Bihar Assembly
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Nitish Kumar attacks PM, says 'Hawabaazi' will not work this time
National | Sep 29, 2015, 09:14 PM ISTRosera/Bachwara: Sharpening his attack on the NDA for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "not fulfilling the promises" made during the last general elections and said
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PM Modi to return to Bihar poll campaign
National | Sep 26, 2015, 09:24 PM ISTPatna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will return to the Bihar assembly election campaign on October 2, for the first time since the poll schedule announcement, with a rally in Banka.BJP chief Amit Shah will hold
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Bihar Polls: 586 candidates in the fray for 1st phase after withdrawal
National | Sep 26, 2015, 08:21 PM ISTPatna: Altogether 586 candidates are in the fray from 49 seats in the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections on the last day of withdrawal of nominations today.A total of 605 candidates had filed nomination
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Bihar polls: Rajnath Singh rubbishes RK Singh's remark on ticket distribution
National | Sep 26, 2015, 04:26 PM ISTLucknow: In a snub to BJP MP R K Singh, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today trashed his allegation that criminals were given tickets in Bihar Assembly elections."In BJP, ticket distribution is done fairly considering
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Bihar Polls: Advani, Joshi, Shatrughan among BJP star campaigners
National | Sep 23, 2015, 04:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: BJP veterans Lal Krishna Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha are among the star campaigners enlisted by the party to woo voters ahead of the Bihar assembly elections.Sources said Prime Minister
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Bihar Polls: BJP declares 11 candidates in third list
National | Sep 20, 2015, 08:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: BJP today announced the third list of 11 candidates for Bihar Assembly polls which includes a Muslim nominee from Kochadhaman constituency. The party has declared candidates for 153 seats out of the total
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Bihar Assembly polls: Decision on seat-sharing today
India | Sep 13, 2015, 10:48 AM ISTBihar Assembly polls: Decision on seat-sharing todayNew Delhi: Ahead of the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls, former state chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi met Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Saturday over discusions related to
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BJP takes stock of Bihar assembly poll campaign
National | Sep 02, 2015, 01:53 AM ISTNew Delhi: BJP today took stock of its Bihar assembly electioncampaign at a meeting of its general secretaries chaired by party president Amit Shah and claimed that it had been able to reach out to
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Jitan Ram Manjhi quits legislative assembly seat
National | Aug 25, 2015, 02:52 PM ISTPatna: In a surprise move, former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today resigned as the member of Bihar legislative assembly, according to his close aide Danish Rizwan.Manjhi met the legislative assembly acting secretary Hare
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Nitish Kumar to make denial of spl status a major poll plank
National | Aug 02, 2015, 10:32 AM ISTNew Delhi: Crying "betrayal", Nitish Kumar-led JD(U)-RJD alliance will flag in a big way in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections the denial by the Centre of special category status to the state.JD(U) Secretary General and
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Bihar has developed in last one decade: Nitish Kumar
National | Jul 27, 2015, 04:25 PM ISTPatna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said the state had developed in the last 10 years and his government had worked for its development with justice for all.Nitish Kumar also said that Bihar
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Vyapam Scam: Hearing on Kumar Viswas's plea today; 5 other major events of the day
India | Jul 24, 2015, 09:56 AM ISTVyapam Scam: Hearing on Kumar Viswas's plea in SC todayNew Delhi: The Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea of AAP leader Kumar Vishwas today who has joined others including Congress leader Digvijay Singh in
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PM Narendra Modi to review highway projects today; 6 other news events of the day
India | Jul 02, 2015, 10:13 AM ISTPM Narendra Modi to review highway projects todayNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting to review the status of highway projects today, prompting the Nitin Gadkari-led road ministry to prepare a presentation
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RJD MLA's remarks against Smriti Irani rocks Bihar Assembly
National | Mar 17, 2015, 07:35 PM ISTPatna: RJD MLA Akhtarul Islam Sahin's comments on Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani's life before politics drew fierce opposition with BJP members throwing the Bihar Assembly in pandemonium for about 20 minutes during post-lunch session
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BJP creates ruckus in Assembly over power tariff hike
National | Mar 17, 2015, 05:08 PM ISTPatna: Opposition BJP today created ruckus in the Bihar Assembly over hike in electricity charges by 15 paisa per unit in urban areas and 10 paisa per unit in rural areas and urged the government
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Jitan Ram Manjhi absents himself from Bihar Assembly as Nitish Kumar takes floor test
National | Mar 11, 2015, 01:46 PM ISTPatna: Jitan Ram Manjhi, who had resigned as Bihar Chief minister just hours before a crucial trust vote last month, today absented himself from the inaugural sitting of the joint session of Bihar Legislature after
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Fortunate if Manjhi resigned because of me: Bihar Speaker
National | Feb 21, 2015, 03:55 PM ISTPatna: Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary today said he considered himself “fortunate” if Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi resigned due to him, and justified his decisions taken in the run-up to Manjhi's floor test
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NDA hits out at Nitish, Congress says Manjhi quit at BJP panicked
National | Feb 20, 2015, 03:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: NDA today accused JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar of "sacrificing" a Mahadalit while Congress saw BJP's "panic" behind Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's resignation hours before a trust vote in Assembly and said it
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BJP does not 'repent' backing Manjhi: Sushil Modi
National | Feb 20, 2015, 03:52 PM ISTPatna: BJP today said it did not "repent" backing Jitan Ram Manjhi during the trust vote as the party wanted to send out the message to people that it stood against "humiliation" of a mahadalit
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Jitan Ram Manjhi may float a new political party
National | Feb 20, 2015, 01:22 PM ISTPatna: Bihar's outgoing Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi may float a new political party ahead of the assembly elections due to be held in October-November this year.According to India TV sources, Manjhi has called a