The second phase of voting on 94 seats in Bihar’s assembly elections passed peacefully on Tuesday with a voter turnout of more than 54.64 percent, slightly lower than the 2015 figure as COVID-19 failed curb the democratic spirit of citizens. The second round of voting took place in all 17 …
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Written by Saba Rahman | Ranchi | Updated: October 29, 2020 2:41:53 pm 72-year-old RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is watching the action closely. (File photo) Serving his prison sentence at the Ranchi Institute for Medical Sciences (RIMS), where he has been staying since May 2018, the man who has …
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Up to 1,066 candidates are in the fray in the first phase of the survey. Prominent candidates whose electoral fate has been locked in the EVMs are Shreyasi Singh, CWG gold medalist shooter, and six outgoing cabinet members: Prem Kumar (Gaya City), Vijay Kumar Sinha (Lakhisarai), Ram Narayan Mandal (Banka …
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Nitish Kumar’s government in Bihar came under heavy criticism from the opposition on Wednesday, the day of the first of the three-phase assembly elections, with rivals drawing comparisons between the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and Monday’s incident in Munger, where a young man was shot dead. during a police crackdown on …
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The Commission has issued guidelines for the safe conduct of the electoral exercise amid the devastating COVID-19 pandemic. These guidelines include reducing the maximum number of voters for a polling place from 1,600 to 1,000, staggering voting hours, and expanding postal voting facilities for those 80 and older. In addition, …
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By Harshit Sabarwal | Updated: October 28, 2020 12:04 PM IST 11:51 am IST 11:48 a. M. IST 11:40 a. M. IST 11:30 a.m. M. IST 11:27 a. M. IST 11:17 a. M. IST 10:39 AM IST 09:50 am IST 09:38 AM IST 09:31 AM IST 09:18 am IST 09:08 …
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In the midst of the first phase of the polls for the Bihar assembly elections, the opposition Grand Alliance (GA), comprising the RJD-Congress and left-wing parties, harshly criticized Prime Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday for the incident. of gunfire by Munger police, calling it brutal and a reflection of the …
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Bihar Assembly Election 2020: Nitish Kumar, 69, faces multiple rivals in the Bihar elections. (Proceedings) New Delhi: The three-phase election in Bihar that would decide whether Nitish Kumar wins a fourth term as Chief Minister begins today with the vote of 71 of the state’s 243 seats. His rival is …
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71/243 assembly constituencies (CA) in Bihar will go to the polls on Wednesday in the first of the three-phase assembly elections. Here are some things that underscore the importance of this phase. 1) Strong holds and swing seats. A look at the last two assembly elections in the regions that …
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Bihar Elections 2020: Tejashwi Yadav posed 11 questions to the Prime Minister. (PROCEEDINGS) Patna: RJD leader and chief ministerial candidate of Mahagatbandhan, Tejashwi Yadav, has posed 11 questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his visit to Bihar on October 28. The prime minister will hold rallies in Darbhanga, …
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