Bihar By Election 2018

RJD chief Lalu Yadav will not campaign for state elections in Bihar for the first time in over four decades. The former Chief Minister, jailed for corruption since 2018, had handed charge to his son Tejashwi Yadav but has been overseeing party affairs from a prison hospital.

Just after taking charge as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Kamal Nath has provoked a controversy with his comments on migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar taking jobs in the state at the cost of its residents. The BJP has demanded Congress president Rahul Gandhi's apology for the comments and even the Samajwadi Party, an ally, is upset.

Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje today expressed shock at Bihar politician Sharad Yadav's comments body-shaming her at an election rally and said the Election Commission must act.

The BJP was taken by surprise when the Congress decided to field former Prime Minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla against Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh from the Rajnandgaon constituency in the assembly election.

The BJP was taken by surprise when the Congress decided to field former Prime Minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla against Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh from the Rajnandgaon constituency in the assembly election.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday thanked his Telangana counterpart K Chandrasekhar Rao for the support extended by his party Telangana Rashtra Samith (TRS) to NDA candidate for the election of Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

The opposition today scored a major pick-me-up ahead of the 2019 national election, besting the BJP and its allies in important by-polls in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar. The BJP won only one of four parliamentary seats and one of 11 assembly seats in by-polls held across 10 states on Monday. After losing two parliament seats, the ruling par...

By-elections in Nagaland are being held in the Parliamentary Constituency of the state on May 28. Apart from Nagaland, other states to have by-elections on the same date are Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala, Meghalaya, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.

Karnataka Governor's decision to invite the BJP to form government as the single largest opposition party has brought joy to Bihar opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav.

Tejashwi Yadav and his former boss, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who withdrew his Janata Dal-United (JDU) from the grand alliance with Lalu Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress to ally with rival BJP, are all set to hit the road for high-voltage Karnataka polls.

The beginning of the end had started, tweeted Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee today, soon after the reports of the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar bypoll results started coming in.

Counting for the Lok Sabha seat in Bihar's Araria and two assembly seats - Bhabua and Jahanabad began at 8 am. After over 10 rounds of counting in the three constituencies, trends show BJP holds Bhabua. RJD leads in both Araria and Jehanabad.

Bihar by-election results in Araria Lok Sabha seat and Jehanabad and Bhabua's Assembly seats will be announced today.

The Araria by-poll is the first electoral test for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after he walked out of the Grand Alliance last year and teamed up with the BJP.

A comment by Bihar BJP chief Nityanand Rai - that victory for RJD in Araria will turn Bihar into a "safe haven for ISI" - has triggered a police case and a complaint at the state Election Commission as by-election for the Lok Sabha seat was held today.

RJD chief Lalu Yadav will not campaign for state elections in Bihar for the first time in over four decades. The former Chief Minister, jailed for corruption since 2018, had handed charge to his son Tejashwi Yadav but has been overseeing party affairs from a prison hospital.

Just after taking charge as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Kamal Nath has provoked a controversy with his comments on migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar taking jobs in the state at the cost of its residents. The BJP has demanded Congress president Rahul Gandhi's apology for the comments and even the Samajwadi Party, an ally, is upset.

Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje today expressed shock at Bihar politician Sharad Yadav's comments body-shaming her at an election rally and said the Election Commission must act.

The BJP was taken by surprise when the Congress decided to field former Prime Minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla against Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh from the Rajnandgaon constituency in the assembly election.

The BJP was taken by surprise when the Congress decided to field former Prime Minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla against Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh from the Rajnandgaon constituency in the assembly election.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday thanked his Telangana counterpart K Chandrasekhar Rao for the support extended by his party Telangana Rashtra Samith (TRS) to NDA candidate for the election of Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

The opposition today scored a major pick-me-up ahead of the 2019 national election, besting the BJP and its allies in important by-polls in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar. The BJP won only one of four parliamentary seats and one of 11 assembly seats in by-polls held across 10 states on Monday. After losing two parliament seats, the ruling par...

By-elections in Nagaland are being held in the Parliamentary Constituency of the state on May 28. Apart from Nagaland, other states to have by-elections on the same date are Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala, Meghalaya, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.

Karnataka Governor's decision to invite the BJP to form government as the single largest opposition party has brought joy to Bihar opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav.

Tejashwi Yadav and his former boss, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who withdrew his Janata Dal-United (JDU) from the grand alliance with Lalu Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress to ally with rival BJP, are all set to hit the road for high-voltage Karnataka polls.

The beginning of the end had started, tweeted Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee today, soon after the reports of the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar bypoll results started coming in.

Counting for the Lok Sabha seat in Bihar's Araria and two assembly seats - Bhabua and Jahanabad began at 8 am. After over 10 rounds of counting in the three constituencies, trends show BJP holds Bhabua. RJD leads in both Araria and Jehanabad.

Bihar by-election results in Araria Lok Sabha seat and Jehanabad and Bhabua's Assembly seats will be announced today.

The Araria by-poll is the first electoral test for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after he walked out of the Grand Alliance last year and teamed up with the BJP.

A comment by Bihar BJP chief Nityanand Rai - that victory for RJD in Araria will turn Bihar into a "safe haven for ISI" - has triggered a police case and a complaint at the state Election Commission as by-election for the Lok Sabha seat was held today.