Politics
Lalu's son Tejashwi Yadav justifies 'forward vs backward' battle in Bihar, plays safe on Deputy CM candidature
Tejashwi justified his father's forward vs backward card in the polls, making a reference to the recent killing of two children from a Dalit family in Haryana.
Arvind Kejriwal to visit trouble-hit Punjab on Saturday
Kejriwal's visit assumes significance as AAP is eyeing the 2017 Assembly polls in the state and has re-structured its unit there.
Rajnath asks leaders to be cautious while putting views; Mayawati says sack VK Singh, send him to jail
BJP-led Centre is already in the line of fire in the wake of growing intolerance, also has another battle to save its image after controversial statements from its leaders.
Bihar poll verdict will settle reservation issue in favour of quota beneficiaries: Sharad Yadav
Muslims and Mahadalits constitute around 16% of total votes, Yadav 14 per cent, Bania, Koiri and other Extremely Backward Castes (EBC) 8% each, Mallah around 7%, the upper caste block of Brahmin-Bhumihar-Rajput-Kayasth around 16% and Kurmi 4%.
Bihar elections: Patna's Fatuha Industrial Area crying for attention as parties try to get the caste arithmetic right
But within days of the campaign starting, the development plank took a detour through the caste minefields of Bihar and nowhere is it exemplified better than Fatuha, the industrial area 22 kilometres from Patna and one of the constituencies where voting w...
BJP's strategy of no CM candidate in Bihar a case of running with the hare and hunting with the hound
While Nitish Kumar is a tried and tested CM, the NDA canvas is blank in order to prevent infighting.
Angry residents of Dharmendra Pradhan's adopted village in Bihar want to teach him a lesson
Amidst heated political air, here are some pictures and first person accounts of the ground reality of development claims by political parties in this elections.
Nitish slams BJP for playing politics of communalism, says Modi's silence on Dadri incident 'dangerous'
"The mandate for 2014 Lok Sabha elections were in favour of Narendra Modi but this election is all about the work that I have done as the Chief Minister," said Nitish.
Khattar under attack for his controversial remarks on Dadri incident, Owaisi says CM has mob mindset
Khattar in an interview to Indian Express said Muslims can continue to live in India, but they will have to give up eating beef as cow is an article of faith.
Election Commission issues notice to Sharad Yadav over controversial remarks
EC took cognisance of Yadav's reported remarks at an election rally in Nalanda on October 7 that "those who do not keep their promise, then the Hindus will not get a place in heaven and Muslims will not meet Allah in paradise".
'Mountain Man' Dashrath Manjhi's village needs clean water and education, desperately
The villagers further said that not even the much publicised bicycle distribution scheme of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has reached the village.
Narendra Modi breaks his silence, says Dadri lynching incident, Ghulam Ali controversy unfortunate
His remarks assume significance as Bihar elections are underway and these polls are litmus test for the BJP.
Shiv Sena felicitates party workers who smeared black paint on Kulkarni for organising Kasuri book launch
Despite the Shiv Sena's protest against the three-day visit of former Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri to launch his book, the programme took place as scheduled.
Why Shiv Sena wants to end alliance with BJP in Maharashtra?
The BJP and Shiv Sena fight has more to do with fight for supremacy and egos as the latter does not want the former to lead the alliance partner.
57 per cent voting in first phase of Bihar poll, women voters outnumber men
Women voters outnumbered men and the turnout today is more than what it was in the last state poll in 2010 (all phases taken together.)
