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Bihar elections LIVE: Campaign ends for second phase, voting on Nov 3

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Nitish will quit NDA after polls, try to challenge PM Modi in 2024: Chirag

Bihar C Nitish Kumar may ditch the BJP after the assembly poll results are out, join the RJD-led Grand Alliance, Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan claimed on Sunday.

Bihar polls: PM talks of Pak's Pulwama confession, says Nitish never cared

Modi also berated the RJD-Congress combine in Bihar, calling it an alliance of "double-double yuvraj" (two crown princes) whose sole concern was to protect their "respective thrones".

The recovery rate of coronavirus patients reaches 95.87% in Bihar

The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients reached 95.87% in Bihar, while 800 fresh cases took the tally of positive cases to 2,16,763 in the state, health department bulletin said

Bihar Assembly elections 2020: PM Modi to address four rallies on Sunday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address four back to back rallies in Bihar to garner support for the NDA candidates in the poll-bound state

Bihar elections: I-T raids BJP's game to corner Nitish, says RJD leader

The opposition RJD on Saturday claimed that the income tax raids on certain contractors due to the alleged scam in the tap water supply project were meant to corner Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

Bihar: Over the last fifteen years, Nitish G stood for governance

Nitish Kumar might win the election, he might lose. But there is no one in Bihar who will deny his contribution to governance.

Best of BS Opinion: Reality in a cusp, Nitish G stood for governance & more

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Bihar polls LIVE: Nitish Kumar slams RJD over its 15 years of misgovernance

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Shouldn't Nitish Kumar speak on issues of unemployment, migration: Tejashwi

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav asked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to speak on issues of unemployment and migration

Bihar polls: Our govt provided 600,000 jobs in 15 years, says Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that his government provided over 600,000 jobs during its 15-year regime as compared to 95,000 people getting jobs during the RJD regime from 1990 to 2005

Bihar elections: Agriculture minister booked for violating code of conduct

Bihar Agriculture Minister and BJP candidate Prem Kumar was booked for violation of the poll panel's model code of conduct, police said

Bihar elections: PM Modi calls Tejashwi Yadav the 'yuvraj' of 'jungle raj'

PM Modi launched a stinging attack on RJD in Bihar and its CM candidate Tejashwi Yadav, asking voters to beware of the "yuvraaj" of "jungle raj", and said the party had "copyright over kidnappings"

Bihar records 18.31% turnout till 11 am in first phase of Assembly polls

Over 18.30 % voter turnout was recorded till 11 Am in the first phase of Bihar assembly polls on Wednesday, the Election Commission said in its provisional data

Bihar's women win against alcohol but lose to illicit liquor, drugs

On April 1, 2016, chief minister Nitish Kumar had declared Bihar a dry state, following in the footsteps of Gujarat, Mizoram, Nagaland and Lakshadweep

Bihar Assembly elections: 71 seats go to the polls in the first phase

Voting is underway in 71 constituencies across 16 districts in the first phase of the Bihar assembly election on Wednesday

Nitish Kumar will ditch BJP to join RJD after poll results: Chirag Paswan

Firing a fresh salvo at Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, LJP chief Chirag Paswan said that he and his party Janata Dal (United) are prepared to ditch the BJP and join RJD after the poll results are out

Bihar: What is at stake for Modi in the first election after Covid-19?

The state is currently ruled by a coalition that includes Modi's BJP and the election will be the first political test of how voters view his handling of the pandemic

Bihar polls: Nitish vows solar streetlights, irrigation tools to villages

Nitish also vowed to reach out to the people, left out due to the COVID-19 pandemic, after the elections

Nitish won't speak on real issues like inflation, corruption: Tejashwi

Tejashwi Yadav said that Nitish Kumar can only indulge in abusing him but won't speak on the real issues like inflation and corruption that affects people