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  BJP's free coronavirus vaccine promise not violation of poll code, Election Commission says

  India | October 31, 2020 13:14 IST

  ​The Election Commission on Saturday said that it did not find Bharatiya Janata Party's promise of providing free coronavirus vaccine in its Bihar manifesto "violative" of the provisions of the model code. The poll panel said this in response to a complaint by RTI activist Saket Gokhale.

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  Bihar: COVID-19 fails to dent voters' enthusiasm, decent polling in first phase | 10 points

  Elections | October 28, 2020 23:15 IST

  Bihar Assembly Election 2020: The state went to first of the three-phased polls to elect the next government on Wednesday. The voter turnout in the phase 1 of Bihar assembly polls was 54 per cent, with CEC saying it may rise further.

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  PM Modi will make Bihar developed state if people vote NDA to power, says CM Nitish Kumar

  Elections | October 28, 2020 17:56 IST

  Bringing the 'Modi factor' to the fore of the poll campaign, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday devoted his speech at a BJP rally in Patna to development works undertaken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Bihar and said PM Modi will make it a "developed" state if the ruling NDA is voted back to power.

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  Bihar polls: BJP's Prem Kumar wears lotus mask at polling booth, FIR to be filed for MCC violation

  Elections | October 28, 2020 13:50 IST

  ​Senior BJP leader and Bihar Agriculture has landed himself in trouble after he visited a polling booth wearing lotus flower printed face mask while casting his vote. Returning Officer will file an FIR against Kumar for violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), news agency ANI reported.

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  Will Jitan Ram Manjhi manage to defeat Uday Narayan Choudhary, Shobha Sinha in Imamganj?

  Elections | October 28, 2020 9:39 IST

  ​Former Bihar chief minister and the president of Hindustan Awam Morcha (Secular) Jitan Ram Manjhi is seeking a re-election from Imamganj. Uday Narayan Choudhary, a veteran Dalit leader and former Bihar assembly speaker, has been pitted from the seat as a candidate from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has fielded Shobha Sinha, the daughter-in-law of Ramswaroop Pawan, a former MLA from Imamganj.

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  Bihar polls: Voter in queue collapses at Rohtas polling booth after heart attack, dies

  Elections | October 28, 2020 9:43 IST

  A voter waiting in queue to cast his vote suffered a heart attack and died at a polling booth in Bihar's Rohtas. The 50-year-old, identified as Heeralal Mahto, collapsed while he was standing in the queue for his turn to vote.

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  Tejashwi Yadav confident of two-third majority, reassures jobs promise, nullify Centre's farm laws

  Elections | October 27, 2020 16:40 IST

  Confident of the 'Mahagathbandhan' getting two-thirds majority in the upcoming assembly election in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday said providing jobs to unemployed youth would be a top priority for him and his government will also bring a legislation in the first assembly session to nullify the "anti-farmer" laws brought by the Centre.

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  Bihar Election 2020: Campaign ends for first phase, polling on Oct 28

  Elections | October 26, 2020 20:09 IST

  Curtain came down on Monday over campaign for 71 assembly segments of Bihar which go to polls on October 28, in the first phase of elections. Leading the NDA charge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew down to address as many as three rallies where he urged the voters to vote Chief Minister Nitish Kumar back to power.

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  In his first Dussehra speech as CM, Uddhav Thackeray slams BJP, Guv Koshyari, Kangana - Key points

  India | October 25, 2020 22:05 IST

  Shiv Sena chief and Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday addressed the party's Dussehra rally for the first time after holding the post of state's chief minister at Savarkar hall in Dadar.

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  Bihar Election 2020: Tejashwi Yadav says CM Nitish Kumar is tired, JD(U)-BJP hit back

  Elections | October 25, 2020 18:25 IST

  Drawing sharp retorts from leaders of the ruling NDA, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday said that the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is tired and no longer able to manage Bihar.

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  Bihar Election 2020: Will build temple in Sitamarhi bigger than Ram Temple, says Chirag Paswan

  News | October 25, 2020 12:40 IST

  Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan -- who is contesting his first election in Bihar alone -- visited Sitamarhi today where he performed puja of Goddess Sita.

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  Bihar Election 2020: Reporter bike wali talks with RJD's Tej Pratap Yadav

  News | March 16, 2021 16:40 IST

  IndiaTV reporter Jyoti Mishra had a special conversion with RJD's Tej Pratap Yadav and here is what he had to say about upcoming Bihar Assembly election.

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

  Elections | 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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  Reporter bike wali talks with BJP's Manoj Tiwari on Bihar election

  News | March 16, 2021 16:29 IST

  IndiaTV reporter Jyoti Mishra had a special conversion with the BJP MP Manoj Tiwari and here is what he had to say about upcoming Bihar Assembly election.

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

  Elections | 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

  Elections | 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

  Elections | 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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  Bihar Election 2020: Reporter bike wali talks with Pappu Yadav about his strategy

  News | March 16, 2021 16:41 IST

  IndiaTV reporter Jyoti Mishra had a special conversion with the JAP ( Jan Adhikar Party) supremo Pappu Yadav and here is what he had to say about his plans for upcoming Bihar Assembly election.

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  Opinion | Bihar polls: Nitish Kumar, a liability for NDA campaign

  India | October 22, 2020 14:07 IST

  Senior BJP leaders in Bihar have already begun to sense the mood of the voters, who are eager for change this time. Nitish Kumar ruled for 15 years in Bihar, first in alliance with the BJP, then joined Mahagathbandhan, and later walked out to forge alliance with the BJP again.  

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  Bihar assembly election 2020: FM Nirmala Sitharaman releases BJP's 'Vision Document

  News | October 22, 2020 11:55 IST

  FM Sitharaman released the party's election manifesto in Patna. According to reports, the BJP election manifesto focuses on ‘Atmanirbhar Bihar’.