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48 pc Bihar candidates are graduates or above compared to 42 pc in 2015
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 7 (ANI): There has been an improvement in the educational qualifications of candidates in this year's Bihar elections as 48 per cent of candidates have declared graduation or above as their degree while the figure was 42 per cent in 2015 elections.
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Fate of 12 ministers, Speaker to be decided in third phase of Bihar polls
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 6 (ANI): The third phase of election to 78 seats in Bihar on Saturday will decide the electoral fate of 12 ministers and some other prominent candidates including Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) president Mukesh Sahni, Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary an
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Nitish Kumar confined to pages of history: Tejashwi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 6 (ANI): Mahagathbandan's chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav on Friday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been confined to the pages of history and urged voters not to give their mandate to those who have no accountability.
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Bihar to go for third and final phase of polls on Saturday
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 6 (ANI): Bihar will go for the third and final phase of polls on Saturday across 78 assembly constituencies spread over 16 districts with all players having made last-ditch efforts to woo voters.
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2.35 crore voters to exercise franchise on 78 seats in final phase of Biha
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): A total of 2,35,54,071 voters will exercise their franchise on November 7 as Bihar goes to its third and final phase of election to decide the fate of remaining 78 seats in 16 districts.
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Congress, allies questioning EVM show they have accepted defeat: Chirag Pa
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 5 (ANI): Taking a swipe at the Opposition, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan on Thursday said questions being raised by Congress and Mahagathbandhan over the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) show that they have accepted their defeat in the ensuin
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For power, Nitish won't even hesitate to bow before Tejashwi after poll re
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 5 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) President Chirag Paswan on Thursday took a jibe at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and said that, if needed, Kumar would bow before Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav after the declaration of Bihar Assembly
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Nobody has power to throw anybody out of country: Nitish Kumar seeks to al
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kishanganj (Bihar) [India], November 5 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday, said that nobody had the power to throw anybody out of the country, apparently allaying fears of people in the region over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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Through CAA, PM Modi ensured safety of minorities tortured in Pak, Afghani
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Katihar (Bihar) [India], November 5 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi ensured the safety of minorities who were being of tortured in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh with the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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Rahul attacks Modi government over three farm laws, says they will destroy
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Araria (Bihar) [India], November 4 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the Narendra Modi government over three new agriculture laws, saying they will destroy the "mandi, MSP and purchasing system" and vegetable prices were rising due to them.
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Governance, jobs, migration, price rise, education...parties raise a pleth
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 4 (ANI): With Bihar having entered the final leg of its three-phased assembly poll, political parties are making last-ditch efforts to woo the electorate. The electoral battle has been intense with all major players promising a caring and efficient governme
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Rahul attacks Modi government, says migrant workers from Bihar faced hards
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Katihar (Bihar) [India], November 3 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday Narendra Modi government over "hardships" faced by migrant workers after the lockdown was announced to contain coronavirus and alleged that timely help was not provided to them despite repeated appeals by th
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