Bihar Assembly Elections 2020
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NDA wins majority in Bihar thriller, Tejashwi's RJD emerges single largest party
Elections | Nov 11, 2020, 08:57 AM ISTBihar Assembly Election 2020 Result Live: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) comprising BJP, JDU, HAM and VIP succeeded in reaching the halfway mark — 122 seats — emerging victorious in the Bihar Assembly Election 2020, defeating the Mahagathbandhan led by RJD, Congress, CPI, others.
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Bihar all set for counting day. Who will become the next CM?
Elections | Nov 09, 2020, 11:39 PM ISTBihar Assembly Election Result 2020: Who will win the Bihar battle — Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav or Chirag Paswan as the counting of votes in the Bihar Assembly Election 2020 is all set to take place on Tuesday — November 10. The election on 243 constituencies took place in three phases.
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Tejashwi era set to begin in Bihar, says RJD veteran Shivanand Tiwari
Elections | Nov 09, 2020, 01:09 PM ISTRJD leader Shivanand Tiwari has exuded confidence that the party will form the next government in Bihar.
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'HBD CM Tejashwi': Tej Pratap Yadav tweets birthday message for younger brother
India | Nov 09, 2020, 11:55 AM ISTTej Pratap Yadav has extended greetings to his younger brother and opposition's CM candidate Tejashwi Yadav on his birthday. Tejashwi is celebrating his 32nd birthday today.
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'Americans have rectified their mistake': Shiv Sena likens US elections scenario to Bihar
India | Nov 09, 2020, 10:38 AM ISTThe Shiv Sena has chided the BJP and PM Narendra Modi for supporting Donald Trump who condemned the achievement of Kamala Harris, the Vice President-elect of the United States.
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Brother of RJD candidate gunned down in Purnea
Elections | Nov 07, 2020, 05:42 PM ISTA brother of RJD nominee Bittu Singh, who is in the poll fray from Damdaha Assembly constituency in Purnea district, was gunned down on Saturday by unidentified assailants, police said.
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Bihar election 2020: RJD’s old warhorse Abdul Bari Siddiqui eyes 8th term as MLA
Elections | Nov 07, 2020, 09:23 AM ISTBihar Assembly election 2020: A seven-time MLA, Abdul Bari Siddiqui is known to be very close to RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s family. He is contesting elections from the Keoti assembly seat.
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Bihar Election 2020: Nitish's trusted aide Vijay Kumar Chaudhary seeks a hat-trick in Sarairanjan
Elections | Nov 07, 2020, 08:23 AM ISTBihar Assembly election 2020: Vijay Kumar Chaudhary is considered a trusted aide of JD(U) president and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. He is seeking a hat-trick in Sarairanjan in Samastipur.
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Bihar election 2020: Subhashini Raj Rao faces uphill task to protect Sharad Yadav's legacy
Elections | Nov 07, 2020, 07:47 AM ISTBihar Assembly election 2020: Subhashini Raj Rao is the daughter of former JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav. She is contesting from Bihariganj assembly seat on a Congress ticket.
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Bihar election 2020: Pappu Yadav, Lalu's once strongman, faces tough political battle in Madhepura
Elections | Nov 07, 2020, 07:24 AM ISTBihar Assembly election 2020: Pappu Yadav is contesting from Madhepura vidhan sabha seat. Madhepura which is considered Pappu Yadav's bastion. It has a sizeable population of Yadavs who make around 40 per cent.
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Bihar Election 2020: Key candidates contesting in third phase
Elections | Nov 07, 2020, 09:26 AM ISTAs many as 12 ministers are in the fray in the third phase of Bihar Assembly election. They key candidates are Pappu Yadav, Subhashini Raj Rao, Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, and Abdul Bari Siddiqui.
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55 per cent voter turnout till 6 pm in Bihar Election phase 3, polling concludes
Elections | Nov 07, 2020, 06:38 PM ISTPolling in 78 assembly segments of Bihar in the third and final phase of state elections on Saturday in which 2.35 crore voters were eligible to decide the fate of 1,204 candidates has concluded.
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Bihar votes in third and final phase, NDA keeping fingers crossed in Seemanchal region
Elections | Nov 07, 2020, 12:03 AM ISTBihar Election 2020: All eyes are now on the polling for third and final phase of assembly elections in Bihar today in which stakes are quite high for the ruling NDA, trying to avert the anti-incumbency factor, and the opposition Grand Alliance-led by an apparently resurgent RJD. Bihar Assembly Election 2020 is taking place in three phases.
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'No one can push you out of country': Nitish Kumar junks 'rumours' over CAA in Seemanchal
Elections | Nov 05, 2020, 10:21 AM ISTBihar Assembly election 2020: Nitish Kumar said that nobody had the strength to send anyone out of the country as he rubbished rumours that people belonging to the minority community will be evicted out of the country.
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Bihar election 2020: Rahul Gandhi assails PM Modi, Nitish Kumar over job, migrant crisis
Elections | Nov 04, 2020, 02:17 PM ISTBihar Assembly election 2020: Rahul Gandhi assailed PM Narendra Modi and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar over job creation. Rahul said that Nitish Kumar had promised he would provide jobs to the youth and change Bihar, but he could not deliver.
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Bihar election 2020: Tejashwi Yadav deplores onion attack on Nitish Kumar at Madhubani rally
Elections | Nov 04, 2020, 09:21 AM ISTBihar Assembly election 2020: Onions were flung towards Nitish Kumar by some protestors at an election rally in Madhubani. The CM was addressing the public in Gangaur village ground in Harlakhi assembly constituency when the incident took place.
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Bihar election 2020: 'Rangbaazi, rangdaari losing to vikas', PM Modi raises pitch for Nitish Kumar
Elections | Nov 04, 2020, 12:47 PM ISTBihar Assembly election 2020: Addressing an election rally in Forbesganj of Araria district, PM Modi said that the NDA had spent the last decade meeting the people's "needs and was now focused on taking care of their aspirations".
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Patna Sahib: BJP's 'clean face' Nand Kishore Yadav seeks to retain seat for seventh consecutive term
Elections | Nov 03, 2020, 10:23 AM ISTBihar 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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Parsa: Prestige at stake for Chandrika Roy as Lalu's former confidant enters fray on JDU ticket
Elections | Nov 03, 2020, 10:25 AM ISTLocated 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?
Elections | Nov 03, 2020, 10:27 AM ISTTejashwi 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.