Election Commission of India shows figures indicating voter turnout of 44.07% in second phase of Bihar’s State Assembly elections. Polling commenced at 7 am for the 94 assembly seats across Bihar’s 17districts on Tuesday as a part of the second phase. Covid-19 precautionary measures had been ensured by authorities for the people. Prime Minister Narendra ...

During the exercise, the BJP is expected to smooth things over between the two other alliance partners whose relationship has turned frosty this year. BJP President JP Nadda arrived in Patna for a crucial meeting with alliance partner and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of the Janata Dal (United). With this, the seat-sharing talks among the ...

Speaking to a news channel on Monday, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora confirmed that assembly elections in Bihar will go on as per the schedule and the poll body was making all preparations against COVID-19. Earlier, the EC had asked the various political parties in the state to weigh in before August 11 on whether ...

On Friday nine opposition parties met in Delhi opposing the plan of Election Commission to hold only digital campaigning ahead of Bihar Assembly elections as a part of the Covid-19 precautionary measure. This development was an aftermath of EC’s U-turn on its decision to extend postal ballot facility for voters aged above 65 years. The ...