Bihar Assembly Polls

Bihar woman burnt alive in Vaishali; Rahul Gandhi accuses Nitish Kumar govt of 'hiding incident for electoral gains'

In a tweet attacking the Bihar CM, the Congress leader tagged a Hindi news report that claimed the incident was kept under wraps as elections were on

Bihar polls: BJP leader Nand Kishore Yadav likely to be new Assembly Speaker

Yadav, a seven-term MLA from Patna Sahib, has served as a minister in all the previous NDA governments in Bihar

Disappointed with party's performance in Bihar polls, CWC will review it soon, says P Chidambaram

The Congress managed to win only 19 of the 70 seats it had contested, down from its previous tally of 27 seats out of the 41 seats it had fought in the 2015 Assembly elections

Bihar polls: BJP's free COVID-19 vaccine promise not violative of model code of conduct, says EC

The complainant, RTI activist Saket Gokhale, had alleged that BJP's poll promise for Bihar was discriminatory and misleading as India's vaccine policy had not been announced yet

One dead, over 24 injured in firing, stone-pelting during Durga idol immersion in Bihar's Munger

The incident occurred late on Monday night at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Chowk. Witnesses said there was a pile-up of processions after a makeshift bamboo carrier broke down.

Bihar Assembly polls 2020: BJP promises 19 lakh jobs in next five yrs, free COVID-19 vaccine in its manifesto

BJP's manifesto also included the appointment of three lakh teachers within the next year in schools and higher education institutions and one lakh jobs in the health sector

Bihar polls: Janata Dal Rashtravadi candidate and supporter shot while campaigning in Sheohar constituency

The police linked the attack on Shri Narayan Singh to a "gang war", and said that the perpetrator was then beaten to death by the mob

Bihar Polls: Nitish Kumar campaigns in Ram Vilas Paswan's turf, refrains from criticising Chirag

After dissociating his party from the ruling NDA in Bihar, Chirag has been hitting out at the chief minister almost on a daily basis in his election meetings as well as in the social media, but Kumar has chosen not to react to him

EC faces uphill task in enforcing COVID-19 guidelines despite requisite powers, say former CECs

Ex-CECs VS Sampath, OP Rawat, SY Quraishi said though it is challenging, but EC could take "demonstrative action" as postponing polls in a few constituencies and banning rallies "to show that it means business"

Narendra Modi in Bihar: 'Double-engine' NDA govt under Nitish Kumar will ensure fast pace development

Referring to the Galwan Valley clash with Chinese troops, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the sons of Bihar laid down their lives for the tricolour but did not let 'Mother' India's head bow