Bihar Elecitons

Begusarai, dubbed as the Leningrad of the East, is historically the "Mini Moscow" of the Left.

Biennial elections to four seats of the Bihar legislative council, and by-poll to another constituency necessitated by the death of the member, will be held later this month, the Election Commission said today.

National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu will visit Bihar's Patna on July 5 to campaign for the presidential election which is scheduled to be held on July 18.

In an apparent attack on Mahagathbandhan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said those who are promising development of the State are the ones who have earned the bad name for closing down industries in Bihar.

There can be a debate on the quantum of development Bihar has seen under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar but no one can point a finger at him on corruption, Defence Minister Rajnath said on Wednesday, calling the BJP and the Janata Dal-United (JDU) a "superhit" partnership like the opening pair of cricket stars Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag.

Hitting out at a comment by BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's chief ministerial candidate Nitish Kumar that Tejashwi Yadav has no real power, and was thus incapable of fulfilling his pre-poll promises, RJD-led Grand Alliance's chief ministerial candidate asked why then was the "world's largest party using its full force" against him.

BJP president JP Nadda will address an election rally in Gaya on Sunday in what will be the first public meeting by a senior leader of the party during the Bihar assembly polls.

Amid the growing rift with NDA partner JD(U) ahead of the Bihar assembly election, Lok Janshakti Party patron Ram Vilas Paswan has said he will stand firmly with "whatever decision" his son and LJP chief Chirag Paswan takes on the party's ties.

Markets have been choppy in the run-up to the last few rounds of voting in Bihar, with the Nifty has correcting around 300 points over the previous nine sessions.

BJP has not given any indication to its ally and mahadalit leader Jitan Ram Manjhi that he will be its chief minister candidate if the party-led NDA wins the Bihar Assembly elections, party president Amit Shah said today.

A video clip showing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visiting a tantrik to seek his blessings was released by the BJP on Saturday.

A BJP legislator has said that she has received a threat letter asking her not to contest the upcoming Bihar assembly polls as a rebel candidate.

Begusarai, dubbed as the Leningrad of the East, is historically the "Mini Moscow" of the Left.

Biennial elections to four seats of the Bihar legislative council, and by-poll to another constituency necessitated by the death of the member, will be held later this month, the Election Commission said today.

National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu will visit Bihar's Patna on July 5 to campaign for the presidential election which is scheduled to be held on July 18.

In an apparent attack on Mahagathbandhan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said those who are promising development of the State are the ones who have earned the bad name for closing down industries in Bihar.

There can be a debate on the quantum of development Bihar has seen under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar but no one can point a finger at him on corruption, Defence Minister Rajnath said on Wednesday, calling the BJP and the Janata Dal-United (JDU) a "superhit" partnership like the opening pair of cricket stars Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag.

Hitting out at a comment by BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's chief ministerial candidate Nitish Kumar that Tejashwi Yadav has no real power, and was thus incapable of fulfilling his pre-poll promises, RJD-led Grand Alliance's chief ministerial candidate asked why then was the "world's largest party using its full force" against him.

BJP president JP Nadda will address an election rally in Gaya on Sunday in what will be the first public meeting by a senior leader of the party during the Bihar assembly polls.

Amid the growing rift with NDA partner JD(U) ahead of the Bihar assembly election, Lok Janshakti Party patron Ram Vilas Paswan has said he will stand firmly with "whatever decision" his son and LJP chief Chirag Paswan takes on the party's ties.

Markets have been choppy in the run-up to the last few rounds of voting in Bihar, with the Nifty has correcting around 300 points over the previous nine sessions.

BJP has not given any indication to its ally and mahadalit leader Jitan Ram Manjhi that he will be its chief minister candidate if the party-led NDA wins the Bihar Assembly elections, party president Amit Shah said today.

A video clip showing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visiting a tantrik to seek his blessings was released by the BJP on Saturday.

A BJP legislator has said that she has received a threat letter asking her not to contest the upcoming Bihar assembly polls as a rebel candidate.