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7 Bihar kids killed as cops fail to defuse Maoist bomb
The deadly combination of Maoist plans to derail Bihar’s Assembly elections and alleged neglect by the state police brought violent death to seven innocent schoolchildren and a man in Aurangabad distr
8 die in bomb blast in Bihar
The deadly combination of the Maoists’ plans to derail Bihar’s Assembly polls and the alleged neglect by the state police brought violent death to seven innocent schoolchildren and a man in Aurangabad
Lalu: Exit polls madmen’s work
Even as the exit polls heralded the return of Nitish Kumar’s NDA government to power in Bihar and leaders of the JD(U) and the BJP grew more exuberant three days before votes are to be counted, RJD ch
Bihar polls end, 2 cops killed in blast
Despite widespread fears about the Maoists’ terror tactics, Bihar’s sixth and final phase of Assembly polls in 26 constituencies recorded an average 51 per cent voter turnout on Saturday.
Lalu dismisses poll surveys, claims RJD-LDP will be victorious
RJD Supremo Lalu Prasad on Sunday rubbished the exit polls conducted by news channels that projected a landslide victory for the ruling NDA in Bihar assembly elections and claimed the RJD-LJP alliance
Security up for Phase 6 today
Bihar’s sixth and final phase of Assembly polls being held on Saturday in 26 constituencies in the state’s south-western Maoist belt hold just as much significance for the ruling JD(U)-BJP as for the main Opposition parties in neck-to-neck contests almost everywhere.
JD-U confident of 180-200 seats for NDA
Taking bouncy steps into what looks like an early celebration mood even before the Assembly polls are over, Bihar’s ruling JD(U) and its ally BJP have busied themselves in dismissing both the RJD-LJP and the Congress as virtual non-entities in the state despite the rigorous campaigns by their top leaders.
3 per cent votes cast till 1000 hrs in Bihar
An estimated 13 per cent of the 60.07 lakh electorate cast their votes in 26 assembly constituencies in the sixth and final phase of the Bihar elections till 1000 hours on saturday, amid a poll boycot
Bihar polls: 41 per cent cast votes till 2 pm
An estimated 41 per cent votes were cast till 2 pm on Saturday in 26 Assembly constituencies spread over Buxar, Kaimur, Rohtas, Aurangabad and Gaya districts in the sixth and final phase of elections
Rahul sharpens pitch against Nitish govt
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday continued with his verbal offensives on Bihar’s NDA government for the mismatch between its claims of the state’s ongoing progress and what he described as the unchanging ground realities. A miffed NDA responded by ridiculing the high-profile Congress MP.
