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Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar Chief Minister for 4th straight term

Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar will take oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the fourth straight term after closely-fought legislative assembly elections in the state

Nitish meets Bihar governor, stakes claim for forming new government

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Governor Phagu Chauhan, after being unanimously elected as the leader of the NDA, and staked claim for the formation of the new government in the state

Nitish Kumar unanimously elected as leader of NDA in Bihar; to return as CM

The NDA in Bihar unanimously elected Nitish Kumar as its leader in the state legislature, paving the way for his return as chief minister for the fourth consecutive term

Delay in finalising seat sharing hurt Mahagathbandhan in Bihar: Tariq Anwar

Delay in finalising seat sharing for the Bihar election adversely impacted the Mahagathbandhan's poll performance, senior Congress leader Tariq Anwar said

Newly elected NDA MLAs to meet on Nov 15 to declare Nitish as their leader

Speculation is rife that the BJP might push for an EBC or a Dalit as a Deputy CM

ECI rejects recounting applications of 6 candidates in Bihar Assembly polls

Election Commission of India (ECI) has rejected applications of six candidates who are shouted recounting of votes for the recently concluded Bihar Assembly Elections

Not my 'last election', Bihar CM Nitish Kumar says remarks misinterpreted

Janata Dal (United) won 43 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party won 71

We won 5 seats, shall increase tally to 25 in future: Bihar AIMIM chief

Five MLAs from AIMIM who recently registered victory in Bihar Assembly polls met party chief Asaduddin Owaisi in Hyderabad on Thursday

Disappointed with performance in Bihar, CWC to review it soon: Congress

The Congress said on Thursday it was disappointed with its performance in Bihar Assembly elections and the party's working committee would soon review it.

Lotus blooms in Bihar

PM's development, anti-corruption message puts BJP in pole position

Bihar Election result LIVE: Victory of development works , says PM Modi

Bihar election result LIVE updates: Nitish Kumar- led NDA is back in power in Bihar with a slender majority. Tejashwi Yadav-led RJD emerged as single largest party with 75 seats

Tejashwi Yadav: political novice who gave veterans a run for their money

He also powered the RJD to the status of the single largest party in the House with 75 seats

NDA gets simple majority in Bihar; BJP comes out with flying colours

The saffron party, which had contested 110 seats, won 72 and was leading in another two while the JD(U) which fought 115, won only 42 and was ahead in another

Parties promise the moon to Bihar voters but finances on shaky ground

Sushil Modi said if the RJD's promise was to be believed, Rs 58,000 crore would have to be set aside in the Budget.

RJD-Congress allegations: EC says not under anyone's pressure

Election Commission on Wednesday asserted that it was working with due diligence and was not under anyone's pressure

Bihar election: NDA heading towards majority, RJD likely single-largest

If the present results and trends available are any indication of things to come, the NDA will end up with 122 seats, just the half-way mark required to form the government

LJP hurts JDU; party says Nitish targeted as part of 'sinister' campaign

Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan appeared to be succeeding in damaging Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led party by playing a major role in its poor show in many seats

Bihar results show wrong to write-off Left; could have won more: Yechury

The Left parties contested 29 seats in the Bihar Assembly elections.

Bihar election results victory of PM Modi, says LJP's Chirag Paswan

Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan described the Bihar polls results as a "victory" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying THE people have shown their trust in him.

Those calling us vote-cutter got befitting reply: AIMIM on Bihar results

Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen, which was given tags like 'vote cutter' and spoiler in the Bihar assembly polls, appeared set to win five Muslim-dominated seats