What does BJP's victory in Bihar reveal about India's political landscape?The NDA government's Bihar re-election victory highlights Nitish Kumar's appeal and BJP's organizational might. BJP emerged as the leading ...
14 Nov, 2025, 11.55 PM IST
Post-poll manoeuvres: SP, RJD, JDU await Congress caste responseMost of the leaders of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United) and Samajwadi Party in Bihar and UP are now desperately waiting for th...
05 Dec, 2023, 11.39 AM IST
Nitish Kumar: Running strong despite twists and turnsNitish Kumar seems to have acquired an aura of indispensability when it comes to the highest seat of power in Bihar.
10 Aug, 2022, 01.51 PM IST
For Subhashini 'Sharad Yadav', protecting father's turf, legacy uphill task on poll debutSubhashini has chosen her father's tested turf of Madhepura to jump into the rough and tumbles of politics. Sharad Yadav, a veteran sociali...
05 Nov, 2020, 02.53 PM IST
Candidates to watch out for in phase two of Bihar Assembly pollWhile the general time for casting the vote has been set for between 7 am to 6 pm for all constituencies, polling in eight Naxal-affected c...
03 Nov, 2020, 07.23 AM IST
Nitish avoids speaking anything against friend-turned-foe Sharad Yadav in Subhashini Yadav's constituencyIn his speech, Kumar listed achievements of his successive governments in the state and also made a scathing attack on his main RJD rival, ...
02 Nov, 2020, 09.37 PM IST
In Bihar, a 'referendum' on Nitish Kumar’s switching politicsNitish first snapped ties with BJP in 2013 after Modi, then chief minister of Gujarat, was declared NDA’s PM candidate.
25 Apr, 2019, 10.18 AM IST
Political parties take poll position in ManipurCPI, CPI-M, JD-U, AAP and BSP have joined hands and formed the “Left and Democratic Front” to prevent Congress and BJP from coming to power...
21 Nov, 2016, 08.17 PM IST
Stage set for last round of Bihar voting tomorrowA total of 1,55,43,594 electors are eligible to vote to decide the fate of 827 candidates, including 58 women.
04 Nov, 2015, 10.10 AM IST
BJP phobia can’t sustain Janata Parivar: BJDThe BJD, electorally the most successful faction of the Janata family, is least impressed by the imminent merger of SP, RJD, JD(U), JD(S), ...
11 Apr, 2015, 02.28 AM IST
BJP confident to wrest Bihar from JD(U)"We are ready to take on collective might of Nitish & Lalu during next year's Assembly polls & wrest Bihar," ex-dy chief minister Sushil Ku...
30 Dec, 2014, 09.07 PM IST
Regional parties unite to fight against the might of BJPMeerut witnessed a joint rally by the perennially quarrelsome members of Janata parivar. The last few days marked efforts to rope in Congre...
17 Oct, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Nitish Kumar's strategy for 2014 in question, as Cong-RJD-LJP look to combineA possible revival of the Congress-RJD-LJP alliance has put a question mark on Nitish Kumar’s strategy for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.
20 Dec, 2013, 04.28 AM IST
JD(U), BJP vying for support of backwards to replicate Nitish’s gameplan in 2010 pollsFor the past few years, Nitish Kumar of the JD(U) has been making concerted efforts to carve out a constituency from among these sections.
25 Oct, 2013, 05.14 AM IST
Narendra Modi not visiting Ayodhya, says his officeModi "declined" the invitation to attend the 'Amrit Mahotsava' being celebrated on the 75th birthday of president of Ram Janma Bhumi Nyas T...
18 Jun, 2013, 04.04 PM IST
- 34 women elected to Bihar assembly
Women this time have the best ever representation in the Bihar Assembly in 48 years, having bagged 34 (rpt) 34 seats in the polls.
25 Nov, 2010, 01.20 PM IST
- Not going with Congress was a mistake, admits Lalu
RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday admitted it was a mistake not going with the Congress party.
16 May, 2009, 05.05 PM IST