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  Decoding vote share: How Bihar voted for different parties

  Politics | November 08, 2015 20:47 IST

  New Delhi: Nitish Kumar-led Grand Alliance today secured a thumping majority in Bihar assembly polls with a win on 178 seats.What came as surprise to many was performance of Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal.

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  With lantern support, arrow hits bullseye in Bihar polls

  Politics | November 08, 2015 19:13 IST

  New Delhi: The arrow hit the bullseye in Bihar today with the support of lantern that the lotus wilted in a politically crucial state.As the JD(U)-led Grand Secular Alliance swept the Bihar Assembly elections, the

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  Nitish Kumar: Bihar's Chanakya set to be Chandragupta, again

  Politics | November 20, 2015 0:02 IST

  Patna: Incumbent Nitish Kumar will take oath as Bihar's Chief Minister for the fourth time on Friday. An array of personalities, mostly from the non-BJP stable, that could indicate possible future political alignments, will be

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  BJP concedes defeat in Bihar battle

  Politics | November 08, 2015 11:21 IST

  New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday conceded defeat in the Bihar elections.“BJP lost only because of alliance arithmetic,” union minister Prakash Javadekar told the media.BJP vice president Prabhat Jha added: “We failed

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  Victory of principles over moneybags: Sharad Yadav

  Politics | November 08, 2015 12:36 IST

  New Delhi: With initial trends showing the Nitish Kumar led grand alliance ahead of the BJP-led NDA,  JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav described it as a “victory of principles over moneybags”. “It was a very tough

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  Grand Alliance takes lead, Sharad Yadav claims victory

  Politics | November 08, 2015 11:52 IST

  New Delhi: The Grand Alliance was poised to win the battle for the Bihar assembly, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Sharad Yadav said on Sunday.“We will get about 150 seats,” Yadav told the media as officials

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  Tight security for counting of votes across Bihar

  India | November 08, 2015 8:03 IST

  Patna:  Elaborate security arrangements have been made for Sunday at 39 centres across Bihar for counting of votes polled in the five-phased assembly elections, officials said on Saturday.Counting of votes polled for 243 assembly seats

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  Bihar exit polls: One predicts win for NDA, others show close contest

  Politics | November 07, 2015 23:19 IST

  New Delhi: With the end of polling in fifth phase of Bihar assembly elections, every other politician started predicting number of seats for their party with none of them conceding a defeat.However, the exit polls

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  Clear win for Nitish-led grand alliance in Bihar: India TV exit poll

  Politics | November 06, 2015 8:31 IST

  New Delhi: The ‘grand alliance' of JD(U)-RJD-Congress led by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar may score an outright win over BJP-led NDA in the assembly sweepstakes, according to projections made by India TV-CVoter exit poll,

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  Fourth round of Bihar battle ends, 58 percent vote

  Politics | November 02, 2015 0:06 IST

  Patna: The fourth and penultimate phase of Bihar's assembly polls, the biggest popularity test in the country since the February Delhi election the BJP lost, ended on Sunday with around 58 percent of the 14

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  Bihar polls: JD(U) lawmaker caught on camera accepting bribe

  Politics | October 26, 2015 10:21 IST

  New Delhi: Two days ahead of the third phase polls in Bihar, the BJP has released a video purportedly showing a lawmaker of the Janata Dal (United) accepting an alleged bribe of Rs 2 lakh.In

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  Bihar to get CM from backward caste if NDA comes to power, hints Jaitley

  Politics | October 26, 2015 10:22 IST

  Patna: Senior BJP leader and Union Finance Minister on Sunday said if the NDA comes into power in the Bihar, the chief minister could be someone from the backward castes."The Chief Minister could belong to

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  Bihar polls: Nalanda litmus test for JD(U)-RJD alliance

  Politics | October 25, 2015 14:56 IST

  Nalanda: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's home turf Nalanda will prove to be a litmus test for the JDU-RJD alliance as the dominant castes in the region - Kurmis and Yadav have for long been rivals

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  Bihar Polls: BJP trying to win elections through 'negative' agendas, says Nitish Kumar

  Politics | October 23, 2015 19:05 IST

  Chapra: Rejecting the Gujarat model of development, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday alleged that Gujarat has the largest population of malnourished women and said they do not need the model which "cannot adequately

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  Bihar polls: Development is 'mukhauta' for BJP, says Nitish Kumar

  Politics | October 19, 2015 16:02 IST

  New Delhi: The development plank was a "mukhauta" (mask) for the BJP and its real agenda was communalism, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said.The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) also told CNN-IBN news channel that Prime

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  Bihar Polls: Caste major factor in second round voting

  Politics | October 15, 2015 14:22 IST

  Patna: Forget development... It is caste factor that will play the dominating role when 32 of the 243 constituencies go to the polls in the second round of assembly elections on Friday.About 8.58 million voters

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  1/3rd candidates in Bihar polls' phase II facing criminal cases

  Politics | October 10, 2015 12:49 IST

  New Delhi: About one-third of the candidates for the second-phase of the Bihar assembly polls have declared their criminal cases, with the BJP, JD-U and RJD fielding the maximum number of such candidates, the Association

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  Bihar polls: Only 4-8% clean candidates have won in last two Assembly elections

  Politics | October 05, 2015 17:40 IST

  If 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: Jailed JD(U) MLA Sunil Pandey quits party

  Politics | September 26, 2015 16:05 IST

  Patna: Jailed legislator Sunil Pandey on Saturday quit Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U), a party leader said.Pandey has sent his resignation to JD-U state unit president Vashisht Narain Singh, the leader said.Pandey, a bahubali legislator

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  Bihar Assembly polls: Top 10 key players

  Politics | September 24, 2015 11:57 IST

  New Delhi: The high-voltage Bihar Assembly poll is just round the corner. The two main rival camps – ‘grand alliance' comprising JD(U), RJD, Congress and BJP-led NDA are leaving no stone unturned to ensure their