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  Bihar Election 2020: Who will form the next govt, know what Super Opinion Poll says

  October 24, 2020 23:40 IST

  Bihar Assembly Election 2020 is all set to take place from October 28. The assembly polls will be held in three phases. A look at Bihar's Super Opinion Poll.

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  BJP-NDA govt taking Bihar out of lantern age to LED era: JP Nadda taunts RJD

  October 24, 2020 23:48 IST

  With just 4 days left when Bihar goes to polls, BJP President JP Nadda who is addressing rally after rally, seeking to garner support for the party, on Saturday took a dig at Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) saying the BJP-led NDA government is taking Bihar out of the age of lantern era to that of a LED era. Lantern is the party symbol of the RJD. Nadda made the comment at his rally at the Hawai Adda Maidan in Bihar's Bhagalpur district.

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  Bihar Election 2020: 10 lakh jobs, farm loan waiver highlights of RJD manifesto

  October 24, 2020 11:07 IST

  The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Saturday released its manifesto for the Bihar Assembly Election 2020. The manifesto, which was released by party's chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav along with other leaders, promised farm loan waiver and 10 lakh jobs.

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  Bihar Election: EC suspends 2 excise officials, transfers 4 others

  October 24, 2020 9:58 IST

  ​The Election Commission (EC) has suspended two excise superintendents and transferred four others for not demonstrating "alertness and effectiveness" in the seizure of liquor in poll-bound Bihar, an official said.  

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  Article 370, Galwan, RJD's 'jungleraaj' - Highlights of PM Modi's first day, first show in Bihar

  October 23, 2020 22:58 IST

  PM Modi, who hit the election campaign trail for the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak, addressed rallies in Sasaram, Gaya and Bhagalpur, where polling is scheduled to be held in the first phase on October 28.

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  PM Modi ‘insulted’ soldiers when he said nobody intruded into Ladakh: Rahul Gandhi at Bihar rally

  October 23, 2020 20:23 IST

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of having "insulted" the soldiers with his comment that nobody had intruded into Indian territory in Ladakh and asked as to when will the Chinese "be thrown out".

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  Laluji will get bail on November 9, Nitish's farewell next day, boasts Tejashwi

  October 23, 2020 17:25 IST

  In his address, delivered mostly in Bhojpuri in a tone that appeared a loose copy of his father's famous style of speech-making, Tejashwi also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in Bihar on Friday to address his first rallies in the polls.

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  Free Covid vaccine promise in Bihar election manifesto shows BJP's discriminatory nature: Shiv Sena

  October 23, 2020 14:58 IST

  The BJP on Thursday released its manifesto for Bihar elections wherein it promised free coronavirus vaccine to all.

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  'When will you throw out Chinese soldiers sitting in our territory', Rahul asks PM Modi

  October 23, 2020 14:25 IST

  Rahul Gandhi said that when migrant workers from Bihar were being chased away from other states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar didn't help them.

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  Opposition has formed 'pitara' against NDA, they call it 'Mahagathbandhan': PM Modi in Gaya

  October 23, 2020 14:17 IST

  Opposition parties have formed a 'pitara' (box) against NDA called Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance), said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gaya on Friday adding that the grand alliance allowed Naxal movement in the past. 

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  Sushil Kumar Modi: BJP's Bihar troubleshooter, Nitish Kumar's all-weather aide

  October 23, 2020 15:53 IST

  Sushil Modi is one of the most prominent figures in Bihar politics. Referred to as SuMo, the Bihar Deputy Chief Minister emerged out of the 1974-75 Jayaprakash Narayan (JP) movement. He figures among the NDA's star campaigners for the upcoming October-November Bihar elections.

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  Jitan Ram Manjhi: Nitish's former bête noire seeks re-election from Imamganj

  October 23, 2020 15:59 IST

  He has switched sides more than you can vividly remember. Talk of Bihar's political landscape and there he is -- Jitan Ram Manjhi, a low-profile leader who has garnered attention every election with his astounding political choices.

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  'Those who made Bihar 'Bimaru' will not return' to power: Top quotes from PM Modi's rally

  October 23, 2020 19:32 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed his first election rally in poll-bound Bihar. Beginning his speech, the prime minister paid tributes to the soldiers from the state who had made the supreme sacrifice in the Galwan Valley clash and the Pulwama attack.

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  Tejashwi Yadav: Lalu's heir apparent is yet to prove political mettle

  October 23, 2020 9:42 IST

  Tejashwi Yadav joined politics which came naturally to him. In 2015, he became a first-time MLA from Raghopur in Vaishali district and took oath as Deputy CM.

