As Bihar gears up for elections, liquor smuggling intensifies. On the Lucknow-Barauni Express, authorities discovered 316 whisky bottles hidden in an AC duct after a passenger reported cooling issues. A coach attendant from Bihar, Ashish Kumar, was arrested; he confessed to smuggling liquor regularly from Uttar Pradesh to sell in Bihar’s black market, exploiting prohibition laws. Post navigation Electoral rolls show duplicate entries; EC probes LJP MP Veena Devi & husband Amidst Trump’s tariff war, S&P upgrades India’s credit rating to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB-‘