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LIVE updates: Govt launches 24X7 helpline to provide psychological support

Large amount of arms and ammunition were recovered from two terrorists of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI): Delhi Police Special Cell. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news

Plea in SC seeks postponement of Bihar polls due to Covid-19, flood

A plea has been filed in SC seeking a direction to the Election Commission to postpone assembly elections scheduled in October and November in Bihar due to Covid-19 and worsening flood situation

Bihar polls: Nitish gives govt report card, attacks Tejashwi, Tej Pratap

In the run-up to Bihar elections, in his first-ever virtual rally, CM Nitish Kumar said the leaders of opposition were making false statements to mislead people without knowing the ground realities

Bihar polls: Chirag Paswan missing in HAM(S) posters projecting NDA leaders

Posters have been put up in patna by the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) in which all the leaders of the NDA alliance can be seen with the exception of LJP leader Chirag Paswan

Nitish not a factor in Bihar polls, real fight between RJD, BJP: Tejashwi

With Bihar Assembly polls likely soon, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said that there is no public base of Nitish in the state and the real fight is between his party RJD and BJP

Congress to launch mega convention in Bihar with eye on Assembly elections

The Congress will launch a mega virtual convention in Bihar on Monday to reach out to the people of the state ahead of the assembly polls

BJP announces 70-member steering committee ahead of Bihar elections

Nityanand Rai has been made chairman-cum-convenor of the committee, while the party's state unit general secretary Devesh Kumar will be its co- convenor, Bihar BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal said

Bihar polls: Tejashwi Yadav accuses CM Nitish of doing appeasement politics

The RJD leader said that Bihar's unemployment rate is around 46 per cent, which is one of the highest across the country

Bihar elections, 65 pending bypolls to be held around same time: EC

"One of the major factors in clubbing them together is the relative ease of movement of central forces and related logistics issues," a Commission statement said

Ahead of Bihar Assembly polls, Jitan Ram Manjhi set to join NDA again

Ahead of Bihar Assembly polls, Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) President and former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi is set to join the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Thursday

Bihar elections: Congress to launch virtual campaign from Tuesday

The Congress in Bihar will kick off its virtual campaign in the pandemic era for the upcoming Assembly elections from the state's Betiya town in West Champaran district on Tuesday.

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Are politicians potential super-spreaders?

Younger caseload, older fatalities in Punjab, Bihar polls may be held on schedule, informal schools become centres of learning--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

Bihar elections: RJD to distribute tickets based on candidate's popularity

Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in Bihar, RJD leaders have said that the ticket distribution for each constituency would be done on the basis of the popularity of candidates

SC refuses to postpone Bihar elections over floods, coronavirus pandemic

The Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea seeking directions to the Election Commission to refrain from holding upcoming Assembly elections in Bihar

Bihar elections: Ready to give up traditional seats for allies, says RLSP

Rashtriya Lok Samata Party President Upendra Kushwaha said the Grand Alliance in Bihar should begin process of distribution of seats among its parties soon

Bihar polls: BJP President Nadda calls meeting of all party MPs from state

Gearing up for the Bihar Assembly polls, BJP president JP Nadda has called a meeting of all the party MPs from the state on Saturday to finalise its poll strategy, sources said on Wednesday.

NDA will fight Bihar Assembly polls under Nitish's leadership: JP Nadda

JP Nadda said that his party will fight upcoming Assembly election in Bihar, along with Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

As Bihar Assembly election gets nearer, Dalit politics gathers momentum

Dalits constitute nearly 16 per cent of the vote and 38 seats are reserved for them in the Assembly

Latest LIVE: Bihar struggles to help 8 million affected in floods

The Border Security Force shot dead five intruders along the India-Pakistan International Border in Punjab early Saturday, a senior officer said. Stay tuned for LIVE updates

Polls amid pandemic: Voters to get gloves; booths to have thermal scanners

Election Commission recommends mandatory sanitisation of polling stations, preferably a day before the polls