This year's Bihar Assembly election had almost obvious outcomes. But the margin are well beyond what most political experts predicted. The Nitish Kumar led National Democratic Alliance is staring at a thumping victory after besting the Mahagathbandhan, which suffered a major loss.

The NDA has given its best-ever performance in the state, securing over 200 of the 243 seats up for grabs. The Mahagathbandhan will end up with with less than 50 seats in the state Assembly. What's worse? Their chief ministerial face -- RJD's Tejashwi Yadav -- is trailing in party stronghold Raghopur, Bihar.

Newcomer Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj party failed so spectacularly that it did not win a single seat in the Assembly election.

Delhi bomber's house razed

The house of Delhi bomber Umar Nabi was demolished in Kashmir by security forces. Footage showed the debris of the doctor's house in Pulwama. Nabi was driving the car that exploded near New Delhi's Red Fort on November 10 and killed 13 people.

Umar's DNA test of samples collected from the Red Fort blast site has confirmed his identity. The samples of Umar's mother were collected on earlier this week and sent here for examination and were analysed along with the remains gathered from the blast site. "The DNA results confirm that it was indeed Umar who was driving the fateful vehicle," a source told PTI.

4 killed in Kyiv strikes

Russia unleashed a massive combined attack on Kyiv early Friday, sparking fires and scattering debris across many districts of the capital, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. At least 4 were killed and 11 injured as emergency crews responded to multiple strikes, he said in a statement.

Five people were hospitalized, including one man in critical condition and a pregnant woman, after a series of powerful explosions sounded in the city and airs defenses were activated.

The attack on the capital was ongoing, officials said, urging residents to remain in shelters until the air raid alert is lifted. City authorities warned that power and water outages are possible.

In the Darnytskyi district, debris landed in the yard of a residential building and on the grounds of an educational facility. A car caught fire after being hit by falling fragments.

Bumrah bests South Africa with 5-fer

Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah took five wickets as India bowled out South Africa for 159 on day one of the opening cricket Test. Electing to bat at Kolkata's Eden Gardens, South Africa lost regular wickets after a brisk start by the openers and survived just 55 overs of play.

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