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Litmus test in Bihar: Can PM Modi rescue the election for Nitish Kumar?

From being a 'sure thing' to a test, the Bihar assembly election seems to have transformed and the BJP-JDU combine are now banking on PM Modi's popularity to reach home

Bihar polls: Covid drives Fadnavis, 3 other key BJP leaders out of campaign

The Covid-19 virus is making its presence conspicuous in the Bihar Assembly elections

Rotor blade of chopper flying R S Prasad to poll rally damaged; no casualty

The accident took place after the minister had disembarked from the aircraft

Shiv Sena to contest around 50 seats in Bihar, says party MP Anil Desai

The Shiv Sena on Thursday released a list of 22 leaders who will campaign in Bihar

Bihar polls: Modi, other BJP leaders meet to finalise remaining candidates

Top BJP leaders, including PM Narendra Modi, met on Saturday to finalise the party's candidates for the remaining seats in Bihar, which goes to Assembly polls in three phases beginning October 28

Congress' 'letter-writers' among star campaigners for Bihar polls

The Congress on Saturday included some of the leaders who had written to party president Sonia Gandhi demanding an organisational haul as its star campaigners for Bihar elections starting October 28

1,090 nomination papers found valid for 1st phase of Bihar Assembly polls

After scrutiny of nomination papers filed for 71 constituencies in Bihar's first phase of Assembly election, the authorities found those of 1,090 candidates valid, an official said on Saturday.

JMM expects to be treated like younger brother by RJD in Bihar polls

With RJD announcing it will allocate some seats to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha from its quota of 144, the JMM expressed hope it would get affection like a 'younger brother'

Bihar polls: Grand Alliance announces seat-sharing, backs Tejashwi for CM

Tejashwi Yadav, whose RJD will contest 144 of the 243 seats in Bihar Assembly polls, will be the chief ministerial candidate of the Opposition Grand Alliance

Lok Janshakti Party postpones meeting after Ram Vilas Paswan falls sick

The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) meeting scheduled on Saturday was postponed owing to the ill health of Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan

2 Cong MLAs, RJD, RLSP leaders join JD(U) ahead of Bihar Assembly polls

The JD(U) made fresh inroads into the Grand Alliance as two Congress MLAs, a former RJD minister and several other leaders including an RLSP spokesman joined the ruling party

BJP will contest Bihar Assembly polls on agenda of development: Sushil Modi

The BJP will contest the Bihar Assembly polls on the agenda of development, said Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi

Bihar Assembly elections: Lok Janshakti Party wants to contest in 143 seats

The parliamentary board of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has told its national president Chirag Paswan that it wants to contest in 143 of the total 243 seats in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections

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 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.

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

LJP urges EC to conduct Bihar Assembly polls after Covid-19 crisis subsides

In addition to the Covid-19 pandemic, Bihar is also facing a flood situation, with 13 districts severely affected by deluge

Paswan welcomes Bihar resolution against NRC and for retaining NPR format

Nitish Kumar said at the assembly earlier in the day that he had asked the Centre to drop "contentious clauses" from NPR forms and carry out its update the way it was do

Bihar Legislative Assembly passes resolution to conduct caste-based census

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was advocating conducting a caste-based census since a long time

Bihar Assembly polls: RJD resolves to project Tejashwi as its CM candidate

The resolution was passed by the RJDs national council meeting, which was for the first time held in the absence of its founding president Lalu Prasad