Bihar
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Photos: Bihar readies for counting of votes
Patna: People of Bihar wait with bated breath for Friday’s counting of votes polled in the recent assembly elections, which will decide whether JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar, the state’s longest-serving chief minister,…
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Bihar exit polls show strong NDA lead; INDIA bloc claims desire for change
Patna: As the counting day draws near in Bihar after a fiercely contested campaign followed by a record voter turnout in the assembly polls, both the BJP-led NDA and the INDIA bloc…
- India
Akhilesh slams ‘fake exit polls’, congratulates Bihar voters
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday congratulated voters of Bihar for what he described as “historic voting for change” and expressed confidence that a “progressive, job-creating Mahagathbandhan government” would soon…
- India
Bihar needs result, respect, rise, not hollow rhetoric: Tejashwi
Patna: RJD leader and INDIA bloc’s chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday said that through the “record voting” in the first phase of Bihar elections, people have given a direct message…
- India
Time for change: Kharge to voters in Bihar
New Delhi: As voting for the second phase of Bihar polls got underway, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday urged all the voters to come out and exercise their franchise in initiating…
- India
Vote for protection of democracy, Constitution: Priyanka Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday urged the people of Bihar to vote for jobs, education, health, and industry, as well as for the protection of democracy and the…
- India
High alert sounded across poll-bound Bihar following explosion in Delhi: DGP
Patna: A high alert has been sounded across poll-bound Bihar following an explosion near the Red Fort in Delhi, in which at least eight people were killed on Monday, Director General of…
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Shivakumar claims EC misused office, deleted migrant names in Bihar
New Delhi: Congress leader and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar Monday alleged the Election Commission had not done justice to the Bihar electorate as it deleted from the electoral rolls…
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EC says gender turnout data released only at final count, defying RJD’s demand
New Delhi: Amid criticism of the Election Commission by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav for “not disclosing” the male-female data of the first phase of the Bihar assembly polls, officials on Monday underlined…
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Photos: Bihar elections 2025
Twenty-five-year-old Vikas Kumar, a science graduate from a local college, drives an autorickshaw for a living. But he hopes the next Bihar government in place following the current elections will change his…
- India
Bihar elections: Jobs, education or Waqf? What does Seemanchal prefer?
The first phase of this year’s biggest elections – Bihar Assembly polls – is over. The final turnout was recorded at 65.08 percent, the highest in the state’s history, the Election Commission…
- India
Congress, RJD aim to make Bihar’s Seemanchal den of illegal immigrants: Shah
Purnea: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav were “hell-bent” on making Bihar’s Seemanchal region a “den” of infiltrators, and asserted that…
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4 voters booked in Bihar for clicking photos of EVMs, posting those on social media
Patna: Cases were registered against four persons in Bihar for allegedly clicking photos of EVMs during voting and sharing them on social media, officials said. These cases were filed in Ara, Gopalganj…
- Elections
Bihar phase-1 turnout hits historic 65.08pc, highest ever for state
Patna: The final turnout in the first phase of the Bihar assembly polls is 65.08 per cent, the highest in the state’s history, the Election Commission said. A total of 3.75 crore…
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Phase 1 of Bihar assembly election: No repoll recommended, says EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday said no repoll has been recommended for the over 45,000 polling stations in 121 seats that went to polls in the first phase of the…