New Year

Patna: RJD leaders and ministers called on Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi at 10 Circular Road on Sunday to wish them on New Year's Day. Finance minister Abdul Bari Siddiqui, art, culture and youth affairs minister Shiv Chandra Ram, cooperative minister Alok Mehta and disaster management minister Chandrashekhar visited Lalu and Rabri.

BJP leaders, including junior minister Ram Kripal Yadav and Legislative Council chairman Awadhesh Narayan Singh, and party workers also visited the official residence of Sushil Kumar Modi to wish him.

In memory

Patna: Chief minister Nitish Kumar visited his native village Kalyan Bigha on Sunday and garlanded his mother Parmeshwari Devi's statue on her death anniversary.

AAP event

Patna: The Bihar unit of Aam Aadmi Party will organise a programme on Monday to discuss the ill-effects of demonetisation.

Clash

Motihari: One person received bullet injuries while six others were hurt in a group clash over political rivalry at Parari village in East Champaran district on Sunday.

Liquor cuffs

Darbhanga: Four persons, including Rohit Kumar Jha, Ram Babu Shah and Pravesh Kumar Yadav, were arrested on Saturday night as they were consuming liquor at a New Year's party.