Senior JD(U) leader Rajiv Ranjan, popularly known as Lalan Singh, recently inducted as a minister in the Nitish Kumar government, has been ...

Following a loss in the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP is reviewing its caste strategy in the state by promoting leaders fro...

The success of JD(U) candidate Manoj Singh Kushwaha, a former MLA, will cement the impression that the chief minister remains an "X factor"...

It was one of the regions, the NDA didn’t do well in central Bihar. With Singh, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has tried to reach out to...

Giriraj Singh is the only BJP minister from Bihar who has been elevated to cabinet rank from minister of state (independent charge) status.

If caste can really act as an antidote to Hindutva, nowhere is this more visible than Jehanabad, once the hotbed of Naxal activities and ca...

For Kanhaiya Kumar to win, it's important that he corner at least 30-35 per cent of Bhumihar votes.

While senior party leaders at both the state and central levels are tight-lipped, the rumour mills started churning once the result became ...

In Sarairanjan seat of Samastipur district, Kumar’s close aide Vijay Kumar Choudhary is facing a tough battle against BJP's Ranjit Nirguni.

Many boarders in Patna University hostels, hotbeds of politics, have left for home to volunteer for parties as Bihar readies for polls. But...

It was here at Rachiyahi, in Begusarai's Matihani assembly seat, that the first instance of booth capturing was recorded in 1957.

Conversations with a cross section of the constituency’s voters and political party campaigners indicate the wider trends that will likely ...

Stung by criticism that Ajai Rai's campaign in Varanasi lacks punch, Congress is planning to shift votes to the Arvind Kejriwal camp for no...

Stung by criticism that Ajai Rai's campaign in Varanasi lacks punch, Congress has lined up leaders like Mohammed Azharuddin, Ghulam Nabi Az...

"Challenge by Ajai Rai of Congress and APP leader Arvind Kejriwal exists only in media," Thakur, the BJP Vice-President said.

Rai’s candidature will better tap into this disaffection than renominating Rajesh Mishra, who was Congress candidate in Varanasi in 2009.

Ajai Rai has a history of opposing Ansari. His brother, Awadhesh Rai, was rumored to have been killed as part of the same rivalry.