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  Patna Sahib: BJP's 'clean face' Nand Kishore Yadav seeks to retain seat for seventh consecutive term

  November 03, 2020 10:23 IST

  Bihar election 2020: Nand Kishore Yadav is contesting elections from the Patna Sahib Assembly seat. He is seeking to retain the seat for seventh consecutive term.

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  Cheria Bariarpur: JDU's Manju Verma, named in Muzaffarpur case, seeks third consecutive win

  November 03, 2020 10:30 IST

  Controversial JD(U) leader and two-time MLA Manju Verma is contesting from the Cheria Bariarpur assembly seat in Bihar's Begusarai district. Named in the infamous Muzaffarpur shelter home case, Verma has been facing opposition ever since her candidature was announced.

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  Parsa: Prestige at stake for Chandrika Roy as Lalu's former confidant enters fray on JDU ticket

  November 03, 2020 10:25 IST

  Located in the Saran district, Parsa assembly constituency forms a part of Chapra Lok Sabha seat. Chandrika Roy, once Lalu Prasad's confidant, is contesting from Parsa on JDU ticket.

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  Raghopur: Can Tejashwi Yadav keep RJD's fortress intact?

  November 03, 2020 10:27 IST

  Tejashwi Yadav, the younger son of Lalu Prasad, had taken the electoral plunge from Raghopur in 2015. He won the election and went on to become the deputy to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

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  Political newbies Luv Sinha, Pushpam Priya Chaudhary clash in Bankipur. Who will win?

  November 03, 2020 8:43 IST

  Shatrughan Sinha's actor-turned-politician son Luv is contesting on a Congress ticket while new entrant Pushpam Priya Chaudhary calls herself "Chief Ministerial candidate" of the newly-floated outfit Plurals Party. Altogether 22 candidates are in the fray from Bankipur including incumbent Nitin Nabin of the BJP.

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  Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, UP bypolls: Voting ends in 54 seats, 66.28 pc turnout in MP

  November 03, 2020 20:35 IST

  Voting was underway on Tuesday for by-elections to 54 assembly constituencies spread across 10 states, including 28 seats in Madhya Pradesh where the BJP is locked in a keen contest with the Congress to save its government.

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  Nitish Kumar will never become CM again, can give you in writing: Chirag Paswan

  November 03, 2020 7:45 IST

  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will never come to power as the CM again after November 10, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) President Chirag Paswan said on Tuesday.

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  Will Tej Pratap have a cakewalk in the Yadav-dominated Hasanpur?

  November 03, 2020 10:31 IST

  Lalu Prasad's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav is contesting from the Hasanpur seat in the Bihar assembly election. He is pitted against sitting legislator from the JDU, Raj Kumar Rai, who poses as Tej Pratap's principal rival who has been holding the seat since 2010. Hasanpur seat is located in the Samastipur district of Bihar but comes under the Khagaria Lok Sabha constituency.

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  Voting for Baroda bypolls begins; fate of 14 candidates to be decided

  November 03, 2020 7:25 IST

  Polling for the Baroda bypoll began in Haryana on Tuesday. The polling started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm, officials said. A total of 1.81 lakh eligible voters will decide the fate of 14 candidates, including Olympian wrestler and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee Yogeshwar Dutt, in the fray for the bypoll. 

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  Bihar Election 2020: PM Modi to hold two rallies today as state enters second phase polling

  November 03, 2020 7:19 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be back in Bihar as the second phase polling begins today. Interestingly, his rallies will be digitally transmitted to 200 grounds in Bihar where more crowds will assemble. 

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  53.51 per cent voting in Bihar election second phase, says Election Commission

  November 03, 2020 20:49 IST

  Bihar Assembly Election 2020 second phase polling in 94 constituencies across 17 districts concluded on Tuesday evening. According to the election commission, a total of 53.51 voter turnout was recoreded till 6 pm, informed the Election Commission of India.

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  Bihar Election 2020: Polling on 94 seats in 17 districts today

  November 03, 2020 1:30 IST

  Bihar Election 2020: The second phase of polling on 94 seats across 17 districts is set to take place today. Out of 94, the BJP is contesting on 46 seats while the JD(U) at 43 to defeat the RJD-Congress-left alliance in the state.

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  Madhya Pradesh bypolls: Big test for Congress veterans, voting on 28 seats Tuesday

  November 02, 2020 20:14 IST

  Bypolls in 28 Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh will be held on Tuesday, amid speculation over the prospects of supporters of Congressman-turned-BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who are in the poll arena on BJP ticket.

