Bihar Polls
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Bihar polls: Only 4-8% clean candidates have won in last two Assembly elections
National | Oct 05, 2015, 05:40 PM ISTIf the past two elections are any indication, candidates for the forthcoming assembly elections in Bihar are likely to have a string of “heinous” cases against them in court: murder, extortion, kidnapping, robbery and dacoity
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Bihar polls: EC wants a copy of election manifestos
National | Oct 04, 2015, 12:44 PM ISTNew Delhi: Days before the first phase of Bihar polls, the Election Commission has reminded political parties of the guidelines to be followed while drafting election manifestos and have also asked them to provide it
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Watch Video: Lalu Yadav dubsmash PM Modi's 'Achche Din' dialogue
Mouthful | Oct 03, 2015, 12:38 PM ISTNew Delhi: Choosing an entirely unconventional way to attack PM Narendra Modi ahead of Bihar elections, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has come up with a hillarious dubsmash video.The former Bihar CM, who is fighting
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PM Modi attacks Nitish Kumar, calls him 'arrogant'
National | Oct 02, 2015, 10:28 PM ISTBanka: Attacking Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he is "too arrogant" to be trusted with governance and asked people to back development agenda of BJP to change the state's
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Bihar polls: PM Modi to address election rally in Banka today
National | Oct 02, 2015, 08:38 AM ISTPatna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will return to the Bihar assembly election campaign today. He will address a rally in Banka at 2 pm.This will be his first rally in the state since the poll
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Bihar polls: 458 candidates left in fray for second phase of voting
National | Oct 02, 2015, 07:39 AM ISTPatna: A total of 458 candidates are left for election to 32 Assembly seats in Bihar for the second phase of voting on October 16, the Election Office said yesterday."A total of 13 candidates withdrew
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Bihar polls: EC issues show-cause notice to Lalu Yadav for making casteist remarks
National | Oct 01, 2015, 10:58 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday slapped a show cause notice on RJD chief Lalu Prasad, saying prima facie he had violated the model code of conduct by allegedly making casteist remarks in the
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Ambedkar Memorial Ceremony Part of Bihar Poll Campaign: NCP
National | Oct 01, 2015, 07:51 PM ISTMumbai: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today accused the BJP of indulging in politics over B R Ambedkar, saying the proposed foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Indian Constitution architect's memorial and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
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BJP releases 'vision document' in Bihar, says time to end 'jungle raj'
National | Oct 01, 2015, 11:07 PM ISTPatna: The BJP on Thursday promised to distribute free laptops to students, two-wheelers to girls and colour TVs to Dalits and Mahadalits in its poll manifesto which it said will eliminate Bihar's backwardness.Union Finance Minister
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Nitish Kumar is a good person, people should vote him: Kejriwal
National | Oct 01, 2015, 10:52 AM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that he strongly supports his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar and urged people to vote for him in the upcoming Assembly polls in the state."Some media houses
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Bihar election PM Modi's biggest electoral test: US think-tank
National | Oct 01, 2015, 06:51 AM ISTWashington: The upcoming Bihar Assembly election this month will be the biggest electoral test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi this far, scholars from a top American think-tank have said, noting that the ramifications of its
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Bihar polls: Amit Shah says Nitish Kumar is a 'backstabber', attacks Lalu
National | Sep 30, 2015, 07:41 PM ISTBegusarai: BJP president Amit Shah today attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, accusing him of backstabbing the NDA by snapping ties and said it was in line with his habit of "deceit" to grab power."Nitish
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Ready to be "hanged" to prevent scrapping of quotas: Lalu Prasad Yadav
National | Sep 30, 2015, 07:01 PM ISTPatna: Unfazed by an FIR against him for his alleged casteist remarks, RJD chief Lalu Prasad today said he is ready to be "hanged" but will not allow BJP and RSS to scrap quotas for
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Bihar polls: Development main issue, says JD(U) as Lalu invokes caste loyalty
National | Sep 30, 2015, 06:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: Amid a controversy over ally Lalu Prasad's alleged casteist remarks, JD(U) today sought to do a delicate balancing act, asserting that inclusive development with social justice is the poll plank of grand alliance
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Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee meet in Delhi ahead of Bihar polls
National | Sep 30, 2015, 05:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee shared a stage here in a declaration of sorts of a joint front of non-NDA state governments. The message was clear
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Bihar polls: Will not campaign for tainted candidates, says BJP MP RK Singh
National | Sep 30, 2015, 04:43 PM ISTPatna: After embarrassing his party by accusing it of giving tickets to criminals and tainted persons for the Bihar assembly polls in return for money, BJP parliamentarian R.K. Singh on Wednesday said he would not
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Bihar polls: Nitish Kumar is our 'dulha', BJP has none, says Lalu
National | Sep 30, 2015, 04:02 PM ISTPatna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Wednesday said the BJP-led National Democractic Alliance (NDA) is contesting Bihar assembly polls like hosting a wedding without bridegroom, which the grand alliance has in Nitish Kumar.Taking a swipe
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Bihar polls: After Paswan, Manjhi's son-in-law turns rebel
National | Sep 29, 2015, 09:15 PM ISTPatna: Close on the heels of LJP chief Ramvilas Paswan's son-in-law rebelling against him, the son-in-law of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi also went against him and filed nomination as an Independent
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Lalu Prasad's caste remark triggers war of words
National | Sep 28, 2015, 09:15 PM ISTPatna: RJD president Lalu Prasad's remark that the Bihar election is a fight between backward and forward castes has triggered a fresh war of words between the grand secular alliance and the NDA.Kicking off his
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BJP to abolish quota policy, if it wins in Bihar: Nitish Kumar
National | Sep 27, 2015, 07:40 PM ISTKhagaria (Bihar): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today alleged that the BJP-led coalition at the Centre will abolish reservation for OBCs, SC and STs if it win assembly elections in Bihar as RSS chief Mohan