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'Party doesn't exist officially': Call for rejection of VIP candidate Umesh Sahani's nomination

DARBHANGA, Oct. 19 -- The Plurals Party has written to the district election officer-cum-district magistrate (DEO-cum-DM), Darbhanga, seeking investigation and immediate action against what it describ... Read More


Rahul key mediator in VIP seat deal: Dipankar

PATNA, Oct. 19 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi emerged as the key mediator in finalizing Bihar's Grand Alliance seat-sharing pact, personally convincing Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahn... Read More


Jolt to LJP(RV) as Bhojpuri actress' nomination nixed

PATNA, Oct. 19 -- In a setback to Lok Janshakti party (Ram Vilas), party's nominee from Marhaura Seema Singh's nomination has been rejected, as per reports. The ECI website too shows Singh's nominatio... Read More


jaisalmer blaze toll rises to 23; pokhrAN MAN dies: officials

Jodhpur, Oct. 19 -- The death toll in the bus fire tragedy that occurred on Tuesday on the Jaisalmer-Jodhpur Highway rose to 23 on Saturday after Mahipal Singh, a 19-year-old resident of Pokhran, who ... Read More


38-year-old man dies of gunshot wound, police suspect suicide

Haldwani, Oct. 19 -- A 38-year-old man died late Friday night allegedly after sustaining a gunshot wound below his ear at a restaurant near Kainchi Dham in Bhowali area of Nainital district, police sa... Read More


JSP candidate disappears, later surfaces on facebook with 'RSS leanings'

PATNA, Oct. 19 -- The mysterious disappearance of Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) candidate for the Danapur assembly segment, Akhilesh Kumar alias Mutur Sao, who went missing on Friday before filing his nomina... Read More


NDA tarnishing image of Bihar by invoking 'jungle raj': Khesari

BETTIAH, Oct. 19 -- Famous Bhojpuri actor and singer Khesari Lal Yadav, known for his close association with RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, officially entered the electoral fray as the RJD nominee for... Read More


Bihar ph-1 nominations end, Oppn logjam stays

PATNA, Oct. 18 -- As many as 1,698 candidates filed their papers for the crucial first phase of the assembly elections in Bihar as the chaotic nomination process for the 121 seats, spread across 18 di... Read More


INDIA bloc locked in 'friendly fight'

PATNA, Oct. 18 -- In a twist to the already tense Bihar assembly elections, the INDIA bloc's seat-sharing pact has unravelled a series of 'friendly' contests, pitting alliance partners against each ot... Read More


Ex-security guard seeks to protect locals from migration for earning

BETTIAH, Oct. 18 -- Neeraj Singh, 38, laboured as a security guard in big cities before his fortune turned and he became an entrepreneur whose annual turnover touched Rs.200 crore from three industrie... Read More