Parties shower sops on women, but field handful of them in polls

PATNA, Oct. 22 -- Though all political parties have been trying to attract women, ranging from offering sops to pledging women-centric schemes, the representation of women in candidate lists remains i... Read More

Prashant Kishor claims 3 party candidates forced to withdraw Bihar nomination, flags BJP's 'hijacking' trend

India, Oct. 21 -- Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor on Tuesday hit out at the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for starting a trend of "hijac... Read More

Bihar assembly polls: Women representation dismal in parties' candidate lists

India, Oct. 21 -- Women constitute a significant chunk of the voter base in Bihar and in the run up to the 2025 assembly elections, all parties have offered sops and promises to woo them. However, not... Read More

JD(U) replaces, then reinstates nominee as NDA faces fissures

PATNA, Oct. 20 -- Even though utter confusion reigns in the Opposition's Grand Alliance over sharing of seats and fielding candidates, the National Democratic Alliance (too) has its share of chaos. Th... Read More

JD(U) slams Oppn for trying to stir row over Shah's CM remark

PATNA, Oct. 18 -- The JD(U) on Friday hit back at the opposition for trying to plant stories and read home minister Amit Shah's statement that "legislators will elect CM after polls" between the lines... Read More

JD(U)'s shift from its secular profile, fields only 4 Muslim candidates in Bihar polls

India, Oct. 17 -- The ticket distribution in the JD-U has a striking feature this time. It seems to have lost confidence in Muslim candidates, despite chief minister Nitish Kumar's consistent efforts ... Read More

44 candidates in JD(U) 2nd list, as seat distribution concludes

PATNA, Oct. 17 -- Janata Dal (United) on Thursday released its second list of 44 candidates, completing the ticket distribution for all its 101 seats for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls, with chief ... Read More

JD(U)'s not banking on Muslim votes; fields just four from the community

PATNA, Oct. 17 -- The ticket distribution in the JD-U has a striking feature this time. It seems to have lost confidence in Muslim candidates, despite chief minister Nitish Kumar's consistent efforts ... Read More

NDA never had internal issues, oppn trying to plant false stories: JDU's Sanjay Jha

India, Oct. 17 -- Janata Dal United (JD-U)'s working president Sanjay Jha on Friday criticised the opposition for trying to plant stories while reiterating the fact that Union home minister Amit Shah ... Read More

JD(U) releases 2nd Bihar list; fields all 101 candidates

India, Oct. 17 -- The Janata Dal (United) on Thursday released its second list of 44 candidates to complete the ticket distribution on all of its 101 seats as chief minister Nitish Kumar headed for Sa... Read More

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