As a precautionary measure, New Delhi rushed several battalions of paramilitary troopers to Patna.
The incident took place in Gopalganj district, some 150kms (93 miles) north-west of the state capital, Patna.
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Born poor, Yadav was studying law at Patna University when he was drawn into politics in the 1970s.
It used to take ten hours to drive from Araria to Patna, a distance of about 350km (220 miles).
In the village of Bara, about 40 miles south-west of the state capital Patna, families sit listlessly in the shade of their mud-walled homes.
On the streets of Patna and in the villages round Arrah, it is hard to detect the anti- Laloo wave touted by his critics.
At the Dalfad mine in Muirkirk, East Ayrshire, 101 jobs have been cut and 89 staff will go at Dunstonhill at Patna in East Ayrshire.
Public health engineers also had to be convinced, but tests in Patna, a city in Bihar state, showed that the toilets were sanitary and efficient.
The economic pickup is visible in the state capital, Patna, where people no longer fear to drive nice cars on the new flyover, or further afield.
Mr Mukerji oversees this progress from his office in Patna's spotless old collectorate building, which has outsourced its upkeep to a company called All Services Under 1 Roof.
The sleepy village, barely 35km (22 miles) from the state capital, Patna, gained international recognition after "astro-watchers" from all over the world began to gather here for the eclipse.
At the Bihar Industries Association (BIA) in Patna, businessmen complain about the lack of credit and electricity, in a state that consumes just 12% of the per person national average.
But even teleconferencing cannot close the gap between Patna, where the administration has palpably improved, and the outlying districts, where the government's social programmes and public services work fitfully, if at all.
Born in Patna in eastern India a year before partition, he reached Lahore as a teenager (after bouncing around the newly created Pakistan), when his father retired there as deputy inspector general of police.
Although Chunam Kumari's photograph was used by Unicef on its posters, she continues to work 12 hours a day at her father's ramshackle roadside food stall in the capital, Patna, cleaning creaky wooden tables, washing utensils and serving up cheap meals.
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