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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar speaks during ‘Karyakarta Sammelan’, in Siwan on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ANI In yet another populist move ahead of the assembly polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday (September 8, 2025) announced a hike in the stipend given to anganwadi workers and helpers in the State. In a post…
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar speaks during ‘Karyakarta Sammelan’, in Siwan on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ANI In yet another populist move ahead of the assembly polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday (September 8, 2025) announced a hike in the stipend given to anganwadi workers and helpers in the State. In a post…
NEW DELHI: The ruling NDA’s five-hour Bihar bandh, called to protest the alleged abuse of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother during Congress’ recently concluded ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra,’ drew a mixed response on Thursday.In Patna, traffic was thin, some private schools declared a holiday, and shopkeepers were divided – while some closed their shutters, others kept…
NEW DELHI: For 16 days, Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ carved a noisy trail through Bihar’s dusty highways and crowded colonies. More than a campaign, it was pitched as a “moral” crusade: a fight to “protect the vote” of millions allegedly struck off the rolls. The march had political theatrics, constitutional sermons, and opposition show…
BLOs fill and collect the counting forms from the electors in Patepur block of Vaishali, Bihar. Photo: @CEOBihar X/ANI Photo After organizing a day-long public hearing on July 21 in Patna on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls process in Bihar, a citizen’s panel comprising several groups on Saturday (July 26, 2025)…
NEW DELHI: Parliament disruption, election boycott threat, show-cause notice, allegations and counter-allegations … the political showdown over Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar is getting bigger and bitter. The opposition is training its guns at the Election Commission while the BJP-led NDA is backing the poll body’s “cleansing” drive.The opposition questions the…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in the Bihar assembly and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday hinted that the opposition Mahagathbandhan might consider boycotting the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, accusing the ruling NDA of manipulating the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.“That too can be discussed. We will see what the people want…
NEW DELHI: The Mahagathbandhan alliance on Wednesday kicked off a “Bihar Bandh” protesting against the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls by the Election Commission.Opposition leaders, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, will lead a protest rally in Patna and plan to encircle the Chief Electoral Office in the state…
ECI officials during the Special Intensive Revision in Bihar on July 7, 2025. Picture: X/@ECISVEEP The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday (July 7, 2025) said that enumeration forms were received from 36.47% voters as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar and 11.26% of the forms have been uploaded on the…
NEW DELHI: Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Sunday announced that he will contest the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar “for the sake of a better future of Bihar”.Chirag, who is also a minister at the Centre, said, “People have been asking me whether Chirag Paswan will contest the assembly elections. I…
