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- India
ECI deploys central observers for Bihar, eight bye-elections
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday announced the deployment of Central Observers for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections and eight bye-elections across the country, aimed at ensuring fairness…
- India
No one-sided love affair in politics: Owaisi on tie-up with RJD in Bihar
Purnea: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday voiced resentment over the cold response from the RJD to his party’s request for an electoral alliance in Bihar, with the remark “there cannot be…
- India
Poll preparedness: EC likely to visit Bihar in first week of October
New Delhi: The Election Commission led by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is likely to visit Patna in the first week of October to take stock of poll preparedness in Bihar. The…
- India
BJP has ‘mentally retired’ Nitish Kumar: Kharge
Patna: Setting the tone for the Bihar poll campaign, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said the BJP has “mentally retired” Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and considers him to be a “liability”,…
- India
Rahul arrives in Patna to attend Congress Working Committee meeting
Patna: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived in Bihar’s Patna to attend the CWC meeting here on Wednesday. The Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting will be held at Sadaqat Ashram, the party’s state…
- India
SIR disruptive, may trigger mass disenfranchisement: Dipankar Bhattacharya
Kolkata: CPI(ML) Liberation, a constituent of the Grand Alliance in Bihar, described the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of voters’ lists as a “complete departure” from India’s electoral traditions, and claimed that…
- India
Bihar polls would mark beginning of end of Modi govt’s ‘corrupt’ rule: Kharge
Patna: Launching a frontal attack on the BJP, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused it of orchestrating “vote chori” and communal polarisation and asserted that the Bihar Assembly elections would mark…
- India
Congress’s Patna CWC to focus on Bihar poll campaign, ‘vote chori’
Patna: As it gets battle-ready for the Bihar polls, the Congress will hold a meeting of its working committee here on Wednesday, for the first time in the state in the post-Independence…
- Bangalore
Pothole issue is there across country: Shivakumar
Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said the pothole issue is there across the country, including the national capital New Delhi, and projecting in the media as if the…
- Hate Crime
Bihar man suffers serious head injuries after dispute over DJ volume during namaz
A young Muslim man in Bihar suffered serious head injuries inflicted by a Hindutva worker participating in a religious procession after he requested them to lower the DJ volume. The incident occurred…
- India
60-year-old Mohammed Mohsin beaten to death over a Rs 5 dispute
A 60-year-old Muslim man was beaten to death in front of his grandson in Bihar’s Kako village of Jehanabad district. The incident occurred on Wednesday, September 18. Mohammed Mohsin was a vendor…
- India
Congress to hold CWC meeting in Patna on Sep 24
New Delhi: A Congress Working Committee meeting will be held on September 24 in Patna where the party’s top leadership is set to brainstorm on the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls and step…
- Hyderabad
Nationwide SIR: Qualifying date for Hyderabad, all other districts declared
Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is gearing up for the nationwide special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and has declared the qualifying date for the exercise in Hyderabad and…
- India
Countdown has begun: Rahul slams Bihar govt over police crackdown on protesters
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has slammed the NDA government in Bihar after police baton-charged protesters in Patna. However, it was not clear whether he was referring to the reported baton…
- Hyderabad
Nationwide SIR: How Hyderabad voters can correct details online
Hyderabad: The voters of Hyderabad and other districts across India need to correct details online as the Election Commission of India (ECI) is considering conducting a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) nationwide. Currently,…