Modi hits back at Nitish over verse attack, likens grand alliance partners to '3 Idiots'
Hitting back at Nitish Kumar, who on Monday mouthed a limerick set to a film song to attack him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday likened JD(U)-RJD-Congress alliance to "three idiots" and advised the Chief Minister to perfect the art of "Mushaira" and practise it at leisure after the Bihar polls.
Oct 27, 2015, 15:14 PM IST
Bihar polls: Keen contest on the cards in Bhojpur
A witness to bloody caste carnages in the past, the Bhojpur region appears to be scripting a keen contest in assembly polls with Narendra Modi- led NDA and Nitish Kumar led alliance fighting a make or mar battle but for people here it is employment and education that matters.
Oct 27, 2015, 12:59 PM IST
Phase 3 of Bihar polls tomorrow, Lalu's sons among contestants
After a brief festival break, the high voltage fight between the Grand Secular Alliance and the NDA returns to Bihar with the third phase of voting on 50 Assembly seats on Wednesday.
Oct 27, 2015, 11:16 AM IST
'Mahagathbandhan' misleading Bihar voters on quota: PM Narendra Modi
Under attack over alleged attempts at tinkering with quotas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the Bihar's grand alliance of plotting to take away five percent share in reservations for SC, ST and OBCs and give it to "a particular community", a move he vowed to oppose.
Oct 26, 2015, 14:40 PM IST
'Lalu virus' has hit Nitish's computer: PM Narendra Modi
Taking a dig at RJD chief and Bihar Chief Minister, Prime Minister on Monday said that both the leaders are competing with each other over who can abuse him more.
Oct 26, 2015, 13:20 PM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections: 'Mahagathbandhan' poll manifesto
The grand alliance comprising of Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress have come together to take on the resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance in the Bihar Assembly Elections.
Oct 23, 2015, 17:20 PM IST
Nitish targets PM Modi, says Haryana witnessing 'mangal raj'
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday highlighted Minister of State for External Affairs General (Retd.) V.K. Singh's dog remark in the wake of the murder of two Dalit children in Haryana, saying some call Bihar the 'jungle raj' but this incident reflected the 'mangal raj' in the BJP-ruled state.
Oct 23, 2015, 14:49 PM IST
Former JD(U) minister joins BJP in Bihar
A rebel Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader and former minister joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday, ahead of the third phase of the Bihar Assembly elections.
Oct 23, 2015, 13:22 PM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections phase II: As it happened
The second phase of staggered Assembly Elections in Bihar ended on Friday with about 54 percent of the 8.58 million electorate voting in 32 of the 243 constituencies.
Oct 16, 2015, 18:28 PM IST
Bihar polls: Great support emerging for NDA across state, says Rudy
Minister of State for Skill Development and Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Friday expressed confidence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forming the government in Bihar, saying that a great support is emerging for the NDA in the ongoing assembly polls.
Oct 16, 2015, 09:57 AM IST
2015 Bihar Assembly Elections: Voting in second phase on Friday
The battle for Bihar enters into its second phase on Friday.
Oct 15, 2015, 10:53 AM IST
Banners of PM, Amit Shah must be removed from Patna airport: Grand alliance to EC
Leaders from the grand alliance in Bihar on Wednesday urged the Election Commission to order the removal of banners and posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah from the Patna airport, saying they are "flagrant violation of norms".
Oct 14, 2015, 16:05 PM IST
FIR against Union Minister Giriraj Singh for poll malpractice
An FIR was on Tuesday lodged in Bihar's Lakhisarai district against Union Minister Giriraj Singh for electoral malpractice after he was caught on camera allegedly seeking votes for a BJP candidate during the first phase of Assembly polls on Monday.
Oct 13, 2015, 20:38 PM IST
Bihar polls: Once locked in bloody feud, upper castes, dalits sail on same boat
Having been locked in a bloody conflict in the 1990s, which saw a string of massacres in Bihar's Jehanabad district, the landed forward castes and deprived dalits appear to be sailing on the same boat in the state Assembly polls.
Oct 13, 2015, 18:43 PM IST
Upsurge in voter turnout in Bihar is Modi effect: MJ Akbar
Crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for upsurge in voters' turnout in Bihar Assembly polls, the BJP national spokesperson MJ Akbar on Tuesday expressed confidence that the NDA will romp home to power and usher in 'Kamal kranti' (Lotus revolution) in the state over next five years.
Oct 13, 2015, 18:38 PM IST
Man visits Bihar from Saudi Arabia to cast his vote
The Bihar elections have drawn thousands of migrants to visit the state from far and wide to exercise their franchise this time, a trend perhaps not been visible with such an enthusiam earlier.
Oct 13, 2015, 13:01 PM IST
Will Modi resign as PM after BJP's defeat in Bihar, asks Lalu
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Monday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's aggressive campaigning for the Bihar Assembly polls and asked whether he would step down after the BJP's defeat in the state.
Oct 12, 2015, 18:22 PM IST
BJP veteran Kailashpati Mishra's daughter-in-law joins JD (U)
The sitting MLA and daughter-in-law of BJP veteran Kailashpati Mishra on Saturday quit the saffron party to join JD(U).
Oct 10, 2015, 15:17 PM IST
Nitish carrying Lalu's jungle raj on one shoulder and Congress' corruption on other
BJP president Amit Shah said on Saturday Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar cannot develop Bihar and govern it carrying Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad's jungle raj on one shoulder and Congress' corruption on the other.
Oct 10, 2015, 15:10 PM IST
Job quotas pledge in private sector upsets upper castes
The election pledge by BJP allies HAM and LJP to extend job quotas to the private sector if the BJP-led alliance wins the Bihar elections has upset the state's upper castes.
Oct 10, 2015, 15:07 PM IST
