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Seat-sharing in INDIA bloc may have to wait as Lalu, Tejashwi leave for Delhi
Patna: Seat-sharing woes may continue to plague the INDIA bloc in Bihar for some time, with RJD president Lalu Prasad, along with son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav, leaving for Delhi on…
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BJP Central Election Committee to finalize Bihar candidate list on Sunday
New Delhi: The BJP Central Election Committee is scheduled to hold a key meeting on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at the party headquarters to finalize the names of candidates for the upcoming…
- India
BJP, NDA allies hold meeting on Bihar polls; seat pact to be announce
New Delhi: Senior BJP leaders including Home Minister Amit Shah and party president J P Nadda held a meeting with party leaders and those of the allies on the ensuing Bihar polls…
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Bihar polls: EC identifies 14K voters over the age of 100
Vaishali (Bihar): With wrinkles on her face and her frail body wrapped in a multicoloured sari, Sona Devi sits alongside her centenarian husband, Rameshwar Das, in Dullalpur village. Eager to vote in…
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SIR in Bihar: SC directs BSLSA to assist excluded voters in filing appeals
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Bihar State Legal Service Authority (BSLSA) to issue directions to its district-level bodies for assisting 3.66 lakh voters excluded from the final electoral…
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Nearly 8.5 lakh election personnel to be deployed for Bihar polls: EC
New Delhi: Seeking to ensure smooth conduct of assembly polls in Bihar, the Election Commission will deploy nearly 8.5 lakh election personnel, including 2.5 lakh police officials. The poll authority said on…
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Video: Woman accuses TC of harassment after being caught without ticket
A woman caught travelling without a ticket in an AC coach on a Bihar-bound train on October 7 accused the ticket collector (TC) of harassment, sparking a heated argument that escalated with…
- India
Nitish Kumar is NDA’s CM face in Bihar Assembly polls: Giriraj Singh
. Patna: Senior BJP leader and Union minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday said, “Nitish Kumar is NDA’s CM face” in the Bihar Assembly elections. The union minister ruled out any differences between…
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Poll code applicable to Central govt too for policy decisions on Bihar: EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday said the provisions of model code of conduct are also applicable to the Central government as far as announcements and policy decisions on Bihar are…
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22-yr-old Rukhsar pushed to death by live-in partner in Patna
An argument turned fatal for 22-year-old Sophia Parveen alias Rukhsar, after she was mercilessly pushed off from the third floor of her balcony in Patna, Bihar, allegedly by her live-in partner Amit…
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EC must ensure that no eligible voter left out in Bihar assembly polls: CPI
Patna: CPI general secretary D Raja on Tuesday said the ‘constitutional duty’ of the Election Commission is to ensure that no eligible voter is left out in the upcoming Bihar assembly polls.…
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SIR in Bihar: Supreme Court to hear final arguments on October 7
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India will hear final arguments on Tuesday concerning a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls, which…
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Bihar phase-2 polls Nov 11: Key seats & incumbent MLAs
Patna: The Election Commission on Monday announced that the 243-member Bihar assembly will go to polls in two phases — November 6 and 11. Following are some of the key constituencies out…
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Horses to patrol 250 booths, boats ferry poll teams in Bihar
New Delhi: Horses will be used by police for patrolling in 250 polling booths in Bihar’s Diara region while polling parties will travel through boats to around 197 stations, Chief Election Commissioner…
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Congress claims 23 lakh women voters deleted in Bihar; accuses EC of ‘vote chori’
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday claimed that the names of about 23 lakh women have been removed from the voter list in Bihar under the SIR with the bulk of them…