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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar held a meeting of the ruling NDA in Patna on Monday. Image: X

Nitish calls NDA meet to boost coordination for Bihar polls

October 28, 2024, 02:02 PM - 3 min read

The meeting was attended by leaders of all five NDA partners in Bihar - Kumar’s JD(U), BJP, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Hindustani Awam Morcha and Rashtriya Lok Morcha.

Five security personnel, including two from Nagaland, have died in the last one week in Rohtas, and of them, four died due to heatstroke, said DIG Naveen Chandra Jha.

Bihar poll duty: 4 security men die of heatstroke

June 1, 2024, 07:48 PM - 2 min read

Five security personnel, including two from Nagaland, have died in the last one week in Rohtas, and of them, four died due to heatstroke, said DIG Naveen Chandra Jha.

Supreme Court Directs Petitioner to High Court in Munger Case.

SC refuses plea for re-polling in Bihar’s Munger

May 31, 2024, 04:54 PM - 2 min read

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking directions to the Election Commission of India for re-polling in the Munger parliamentary constituency of Bihar. The plea alleged that booth capturing had occurred with the connivance of the local administration.

Eight LS seats up for grabs in Bihar today

May 25, 2024, 08:25 AM - 2 min read

Voting began at 7 am in the constituencies of Valmiki Nagar, Pashchim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Sheohar, Siwan, Gopalganj, Maharajganj, and Vaishali. The polls will continue until 6 pm, they added.

A scene from the violent clash following the polls which claimed the life of one and left several others injured on Monday in Bihar's Saran district.

One killed, two injured in post-poll violence in Bihar’s Saran

May 21, 2024, 08:35 PM - 2 min read

The district police have since transferred Ashwani Kumar Tiwari, the officer in charge of the City Police Station, to a non-sensitive post due to "dereliction of duty" following the violent episode, officials confirmed.

Approximately 95.85 lakh electors are eligible to exercise their franchise across 5,398 polling stations.

Bihar goes for polls in 5 Lok Sabha seats

May 13, 2024, 08:07 AM - 2 min read

Polling commenced at 7 am in Begusarai, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Munger and Darbhanga and will continue till 6 pm, a senior official said.

Five LS seats in Bihar set for polls on Tuesday, 54 candidates contesting

May 6, 2024, 07:23 PM - 2 min read

The constituencies going to the polls in the third phase are Araria, Jhanjharpur, Supaul, Madhepura and Khagaria, all currently held by the NDA.

Amidst accolades from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Shambhavi Choudhary, a third-generation politician, steps forward in Bihar's political spectrum.

Shambhavi Chaudhary, aged 25 enters Bihar's political fray

May 5, 2024, 12:58 PM - 2 min read

At the age of 25, she became the youngest candidate of the NDA, contesting from the Samastipur reserved constituency on the ticket of Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas).

In a striking display of frustration and disillusionment, the residents of Khokhanaha village in Supaul's Kosi region have chosen to boycott the electoral process for the past two major elections – the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and the 2020 Bihar Assembly polls.

Over 300 households in Bihar boycott elections over long standing woes

May 1, 2024, 01:37 PM - 2 min read

The village, home to around 300 households, found itself ravaged by the relentless fury of the Kosi River, which not only swept away homes and farmlands but also severed the village's connection to the mainland. Stranded on an island between two streams of the river, the residents endure immense hardships, with basic necessities like electricity, healthcare, and education being glaringly absent.