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Bihar Polls To Be Held In 3 Phases Between Oct 27 And Nov 7
In what will be India's first full fledged election ever since the deadly COVID-19 pandemic hit the country, polling for the 243 Assembly seats in Bihar will take place in 3 phases between October 28 and November 7 this year. The Election Commission of India made the announcement in Delhi on Friday, adding that the votes will be counted on November 10. ....
Bihar Polls: JD-U, RJD Release Names Of Candidates For First Phase
With just three days left for filing nominations for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly election, the JD-U and RJD released names of their candidates on Monday. Bihar polls: JD-U, RJD release names of candidates for first phase....
Nitish Kumar Govt Misusing Old Phone Number To Defame Tejashwi: Manoj Jha
With its top party leaders Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav facing murder charges, the RJD on Monday accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi of engaging in a criminal conspiracy against Tejashwi Yadav. ....
No Back Door Alliance With LJP, Says BJP Bihar Unit
After the Lok Janshakti Party walked out of an alliance in Bihar but preferred to continue with its ties with the NDA at the Centre, the BJP state unit on Tuesday asserted that there was no back door alliance with the party led by Chirag Paswan. ....
Bihar Voters To Miss Lalu Prasad Yadav, Ram Vilas Paswan, Others In Poll Arena
Although coming Bihar Assembly elections are unique in many ways since the campaigning and balloting will be held amid coronavirus pandemic, the voters will miss RJD leader Lalu Prasad's light-hearted jibes and potshots at his political rivals since he is in jail after conviction in fodder scams. ....
Rajya Sabha Polls For 11 Seats In 2 States On Nov 9
The biennial elections to fill 11 Rajya Sabha seats in two states, which will fall vacant with the retirement of incumbent lawmakers in November, will be held on November 9, the Election Commission of India said on Tuesday. ....
Grand Alliance Releases Bihar Poll Manifesto, Pledges Change
The Grand Alliance in Bihar on Saturday released its election manifesto or 'Sankalp Patra', and reiterated its commitment to give 10 lakh jobs to the state's youths and waive farm loans if it returned to power. ....
Lalu Attacks Nitish Over Remark Linking Coastal Areas To Industries
After Kashmiri militants, Article 370, Left extremism and Jinnah, the Indian Ocean is the latest to enter the political war of words in Bihar at a time when the campaign for the Assembly polls is in full swing. ....
BJP Leader Manoj Tiwari's Security Increased In Bihar
The Bihar Police has increased the security cover for BJP MP and popular Bhojpuri film star Manoj Tiwari during Assembly elections in view of intelligence inputs about a possible attack on him during electioneering. ....
Dissent Deliberately Stifled As Terrorism, Indian Economy In Deep Crisis: Sonia Gandhi Attacks Modi Government
Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has attacked the Modi government for what she called "targeting political opponents and civil society members" and cautioned that the world's largest democracy was at the crossroads as "dissent was stifled as terrorism or branded anti-national activity". ....
