Bihar recorded the highest ever voter turnout of 64.66 per cent in the first phase of assembly elections on Thursday, with the voting on 121 seats concluding peacefully.
Bihar recorded 60.41 per cent polling in the first phase of assembly polls, according to Election Commission data at 8 pm. The polling percentage is higher than the overall voting percentage recorded in the previous three assembly polls in the state.
The Central Police arrested a woman aged 36 and busted an immoral trafficking racket in the Paharganj area after receiving an alert through the 'Say Help' app. The 'Say Help' App, designed especially for women's safety and public security, enabled police intervention in the human-traffick
Assam's Chief Information Commissioner and former state DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta has resigned from his position as the state's Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), citing "moral grounds".
Joshi, who is the Minister of Consumer Affairs, noted that the Election Commission can't be held accountable when the Congress party loses the elections.
"They are going to be wiped out in Bihar as well as Maharashtra. When leadership is questioned, they make attempts to save themselves. Rahul Gandhi is creating this false narrative to maintain his leadership position. He is targeting the BJP through the Election Commission. This is why we
Bihar has recorded a voter turnout of 60.13 per cent for the first phase of assembly elections, as of 5:00 PM, according to the data shared by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Amid the polling for the first phase of the Bihar assembly elections, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Thursday made allegations against the local administration, police and BJP at a few places and sought action from the Election Commission.
As of 5:00 PM today, a turnout of 53.24 per cent per cent was recorded in Bhojpur district, followed by 55.10 per cent in Buxar, 58.38 per cent in Darbhanga, 60.65 per cent in Khagaria, 54.90 per cent in Munger, 57.58 per cent in Nalanda, 62.65 per cent in Saharsa, 66.65 per cent in Samas
The voter turnout in Bihar for the first phase of the assembly elections stands at 53.77 per cent as of 3:00 PM, according to data shared by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday slammed the RJD and Congress-led Mahagathbandhan over the alleged attack on Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha's convoy in Khoriari village, saying the leaders facing rejection from the public in the elections are reacting with such at
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Thursday directed the Bihar Director General of Police (DGP) to take immediate action after supporters of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) allegedly surrounded the convoy of BJP candidate Vijay Kumar Sinha in Khoriari village, hurling stone