Bihar polls 2025: AIMIM announces 1st list of candidates, says tried to prevent division of secular votesAIMIM Bihar Chief Akhtarul Iman announced the party's first list of candidates for the assembly polls, forming a third alliance after large...
12 Oct, 2025, 08.09 PM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections: Seemanchal, close to Bangladesh, sees significant voter deletionBihar's Seemanchal region, comprising Araria, Kishanganj, Purnia, and Katihar, has experienced significant voter deletions in the draft ele...
02 Aug, 2025, 01.08 AM IST
Kishanganj in focus as 65 lakh go off Bihar rollsBihar's electoral roll is set for a major revision. Around 65 lakh names are likely to be removed. Kishanganj constituency may see a large ...
31 Jul, 2025, 11.37 PM IST
Election: Congress, JDU fight in Seemanchal with sizable minority votesCongress and JDU face off in Katihar and Kishanganj, Bihar, targeting minority votes. JDU aims to benefit from vote division. AIMIM's impac...
25 Apr, 2024, 09.52 PM IST
Congress unveils 11th list of candidates for Lok Sabha elections, fields YS Sharmila from KadapaThe Congress party has unveiled its 11th list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, nominating 17 individuals. Mohammad Jawed...
02 Apr, 2024, 04.37 PM IST
NDA won big in Bihar in 2019, 5 yrs later, areas south of Ganges, pockets in north pose challengeNDA faces tough competition in Bihar as 'Mahagathbandhan' gains ground. Challenges include alliance complexities, slim margins, and shifts ...
17 Mar, 2024, 07.32 PM IST
In Jokihat, late Seemanchal stalwart Taslimuddin's sons fight it out for his legacyWhile the elder son and former MP Sarfaraz Aalam is the RJD nominee, the younger son, Shahnawaz Aalam, who is the sitting MLA from Jokihat,...
05 Nov, 2020, 11.47 PM IST
Bihar elections 2020: Six-party front likely to hurt NDA and Grand AllianceThe general understanding in the GDSF is that the BJP’s “subterranean” game plan is to thwart the bid of Nitish to become the state’s CM ag...
11 Oct, 2020, 10.41 AM IST
Congress announces candidates for bypolls in Bihar, UP, RajasthanThe Congress released a list of its candidates on Sunday for bypolls to a Lok Sabha seat and various Assembly constituencies in Bihar, Utta...
29 Sep, 2019, 06.22 PM IST
Bihar Polls: Like in previous four phases, women outnumber men by 7.55%The overall polling percentage in five phases was recorded at 56.80%, much more than 52.65% registered in 2010 assembly polls.
06 Nov, 2015, 06.57 AM IST
Final battle for Bihar ends today, polls will test appeal of Asaduddin Owaisi, Pappu Yadav’s partyThe presence of AIMIM and JAP in Seemanchal region is expected to make it difficult for the grand alliance to remain a sole contender for i...
05 Nov, 2015, 06.32 AM IST
Asadudddin Owaisi’s party AIMIM gets mixed response in SeemanchalAsadudddin Owaisi’s party AIMIM is trying to make its presence felt in all the assembly seats it has selected for its entry into Bihar via ...
02 Nov, 2015, 04.54 AM IST
FIR against Akbaruddin Owaisi for his speechAn FIR was today lodged against AIMIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi by Kishanganj district administration for allegedly making inflammatory ...
05 Oct, 2015, 08.37 PM IST
Bihar polls: 18 constituencies to get erolls in Urdu tooVoters of 18 constituencies in Bihar, where assembly polls are due later this year, will get electoral rolls in Urdu also.
10 Jul, 2015, 08.58 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls: JD(U)'s Akhtarul Iman withdraws candidature, setback to Nitish Kumar“Iman sold his iman, with what face he will face the electorate again,” JD(U) president Sharad Yadav remarked .
23 Apr, 2014, 01.00 PM IST
Congress withdraws candidates from two Assembly seats in BiharCongress has decided against contesting Kochadhaman and Baisi assembly seats and asked its candidates to withdraw from the fray.
09 Apr, 2014, 04.17 PM IST
Congress and RJD for 'friendly fight' in assembly bypoll in BiharThe bypoll on five assembly seats will be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls in Kishanganj, Purnia and East Champaran.
04 Apr, 2014, 02.42 PM IST