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Bihar To Give Up To Rs 2 Lakh Top-Up For Select Women In Employment Scheme: Nitish Kumar
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced a top-up of up to Rs 2 lakh for beneficiaries of the scheme for women, Mukhya Mantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana.
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New Bihar Assembly Sees Rise In Older Members, 40% Lack College Degrees
Around 12 per cent of the newly elected MLAs in Bihar are women, a marginal increase from the last polls, while around 40 per cent members in the new assembly do not have college degrees, according to a report by think-tank PRS Legislative Research.
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Decoding The Math Behind Women-Centric Schemes: Can They Swing Bihar?
In Indian elections, few strategies have proven as effective as targeted welfare schemes. The 2024 Maharashtra and 2023 Madhya Pradesh assembly elections offer compelling evidence.
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Lowest Number Of Women Candidates In Bihar Elections In 15 Years
In all, 258 women are contesting the Bihar Assembly election as against 2,357 male candidates.
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In Bihar Battle, Tejashwi Yadav, Nitish Kumar Slug It Out Over Women Votes
The Rashtriya Janata Dal on Tuesday announced pre-election sops for women voters to counter those offered by Bihar's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal United alliance.
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Woman Raped By 3 Men Near Railway Station In Bihar's Patna: Cops
In a shocking incident, a woman was gang-raped by three men near Sasamusa railway station under the Kuchaykot police station area of Gopalganj district on Monday.
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Dial 112: Bihar Launches 'Safe Travel' Helpline For Women In 6 Districts
The Bihar Police has launched a special initiative called Safe Travel under the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS).
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No Toilet, No Privacy - How Women Are Suffering In Flooded Bihar
Maner/Danapur: With their houses submerged deep into the water, the flood-hit women in Bihar have nowhere to go to. Not even a place to relive themselves. Of three relief camps that the state government has opened in Maner in Patna district, there is not even a single private toilet for women. Compromising their privacy and fighting embarrassment, ...
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Nitish Kumar Keeps Another Poll Promise To Women: 35% Job Reservation
The Bihar cabinet today cleared 35 per cent reservation in all the government jobs for women, an election promise Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had made a few months ago.
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Women Outvote Men in Bihar. What it Means
More women voted in the five-phase Bihar election than men, the Election Commission said today after the final round of one of the most politically vital polls got over.
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Bihar polls: Women power pushes up turnout
Greater participation of women in the democratic exercise pushed up the voting percentage in Bihar assembly polls this time by around 7 percent compared to five years ago. The cumulative voting percentage in the six-phase polls rose to 52.43 percent this year, up from 45.85 percent recorded in October 2005 assembly election and 44.46 percent in 200...
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Bihar election: Women's mandate
In Bihar, a state notorious for its lawlessness, it is one of the most positive developments during the Assembly elections. These elections saw an unprecedented number of women voters step out to vote.They even outnumbered men in many areas."We have come out to vote because we feel absolutely safe and secure. We feel we can cast our vote with some ...
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Bihar To Give Up To Rs 2 Lakh Top-Up For Select Women In Employment Scheme: Nitish Kumar
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced a top-up of up to Rs 2 lakh for beneficiaries of the scheme for women, Mukhya Mantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana.
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New Bihar Assembly Sees Rise In Older Members, 40% Lack College Degrees
Around 12 per cent of the newly elected MLAs in Bihar are women, a marginal increase from the last polls, while around 40 per cent members in the new assembly do not have college degrees, according to a report by think-tank PRS Legislative Research.
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Decoding The Math Behind Women-Centric Schemes: Can They Swing Bihar?
In Indian elections, few strategies have proven as effective as targeted welfare schemes. The 2024 Maharashtra and 2023 Madhya Pradesh assembly elections offer compelling evidence.
-
Lowest Number Of Women Candidates In Bihar Elections In 15 Years
In all, 258 women are contesting the Bihar Assembly election as against 2,357 male candidates.
-
In Bihar Battle, Tejashwi Yadav, Nitish Kumar Slug It Out Over Women Votes
The Rashtriya Janata Dal on Tuesday announced pre-election sops for women voters to counter those offered by Bihar's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal United alliance.
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Woman Raped By 3 Men Near Railway Station In Bihar's Patna: Cops
In a shocking incident, a woman was gang-raped by three men near Sasamusa railway station under the Kuchaykot police station area of Gopalganj district on Monday.
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Dial 112: Bihar Launches 'Safe Travel' Helpline For Women In 6 Districts
The Bihar Police has launched a special initiative called Safe Travel under the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS).
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No Toilet, No Privacy - How Women Are Suffering In Flooded Bihar
Maner/Danapur: With their houses submerged deep into the water, the flood-hit women in Bihar have nowhere to go to. Not even a place to relive themselves. Of three relief camps that the state government has opened in Maner in Patna district, there is not even a single private toilet for women. Compromising their privacy and fighting embarrassment, ...
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Nitish Kumar Keeps Another Poll Promise To Women: 35% Job Reservation
The Bihar cabinet today cleared 35 per cent reservation in all the government jobs for women, an election promise Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had made a few months ago.
-
Women Outvote Men in Bihar. What it Means
More women voted in the five-phase Bihar election than men, the Election Commission said today after the final round of one of the most politically vital polls got over.
-
Bihar polls: Women power pushes up turnout
Greater participation of women in the democratic exercise pushed up the voting percentage in Bihar assembly polls this time by around 7 percent compared to five years ago. The cumulative voting percentage in the six-phase polls rose to 52.43 percent this year, up from 45.85 percent recorded in October 2005 assembly election and 44.46 percent in 200...
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Bihar election: Women's mandate
In Bihar, a state notorious for its lawlessness, it is one of the most positive developments during the Assembly elections. These elections saw an unprecedented number of women voters step out to vote.They even outnumbered men in many areas."We have come out to vote because we feel absolutely safe and secure. We feel we can cast our vote with some ...
