Wednesday, April 24, 2024

East India

RJD’s manifesto: Special status to Bihar, airports in 5 cities, ₹1 lakh per year to ‘sisters’

Rashtriya Janata Dal on April 13 released party’s manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections promising five new airports in the Bihar and ₹ 1 lakh every year to “sisters from poor families.”

Jharkhand: Three tribal women buried alive, five injured in cave-in

Three tribal women were buried alive and five others injured in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district when a heap of soil caved in on Wednesday, PTI reported.

Bengal Police files molestation case against NIA officials

The West Bengal Police has lodged a case of molestation and house trespassing against officials from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) following a raid conducted by the agency in the East Medinipur district regarding the 2002 bomb blast case.

ISF parts ways with left-Congress alliance in West Bengal, to go solo at elections

In yet another blow to the Left-Congress alliance in West Bengal, the Indian Secular Front (ISF), formerly aligned with the coalition, has opted to pursue its own path. They have announced intentions to contest all 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

Bihar: Lok Janshakti Party’s 22 top leaders resign over ticket distribution, decide to support INDIA

Twenty-two leaders of the Lok Janshakti Party resigned from the party on Wednesday expressing anger over not getting tickets for the Lok Sabha elections and said will support the Opposition INDIA bloc.

“Who says all this nonsense?” Nitish Kumar slams Yogi Adityanath’s CAA Comment

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday told off Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, for his comments on Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) "throwing out infiltrators".

In Pictures: Voters of Bihar

45-year-old shopkeeper Touheed Alam is sure the RJD-led grand alliance will win the polls in the state. Alam is a voter in the Jokihat constituency in the Araria district.
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Shashi Yadav: Left’s lone woman candidate and vocal leader of working women in Bihar

According to CPI-ML general secretary and one of the star faces of Grand Alliance Dipankar Bhattacharya, "Shashi Yadav is a fearless, tireless campaigner for women's freedom and equality and rights of scheme workers."

Left will perform better in Bihar polls: CPIM leader Arun Kumar Mishra

Ahead of Bihar assembly elections, CPIM leader from Bihar and party's Central Committee member Arun Kumar Mishra Speaks to Maktoob. CPI(M) is an ally in Grand Alliance in Bihar
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Bihar: Congress’s Shakeel Ahmad Khan says he has masterplan for Seemanchal’s development

In an exclusive interview with Maktoob, Grand Alliance candidate from Bihar’s Katihar district, Shakeel Ahmad Khan said he has the masterplans for the Seemanchal region's development.

Bihar: Tejashawi Yadav sets record in Indian politics with 19 rallies in 24 hours

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) vice president and Grand Alliance's chief ministerial candidate Tejashawi Yadav set a record in the history of Indian politics by conducting 19 rallies in one day, in assembly election-bound Bihar.
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Bihar has a shortage of 60% doctors, 71% nurses and 50% health centres: Congress

Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala on Friday alleged that there are a shortage of 60 per cent doctors and 71 per cent nurses across Bihar.

Bihar: Two sons of ‘Seemanchal Gandhi’ for a fierce electoral bout in Jokihat

In Jokihat seat of the Seemanchal region in Bihar, Sarfaraz Alam, and Shahnawaz Alam, two sons of a former union minister and veteran RJD leader late Mohammad Taslimuddin are contesting against each other.
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Bihar polls: Nitish Kumar backs population-based reservation for castes

Addressing an election rally in Bihar, JD(U) leader and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday backed population-based reservation for castes.

Bihar elections: 55.69% voter turnout recorded in first phase, says EC

The first phase of the Assembly elections in Bihar recorded 55.69 per cent voter turnout, according to the Election Commission.
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Former Aligarh, JNU Students’ Union leaders; Congress’s young blood for Bihar

This time around though, the Congress is backing on young student leaders to deliver the results, and therefore, has chosen people like Tauquir Alam from Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Maskoor Ahmad Usmani from Aligarh Muslim University, to lead the charge.

Sanjay Yadav; a friend and an adviser to Tejashwi Yadav

Now, Sanjay Yadav is busy in designing the campaign for the Grand Alliance and its chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav ahead of the 2020 assembly elections.
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