture and industrial sectors opposed the Electricity Board's move to hike the power tariff.
RJD leader Shankar Dayal Singh joined JD (U) in Patna on October 25, 2010.
As the campaigning for the third phase of Bihar Assembly election picked up, leaders of different political parties arrived at the state hanger of the Patna airport to board choppers and fly out of Patna on October 25, 2010 to attend election meetings in different assembly segments.
Indira Gandhi Institute of Cardiology organized Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme in
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A grand Jewelry exhibition was organized at Hotel Maurya in
In a broad daylight incident, unidentified criminals barged into the a flat of Shrikunj Apartment under Buddha Colony Police station on October 24, 2010 and escaped with jewellery worth Rs 4 lakh and Rs 75,000 cash. At the time of the incident the owner of the house Rajiv Jha and his wife were out of the house for about 90 minutes.
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addressed an election rally at Parsa on October 24, 2010.
NCP national general secretary Tariq Anwar released the manifesto of his party for the Bihar Assembly election in Patna on October 24, 2010.
BJP leader Rajnath Singh and RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh were on their way at Patna airport on October 24, 2010 to attend election meetings of their respective parties in different assembly segments of Bihar for the third and fourth phases of election.
Jharkhand Vikas Party chief Babu Lal Marandi arrived in Patna on October 24, 2010 to boost up the campaigning for Rashtriya Vikas Party in the third and fourth phases of Bihar Assembly election. 
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About 52 per cent of the 98.44 lakh electorate cast their votes in 45 Assembly constituencies in
A total of 623 candidates, including 46 women, were in fray in the 45 constituencies spread over six districts which are
Photos show the polling scenes of some Samastipur district polling booths.
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