Despite the fear of Maoist violence, the penultimate leg of Bihar’s six-phase Assembly polls were held largely peacefully on Tuesday, registering an average 50 per cent voter turnout in the 35 constituencies considered a stronghold of the ruling JD(U)-BJP alliance.

Amid their relentless claims about forming Bihar’s next government at the expense of the other when the ongoing Assembly polls end, chief minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav keenly w

Bihar was jolted by a wave of Maoist violence on Monday — a day before the penultimate phase of Assembly polls for 35 seats — as two policemen were killed while defusing a powerful can bomb planted by

An estimated 19 per cent of the 81.26 lakh electorate cast their votes till 11 am in 35 constituencies across eight districts in the fifth and penultimate phase of Assembly elections in Bihar.

Around 34 per cent of the 81.26 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 1 pm in 35 constituencies in eight districts in the fifth and penultimate phase of the Assembly elections in Bihar.

Ten wagons of a goods train got derailed when Maoists blew up a railway track near the Kurhani railway station in Hajipur-Muzaffarpur section of East-Central Railway in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district ea

JD(U) Rajya Sabha member and the party’s national spokesman Shivanand Tiwary has decided to boycott US President Barack Obama’s address to a joint session of both Houses of the Parliament on Monday.

Bihar’s ruling JD(U) and the BJP on Sunday claimed to be reaching “total victory” as the six-phase Assembly polls in the state neared to the end with the last two remaining phases to be held shortly.

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s indelible image as an “anti-development politician” in Bihar before his years as the railway minister is being optimally used by chief minister Nitish Kumar and top BJP l

Bihar’s long fascination with bursting Diwali firecrackers bearing the names and pictures of top regional leaders like Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar has gone ahead this time to add Sonia Gandhi a