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Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel launches Cong theme song for Bihar polls

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday launched Congress theme song for the Bihar polls at the party headquarters here

Best of BS Opinion: Ideal product for Covid times, govt's borrowing & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Caste politics not good for Bihar in long run: Vikassheel's Mukesh Sahni

The general belief is that you have power if you are from a certain caste, said Sahni

Bihar elections: Why Chirag's ploy on JD(U) boss Nitish has BJP worried

Insiders say the BJP is now concerned that the LJP putting up a good fight against the JD(U) would mean benefitting the MGB in those seats

Chidambaram urges voters in Bihar, MP to take vow of 'unity over division'

Besides the Assembly polls in Bihar in three phases starting October 28, bypolls to one Lok Sabha and 56 assembly seats including 28 in Madhya Pradesh, spread across 12 states, will be held in Nov

BJP dares Cong to mention Article 370 restoration in Bihar poll manifesto

A day after Congress pitched for restoration of Article 370 in J&K, the BJP dared it to say so in its manifesto for the Bihar assembly polls and accused it of speaking the language of "separatists"

Bihar: Grand Alliance promises jobs, an end to farm laws if voted to power

The RJD-led Grand Alliance released its joint manifesto for the upcoming Bihar elections, promising to offer jobs to 1 million youngsters and repealing the new farm laws recently enacted

Bihar Assembly elections 2020: PM Narendra Modi to address 12 rallies

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address 12 rallies in Bihar where the three-phase assembly election will begin on October 28

Chirag claims he is Modi's 'Hanuman', BJP calls LJP leader 'vote katua'

LJP chief Chirag Paswan asserted on Friday he is Narendra Modi's "Hanuman" and that the prime minister lives in his heart

Jale candidate for Bihar never aligned with Jinnah's ideology: Surjewala

Masqoor Ahmed Usmani, Congress candidate from Jale constituency for Bihar polls never aligned with Jinnah's ideology, said party's General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala on Saturday

Cong fielded 'Jinnah sympathiser' in Jale seat, alleges BJP's Giriraj Singh

Giriraj Singh trained his guns at the Congress-RJD alliance, alleging a "sympathiser" of Mohammad Ali Jinnah has been fielded from Jale seat

Govt approves 14th tranche of electoral bonds; sale closes on Oct 28

Ahead of the Bihar election, the government on Friday approved the 14th tranche of electoral bonds which will be open for sale between October 19 to October 28

Cong back to its "divide India dirty tricks" before Bihar elections: Nadda

J P Nadda hit out at the Congress over its demand for restoring Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, saying it is back to its "divide India dirty tricks" before the Bihar elections

LJP releases 2nd list of candidates; says JD(U) will push Bihar back

Chirag Paswan released list of candidates for 53 Bihar assembly seats which will go to polls in the second phase and targetted JD(U) saying voting for it meant pushing the state to "backwardness"

Bihar elections: Caste factor reflects in selection of RLSP candidates

The parties are selecting candidates on the basis of caste dominance in a particular area and caste bias reflects in the candidate list of the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party

Bihar elections 2020: Tejashwi Yadav releases Mahagatbandhan's manifesto

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and Mahagathbandhan's Chief Minister face Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday said that Donald Trump will not come to state and accord special category status to the state

Bihar election: 1,062 candidates file papers for second phase of polling

Additional Chief Electoral Officer (ACEO) Sanjay Kumar Singh said that scrutiny of the papers will be held on Saturday and the last date of withdrawal of nominations for the second phase is October 19

Twitter partners with EC, launches dedicated search prompt for Bihar polls

Twitter announced a partnership with the Election Commission and launched a new search prompt that makes it easy to find credible and authoritative information related to Bihar elections

Bihar Assembly polls: Political campaigns big concern for Patna residents

As campaigning for upcoming Bihar Assembly elections gains steam, spread of the pandemic is a big concren among the Patna residents

Shatrughan Sinha's son, Sharad Yadav's daughter in Cong's 2nd list

The Congress released its second list of 49 candidates for the Bihar polls, fielding Shatrughan Sinha's son Luv Sinha from Bankipur and Sharad Yadav's daughter Subhashini Yadav from Bihariganj seats.