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Bhim Army's Chandrashekhar Azad may announce political party on Sunday

The name will be finalised after the Election Commission gives its approval, said party sources

Congress reminds RJD of promise to help it win one RS seat from Bihar

The RJD-Congress combine seem poised to wrest two of the five Rajya Sabha seats for which elections will be held from the ruling JD(U)-BJP alliance

Deceived and betrayed: Will Muslims look for new leadership now?

A more likely outcome than the transformation of traditional Muslim parties may be the emergence of a new political leadership - distinguished by its language of rights based on the Constitution

Delhi Assembly polls: Bihar parties keen to contest, eye Purvanchali votes

The main opposition party in Bihar, the Rashtriya Janata Dal has also said that it will contest the elections in Delhi

Jharkhand election result highlights: BJP loses to JMM-Congress, CM resigns

JMM-led alliance, which includes Congress and RJD, on Monday won an absolute majority in the Jharkhand elections by winning 47 seats in 81-member assembly

Hemant Soren: Not only fighting BJP, but also the burden of legacy

Supriyo Bhattacharya, the JMM's general secretary, claimed Hemant's 'credibility, hard work, transparent functioning and a commitment to carry forward his father's legacy'

RJD calls for Bihar bandh on December 21 to protest Citizenship Act

The Citizenship Act is a black legislation that has blown the Constitution to smithereens, RJD said

Jharkhand assembly elections: 62.8% turnout recorded till end of voting

The percentage is likely to increase as voters who entered the polling stations by 3 pm will be allowed to exercise their franchise, they said

Jharkhand Assembly polls: Congress manifesto promises farm loan waiver

Besides the loan waiver assurance, the manifesto -- released by AICC in-charge RPN Singh here -- pledged to free farmers from the clutches of money lenders and make the process of institutional loans

Jharkhand polls: Priyanka's name missing from Congress star campaigner list

The 81-member Jharkhand assembly will go to polls in five phases between November 30 and December 20

Bihar bypoll results: LJP leads in Samastipur LS, RJD in 2 Assembly seats

The by-election to the seat was necessitated after the death of LJP MP Ram Chandra Paswan, following which the party fielded his son Prince Raj.

17 Oppn parties write to RS chief over bills being passed without scrutiny

The letter has been signed by leaders of 17 parties, including the Congress, Samajwadi Party, Trinamool Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Telugu Desam Party, CPI and CPI (M)

A common prisoner

"The state government seems to have an issue with everything," rued a party leader

Photo bomb

A photograph has emerged of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad with Bachcha Rai, an accused in the Bihar Intermediate Examination scam. This is a sort of deja vu for him. When the fodder scam broke in the mid-1990s, a picture had surfaced of Prasad with an accused in Ranchi. He had then claimed that being a politician, he often got clicked with strangers. He had also promised to be more careful in the future. Prasad seems to have forgotten that promise. Pictures have also emerged of Rai with Union Minister Giriraj Singh and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Several senior politicians had attended functions at Vishun Rai College in Vaishali where Rai was the principal.