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  'Jangalraj 2.0': Pushpam Priya slams Nitish govt after party candidate attacked

  November 02, 2020 18:11 IST

  Plurals Party chief Pushpam Priya Choudhary hit out at the JDU-BJP government in Bihar after one of her party candidate from Siwan, Dr. Rameshwar Kumar, was attacked by chemical ink, leading to cornea damage.

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  MP bypolls: SC stays EC order revoking Kamal Nath's star campaigner status

  November 02, 2020 14:58 IST

  The Election Commission order revoking the "star campaigner" status of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath was stayed by the Supreme Court on Monday.

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  Bihar election 2020: Key candidates contesting in phase 2

  November 03, 2020 9:06 IST

  Bihar polls second phase candidates: Notable among the candidates is the RJD's Tejashwi Yadav, his elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav, and RJD turncoat Chandrika Rai.

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  Manjhi's HAM writes to PM Modi demanding probe in Paswan's death, points at Chirag's role

  November 02, 2020 13:04 IST

  Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) party on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding an investigation into the death of Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) patron Ram Vilas Paswan.

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  UP MLC elections: Mayawati reiterates BSP will vote for BJP, other parties to defeat SP candidates

  November 02, 2020 12:02 IST

  BSP chief Mayawati on Monday reiterated her stand on supporting candidates from BJP or any other party to defeat Samajwadi Party (SP) in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh MLC elections.

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  Will RJD delay salaries or stop development work, Nitish mocks 10-lakh jobs' promise

  November 02, 2020 9:44 IST

  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday mocked Mahagathbandhan for promising 10 lakh jobs once voted to power.

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  Dubbak by-polls: Rs 1 cr unaccounted cash seized from kin of BJP candidate

  November 02, 2020 8:22 IST

  Acting on credible information, two people, including Surabhi Srinivas Rao, the brother-in-law of the BJP candidate were nabbed in Begumpet area while they were transporting the money in a vehicle, meant to be distributed to voters, Hyderabad Commissioner of Police Anjani Kumar told reporters.

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  Bihar election 2020: 'Trouble engine', Lalu Prasad fires salvo at PM Modi's 'double engine' remark

  November 02, 2020 8:21 IST

  Bihar Assembly election 2020: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav is behind the bars in connection with his role in the multi-crore fodder scam. This is the first Assembly election in Bihar when Lalu is missing from action.

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  Free transportation to Patna polling booths for voters with disability, elderly

  November 01, 2020 23:34 IST

  The Election Commission on Sunday said that it will provide free transportation to polling booths to voters in Patna aged above 80 and those having disabilities.

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  It's 'double yuvraj' versus NDA's double engine in Bihar: PM Modi

  November 01, 2020 19:20 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday mocked Rashtriya Janata Dal's Tejashwi Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as "double Yuvraj" (two crown princes) while who stood for "jungle raj" and were pitted against the NDA's "double engine" growth which has pulled the state out of lantern age.

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  'Alliance of dynasts': PM Modi's stinging attack on Congress-RJD alliance

  November 01, 2020 14:30 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday slammed the Congress-RJD alliance and dubbed it an "alliance of dynasts" who were only concerned about their own families. He was addressing a rally in Samastipur, the second of his four rallies for the day as the campaigning for second phase ends today.

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  'Maa, don't worry about Chhath, your son is sitting in Delhi': PM strikes a chord with Bihar women

  November 01, 2020 14:42 IST

  "Maa, your son is sitting in Delhi," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday as he promised the women of Bihar to ensure that their kitchen fires are kept burning despite the coronavirus pandemic.

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  In Bihar rallies, PM targets 'double-double yuvraj', exudes confidence of NDA win | Top Quotes

  November 01, 2020 14:38 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is campaigning in Bihar today as part of the second leg of electioneering for the assembly elections in Bihar. In his first poll rally of the day in Chhapra, the prime minister took on the Mahagathbandhan, and urged people to keep "selfish" forces away for a better future.

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  Super Sunday: PM Modi to address 4 back-to-back rallies in Bihar ahead of phase 2 polling

  October 31, 2020 23:47 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address four back-to-back rallies in Bihar on Sunday to garner support for the NDA candidates in the poll-bound state.

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  Tejashwi Yadav can't even spell 'Cabinet' correctly: Union Minister taunts Mahagathbandhan

  October 31, 2020 16:58 IST

  Just three days ahead of the Bihar Election phase 2 polling on November 3, Union Minister Ashwini Choubey took a jibe at opposition's Chief Ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav saying he can't even spell the word cabinet correctly.