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With deal stuck, Cong begins giving symbols

PATNA, Oct. 16 -- In a strategic move signaling the ramping up of its electoral machinery, the Congress on Wednesday evening distributed official party symbols to at least ten prospective candidates f... Read More


PM rallies BJP workers for united NDA in Bihar

PATNA, Oct. 16 -- Ahead of assembly polls in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave success mantra to BJP workers and advised them to reach out to every household to spread awareness ab... Read More


AIMIM forms alliance with smaller parties

KISHANGANJ, Oct. 16 -- The All India Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) has formed an alliance with the Azad Samaj Party (ASP) and Apni Janata Party (AJP) to contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. T... Read More


RLM's Kushwaha meets shah as NDA seeks to end rift over seats

PATNA, Oct. 16 -- Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Kushwaha, who was upset over the Mahua Assembly seat being allotted to the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), an NDA ally, ... Read More


second CPI-ML candidate held within 24 hours in an old case

PATNA, Oct. 16 -- CPI-ML candidate from Bhore constituency in Gopalganj district, Jitendra Paswan, was arrested on Wednesday moments after filing his nomination papers for the same seat. He is the sec... Read More


SSR's cousin Divya makes poll debut, files papers from Digha

PATNA, Oct. 16 -- Divya Gautam, 34, cousin of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, on Wednesday stepped formally into Bihar's political battlefield, filing her nomination papers as the Communist... Read More


RJD-Cong still to iron out differences on few seats

PATNA, Oct. 16 -- The fog over seat-sharing talks in the INDIA bloc remained even as only 48 hours were left for filing of fist phase nomination for the upcoming Bihar elections. The root cause, accor... Read More


Centre, Raj rolling back welfare schemes: Ex-CM

Jaipur, Oct. 16 -- Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot launched a sharp attack on the Centre and the state BJP government on Friday, accusing them of rolling back welfare schemes and allowing law and o... Read More


SC dismisses PIL against two key govt projects

Jaipur, Oct. 16 -- The Supreme Court Bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran on Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking to halt the ongoing Rajasthan Mandapam and Ekta Mall Project in J... Read More


80 families get flood-relief letters in Mohali

Mohali, Oct. 16 -- Punjab cabinet minister and AAP state president, Aman Arora, on Wednesday distributed compensation of Rs.66 lakh to nearly 80 flood-affected families from Rampur Kalan in Banur sub-... Read More