जन सुराज के संस्थापक प्रशांत किशोर बिहार में ऐसा नाम है, जो विधानसभा चुनाव से पहले सुर्खियों में छाए हुए हैं. वह लगातार बीजेपी, कांग्रेस, आरजेडी और जेडीयू पर बिहार का विकास न करने को लेकर हमला कर रहे हैं. वह लगातार बिहार में बदलाव के मुद्दे को लेकर रैलियां और जनसभा आयोजित कर रहे … Read more
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has introduced some new rules and revisions, including a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar before the Assembly polls. This exercise will then take place across the country. In Bihar, the SIR exercise, aimed at removing duplicate entries in electoral rolls, started on June 25. … Read more
Counting more: Patna: Bihar Congress President Rajesh Ram beats drum with supporters as they celebrate the Centre’s decision to include caste enumeration in the upcoming census, in Patna, on May 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The story so far: The Union Cabinet has decided that the next Census will include questions on caste to … Read more
A day after taking oath for a new term along with his ministerial colleagues, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday allocated portfolios among them, keeping with himself home, general administration, vigilance and three more departments. Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad got finance, commercial tax, environment, forest and disaster management, urban development and information technology … Read more
Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attacked the opposition grand alliance in Bihar and said that its allies have a problem with the slogan ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’. “Allies of Jungle Raj don’t want slogans of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ to be raised. They also don’t want you to say ‘Jai Shree Ram’,” Modi … Read more
Patna: Campaigning for the politically crucial second phase (November 3), which covers 94 seats across 17 districts, came to an end on Sunday evening. The second phase is significant for both camps — NDA and the Opposition alliance — to form the next government in the state. BJP and ally JDU are contesting 46 and … Read more
By Rahul Verma Elections are a high-stake game in democracies like India and, thus, it is natural that all of us obsess over who will win how many seats. Everyone has their favourite technique of making predictions: some look at pre-poll surveys, election junkies try to find patterns through historical data, journalists and academics travel … Read more
Anti-incumbency is not a factor in Bihar polls, senior JD(U) leader Sanjay Jha told ET’s Kumar Anshuman in an interview. He said the “double N factor” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Nitish Kumar is working for the ruling alliance on the ground. Edited excerpts: Do you believe the JD(U) is facing anti-incumbency … Read more
Smriti Irani is among BJP’s star campaigner for the Bihar Assembly Elections. (PTI file photo) Smriti Irani, the Union Minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet, on Wednesday announced that she had tested positive for Covid-19 infection. The minister, via a post on her official Twitter handle, requested anyone who has met her in recent times … Read more
New Delhi: From the RJD promising to regularise nearly 1.5 crore contractual workers (Jeevika didis) and doubling their pay, to JDU substantially increasing the number of its female candidates and promising more representation of women in administration, and the BJP promising a `50,000 crore push to women’s self help groups, political parties in Bihar are … Read more