Bihar Elections Result

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the election of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as President of the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)). The court found no substantial reason to interfere with the election results .

INDIA bloc candidate and Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur today won the Dehra assembly bypoll in Himachal Pradesh while the alliance's AAP secured the Jalandhar West seat and Trinamool Congress took two in West Bengal.

NOTA secured third rank on more than 100 seats, which includes 24 of Gujarat, 21 of Bihar and 14 of Karnataka.

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi will likely be part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet as he takes oath for his third consecutive term today, sources told NDTV.

The Congress has refuted JD(U) leader KC Tyagi's claim that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was offered the prime ministerial post by the INDIA bloc after the Lok Sabha election results were announced.

Janata Dal (United) MP Sanjay Jha, a confidant of party president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on Saturday junked his party spokesperson K C Tyagi's claim that the INDIA bloc had proposed to make Mr Kumar its prime ministerial choice.

Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar was offered the prime ministerial post by the Opposition INDIA bloc after the Lok Sabha election results were announced, party leader KC Tyagi claimed in an exclusive interview with NDTV

Key BJP allies - TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar - on Friday endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the leader of the NDA.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his incoming Andhra Pradesh counterpart Chandrababu Naidu have emerged as kingmakers after Tuesday's Lok Sabha election result, which left the BJP 32 seats short of majority and dependent on their support.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu formally signed up with the NDA at a strategy session this evening, pouring cold water on Opposition plans for a re-alignment. The NDA will stake claim to form government soon.

The BJP-led NDA retained a strong position in Bihar, securing three-fourths of the state's 40 Lok Sabha seats, though it did lose some ground to the INDIA bloc. Both the BJP and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) won 12 seats each.

The Congress will speak to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu -- both erstwhile allies -- to explore options for government formation, senior leaders of the party said today.

Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar will on Wednesday take part in the NDA meeting scheduled in the national capital, highly placed sources said here.

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan on Tuesday won the Hajipur Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, where he defeated the nearest RJD rival by over 1.70 lakh votes, the Election Commission said.

Janata Dal United (JDU) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has become the talk of the town after the opposition INDIA alliance defied exit polls and seem set to win 231 seats, just 31 short of the halfway mark needed to form the government.

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the election of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as President of the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)). The court found no substantial reason to interfere with the election results .

INDIA bloc candidate and Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur today won the Dehra assembly bypoll in Himachal Pradesh while the alliance's AAP secured the Jalandhar West seat and Trinamool Congress took two in West Bengal.

NOTA secured third rank on more than 100 seats, which includes 24 of Gujarat, 21 of Bihar and 14 of Karnataka.

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi will likely be part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet as he takes oath for his third consecutive term today, sources told NDTV.

The Congress has refuted JD(U) leader KC Tyagi's claim that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was offered the prime ministerial post by the INDIA bloc after the Lok Sabha election results were announced.

Janata Dal (United) MP Sanjay Jha, a confidant of party president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on Saturday junked his party spokesperson K C Tyagi's claim that the INDIA bloc had proposed to make Mr Kumar its prime ministerial choice.

Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar was offered the prime ministerial post by the Opposition INDIA bloc after the Lok Sabha election results were announced, party leader KC Tyagi claimed in an exclusive interview with NDTV

Key BJP allies - TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar - on Friday endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the leader of the NDA.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his incoming Andhra Pradesh counterpart Chandrababu Naidu have emerged as kingmakers after Tuesday's Lok Sabha election result, which left the BJP 32 seats short of majority and dependent on their support.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu formally signed up with the NDA at a strategy session this evening, pouring cold water on Opposition plans for a re-alignment. The NDA will stake claim to form government soon.

The BJP-led NDA retained a strong position in Bihar, securing three-fourths of the state's 40 Lok Sabha seats, though it did lose some ground to the INDIA bloc. Both the BJP and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) won 12 seats each.

The Congress will speak to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu -- both erstwhile allies -- to explore options for government formation, senior leaders of the party said today.

Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar will on Wednesday take part in the NDA meeting scheduled in the national capital, highly placed sources said here.

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan on Tuesday won the Hajipur Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, where he defeated the nearest RJD rival by over 1.70 lakh votes, the Election Commission said.

Janata Dal United (JDU) chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has become the talk of the town after the opposition INDIA alliance defied exit polls and seem set to win 231 seats, just 31 short of the halfway mark needed to form the government.