Groom kidnapping or 'Pakadwa Vivah' is a phenomenon quite common in parts of Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh wherein bachelors are forced to marry while being held at gun point.
Left parties in India appear to have largely failed to adapt to the new beast that is electoral politics, which is increasingly being defined by big spending...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up state governments for failing to disburse claims to the next of kin of COVID-19 victims and issued a show-cause notice...
The Bihar developments, with echoes in other states, have given rise to an interesting debate on social justice, affirmative action, merit, and age-old...
The talks will be taking place amidst rising speculations about the expansion of Union cabinet and Janata Dal (United) or JD(U)’s long-awaited representation...
Sushil Modi is likely to win uncontested unless the opposition Grand Alliance fields a candidate to challenge him
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Ruling NDA's candidate Sinha won 126 votes in the Bihar Assembly
There will be talks of introspection after Bihar. But things will likely remain the same in the grand old party.
A five-day inaugural session of the newly constituted assembly is scheduled to commence on November 23.
'Hope the government completes its term and you continue to remain an NDA chief minister', tweeted LJP president Chirag Paswan
Tariq Anwar also hailed Rahul Gandhi for setting an example for other leaders by stepping down after the 2019 Lok Sabha polls defeat.
There is some suspense whether Sushil Kumar Modi will continue as deputy chief minister or if the saffron party would choose a new face.
Date of swearing-in to be decided in meeting on Friday
'It was undoubtedly a mandate for change. The NDA won by dhan, bal and chhal (money, muscle power, and deceit,' Tejashwi alleged.
Why yet another victory for the incumbent in Bihar flies in the face of the logic of democratic politics.
How did ‘Jai Shri Ram’ win? By managing media and by deploying LJP, MIM et al. That helped thwart real solidarities and kept angry Dalit-Muslim votes from...
The Bihar polls were devoid of real choices, disconnected with real issues. The results fly in the face of every democratic logic.
Bihar is closed out. The BJP turns its undivided attention to Bengal and other states.
Lalu Prasad’s son might have ended on the losing side but Tejashwi the leader is here to stay
The Congress takes refuge behind facile arguments: ‘tough seats’, ‘vote-cutting’. But its poor run in Bihar hides a deeper rot: a disenchanted Muslim...
The long Nitish-BJP relation has had its ups and downs, especially vis-à-vis Modi, but this may turn out to be the trickiest phase ever. A pyrrhic victory for...
After Bihar, BJP sets its targets on victory in Bengal Assembly Elections slated for next year.
The ruling coalition won 125 seats in the 243-member Assembly against 110 clinched by the opposition grand alliance
Reacting to allegations that his party was dividing anti-BJP votes, Owaisi said he was running a political party that has a right to contest on its own.
Tejashwi Yadav may have failed to learn the textbook lessons at DPS, R K Puram, in the national capital but showed an uncanny knack of reading the mind of...
