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TopicBihar Assembly Polls

Topic: Bihar Assembly Polls

Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar CM, ministers back assembly dissolute, oath taking on 20 November

The governor accepted his resignation and asked him to continue as caretaker chief minister until a new government is formed, state BJP head Dilip Jaiswal told reporters.

Not BJP, not EC, Congress MP Tariq Anwar says this party decision sealed its fate in Bihar

Weak candidates and a lack of coordination with alliance partner RJD were also factors, says the Lok Sabha MP from Katihar in an interview with ThePrint.

Bihar’s Buxar ethanol plant is BJP election postcard. Is it changing lives?

It's small beginning but a big win for the Bihar story. And politicians are desperately using it to show that the turnaround has begun. It’s been a long time coming.

‘Daughter of Mithila’ to contest Bihar polls on BJP ticket? Maithili Thakur eyes political innings

Final call rests with BJP central leadership on whether Thakur, the 25-year-old folk and devotional singer, will get a ticket to contest upcoming Bihar polls, it is learnt.

Bihar CM inaugurates ‘priority corridor’ of Patna Metro

Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Singh, along with CM Nitish Kumar, also took a ride in the 3.45-km-long elevated corridor from Patliputra Bus Terminal to Bhoothnath.

EC to announce Bihar assembly polls schedule today

Political parties have urged the EC that polls will be held post Chhath to ensure higher voter turnout, with results expected before 22 November. The press conference is scheduled for 4 pm.

‘124-yr-old Minta Devi’ is the face of INDIA bloc ‘vote-chori’ protest—’EC found the oldest living human’

Day after being detained while marching to ECI HQ, Opposition MPs staged a protest Tuesday wearing T-shirts printed & the voter's face with ‘124 Not Out’ written on the back.

All options open, says Congress on INDIA bloc considering Bihar poll boycott over ‘tughlaqi SIR’

New Delhi: The Congress Thursday said the INDIA bloc is considering the unprecedented option of boycotting the upcoming Bihar assembly election as it will...

How Bihar is ramping up AB-PMJAY health infra to keep patients from turning to Delhi, Vellore

Bihar spent a third of Ayushman Bharat budget for hospitalisations outside state last year. Efforts on to change that in election year.

Family matters in Bihar’s Dalit politics—Manjhis to Paswans, how kin are rising up the ladder

Months before polls, Bihar govt appointed Chirag Paswan’s brother-in-law Mrinal Paswan as chairperson of Scheduled Caste Commission, & Jitan Ram Manjhi’s son-in-law as its vice chairperson.

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.