Bihar

Poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor has announced that his Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) will contest the upcoming Bankipur Assembly bypoll in Patna, framing the election as a referendum on the performance and promises of Bihar's new…
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The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls — an Election Commission exercise aimed at removing dead, duplicate and ineligible voters — is now being used beyond elections, with BJP governments in West Bengal and Bihar linking…
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Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar and supremo of the Janata Dal (United), is set to file his nomination for the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, HT has learnt — a move that would require him to vacate the chief minister’s post. Five Rajya…
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Independent MP from Purnea, Rajesh Ranjan, popularly known as Pappu Yadav, was arrested by Patna Police late Friday night following high drama at his residence in connection with a 1995 forgery case, officials said. The arrest came after a…
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A growing wave of heritage tourism in India has placed Bihar firmly back on the cultural map. Long celebrated as a cradle of spiritual and intellectual movements that shaped Asian civilisation, the state is now being rediscovered by…
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The first phase of voting for the Bihar Assembly election concluded on Thursday with a record provisional voter turnout of 64.46%, the highest ever in the state’s electoral history, according to the Election Commission. Polling was held…
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After weeks of speculation and internal wrangling, the Opposition’s INDIA bloc, or Mahagathbandhan, in Bihar has officially declared Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav as its chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming…
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भारत निर्वाचन आयोग के मुख्य चुनाव आयुक्त (सीईसी) ज्ञानेश कुमार ने बिहार विधानसभा चुनाव की तैयारियों की दो दिवसीय समीक्षा के बाद रविवार को प्रेसवार्ता की। उन्होंने भोजपुरी और मैथिली में मतदाताओं को दी जाने वाली सुविधाओं और सुधारों की विस्तार…
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विधानसभा चुनाव से ठीक पहले बिहार को केंद्र सरकार से बड़ी सौगात मिली है। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की अध्यक्षता में बुधवार को हुई केंद्रीय कैबिनेट बैठक में राज्य के लिए करीब 6,000 करोड़ रुपये की दो प्रमुख परियोजनाओं को मंजूरी दी गई। इनमें…
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With the Bihar assembly election due in October–November, seat-sharing talks within the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) are nearing conclusion, reports said on Sunday. According to The Indian Express, the BJP and Chief Minister…
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