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  Nitish Kumar: The Chanakya of Bihar politics

  October 23, 2020 9:38 IST

  Nitish Kumar has earned an image of being suave and workaholic, credit his works in the last 15 years. Soft-spoken, sharp, and articulate, he speaks in a measured tone.

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  Want jungle raj or sushasan? PM Modi asks crowd at Bhagalpur rally, targets RJD

  February 21, 2023 17:26 IST

  Bihar Assembly Election 2020: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday began his Bihar election campaign with three poll rallies and lauded Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his efforts in successfully fighting against coronavirus. Addressing an election rally in Sasaram, PM Modi said that if Nitish Kumar government had not acted fast, there would have been many more deaths.

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  Bihar's super Friday: PM Modi vs Rahul Gandhi as poll campaign heats up

  October 22, 2020 23:16 IST

  PM Modi is scheduled to hold three election rallies in at Dehri-on Sone (Rohtas district), Gaya and Bhagalpur seeking votes for NDA candidates. Rahul Gandhi will be in Nawada's Hisua, and Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur.

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  Bihar Election 2020: Rahul Gandhi denied permission to land in Purnea, says Congress

  October 22, 2020 20:20 IST

  Congress' Bihar in-charge Shaktisinh Gohil said that requisite permission has been denied on the grounds that the airstrip at Purnea was undergoing renovation.

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  Pappu Yadav: Potential kingmaker from Madhepura seat eyeing victory to a 'corruption-free' Bihar

  October 22, 2020 23:20 IST

  For the coming polls, Pappu Yadav, who formed the Jan Adhikar Party - Loktantrik (JAP-L) in 2015, has been named the chief ministerial candidate of the newly-formed Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA) and is all set to take on both the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Grand Alliance. Pappu will contest the upcoming state election from Madhepura constituency. He will take on JDU's Nikhil Mandal and RJS's Chandrasekhar in Madhepura.

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  Bihar polls: Over 50% population satisfied with JD-U-BJP, reveals research

  October 22, 2020 18:49 IST

  According to a recent study reflecting the opinion and perception of people in Bihar, more than 50 percent of the population are satisfied with the current administration.

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  Who is Luv Sinha? The 'Bihari Putra' of Shatrugun Sinha and Congress candidate from Bankipur

  October 22, 2020 18:28 IST

  Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha's son Luv Sinha is all set to enter the political circuit by contesting the assembly elections from his ancestral place in Bihar.

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  Tej Pratap Yadav: Lalu's maverick elder son eyeing victory from Hasanpur seat in Bihar Election 2020

  October 22, 2020 18:04 IST

  Bihar Election 2020: Tej Pratap Yadav, the elder son of Lalu Prasad and Bihar's former health minister, is contestng the forthcoming assembly polls from Hasanpur assembly seat in Samastipur district. Tej Pratap filed his nomination on October 13.

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  With 'Bihar First, Bihari First' mantra, Chirag Paswan hopes to make big difference in Bihar polls

  October 22, 2020 23:24 IST

  Bihar Election 2020: President of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) in Bihar, Chirag Paswan is now the face for the party in the upcoming assembly election after the death of his father and renowned politician Ram Vilas Paswan. Riding on the popularity and credibility of his father who was the Union Minister in the Modi government, Chirag Pawan's mantra for the forthcoming elections is 'Bihar First, Bihari First'.

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  Bihar Election 2020: Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav to address joint rally on Oct 23

  October 22, 2020 14:58 IST

  The first such rally by Grand Alliance leaders is slated to be held in Hisua in Nawada district of Bihar to show the Mahagathbandhan unity and send out a message to the party cadres ahead of first phase of polling on October 28.

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  Bihar election 2020: Asaduddin Owaisi claims BJP wants its own CM, not Nitish Kumar

  October 22, 2020 13:29 IST

   Asaduddin Owaisi has claimed that the BJP wants to install its own Chief Minister in Bihar. 

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  Bihar election 2020: BJP manifesto promises 19 lakh jobs, free Covid vaccine to everyone

  October 22, 2020 12:49 IST

  Bihar election 2020: BJP in its election manifesto has promised 19 lakh jobs and free Covid vaccine to all. The BJP is contesting elections in an alliance with Nitish Kumar's JDU.

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  When Nitish Kumar lost his cool over 'Lalu zindabad' slogans during poll rally

  October 22, 2020 17:39 IST

  Slogans shouting "Lalu Zindabad" at an election rally on Wednesday seemed to have angered Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. A visibly irate CM could be seen stopping his speech midway to take on those in the crowd shouting pro-Lalu slogans.

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  Bihar election 2020: JDU releases manifesto for forthcoming polls

  October 22, 2020 19:49 IST

  Bihar Assembly election 2020: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday released its manifesto for the Assembly polls. The BJP is contesting elections in an alliance with Nitish Kumar's JD(U).