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1.3mn more voters likelyin Bihar poll rolls after SIR

PATNA, Sept. 27 -- With only four days left for the publication of the final draft of electoral rolls as per the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) conducted in Bihar, there are possibilities that aroun... Read More


wrap up all transfers of staffers on poll duty by Oct 6: EC

PATNA, Sept. 26 -- The Election Commission of India has asked the Bihar government to complete the exercise of mandatory transfers of employees involved in election-related work by October 6. The orde... Read More


Builders must also be penalised for delay: SC

New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- In a ruling that seeks to level the playing field between builders and homebuyers, the Supreme Court has held that real estate developers, who delay handing over possession, can... Read More


Pradhan is BJP poll in-charge for Bihar

PATNA, Sept. 26 -- As the Bihar BJP core committees from 52 organisational districts met for the second consecutive day to review preparations for the upcoming elections and discuss the probable names... Read More


Nitish launches projects worth Rs.820 cr in 2 distts

BHAGALPUR/KHAGARIA, Sept. 26 -- Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday laid foundation stones and inaugurated multiple development projects worth Rs.820 crore i... Read More


Finish transfers of staffers on poll duty by Oct 6: EC

PATNA, Sept. 26 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued directives to the top brass of the Bihar administration to complete the exercise of mandatory transfers of officers and employees i... Read More


HC overturns acquittal of RJD MLA Ritlal Yadav

PATNA, Sept. 26 -- The Patna High Court on Thursday overturned the acquittal of RJD MLA from Danapur Ritlal Yadav and his associates in the high-profile Satyanarayan Sinha murder case and ordered a re... Read More


Nigerian national held at India-Nepal border

BETTIAH, Sept. 26 -- Immigration department sleuths arrested a 46-year-old Nigerian citizen for attempting to enter India from Nepal on a fraudulently procured passport of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoir... Read More


Muslims being used as vote bank: Owaisi

KISHANGANJ, Sept. 26 -- On the second day of his 'Nyay Yatra' in Seemanchal's Araria, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi cautioned Muslims against being used as a 'vote bank' by so-called secular partie... Read More


Violence erupts on Nalanda engineering college campus after student's 'suicide'

PATNA, Sept. 26 -- Violence and arson took place on the premises of government-run Nalanda Engineering College under Chandi police station of Nalanda district on Wednesday night after a girl student d... Read More