India's benchmark equity indices opened in the red on Thursday as investors stayed cautious amid the ongoing counting of votes for the politically crucial Bihar Assembly elections.
As the counting of votes began for the Bihar Assembly elections on Friday, early trends show the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) past the halfway mark of 122, strengthening its lead over the Mahagathbandhan.
As the counting of votes for the Jubilee Hills Assembly bypoll gets underway, the Hyderabad Police has intensified security arrangements across key locations to ensure a peaceful and incident-free process.
As the counting of votes for the Bihar Assembly election began on Friday morning, Gaya Ji District Magistrate (DM) Shashank Shubhankar said that all arrangements are in place and that victory rallies are completely banned due to the Model Code of Conduct in effect.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Kumar Jha expressed confidence in Mahagathbandhan's victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, saying that the State is heading towards a change of regime.
As the counting of votes for the Bihar Assembly election began Friday morning, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Delhi is gearing up for the victory celebrations with delicacies from the State.
"If the counting of votes is done in a fair manner, then our government will be formed in Bihar. INDIA alliance will be working together and have worked together step by step and have fought together (this election). Trusted, tested, aur kamai, aur dawai, aur padhai ki Sarkar banegi (a go
Ahead of the counting of votes for the Bihar Assembly election 2025, Janata Dal (United) leader Rajiv Ranjan Prasad expressed confidence in the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) victory under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections result day, CPI(M-L) leader Dipankar Bhattacharya expressed concerns over the process, saying that "we are hoping that counting of votes is done in a proper manner."
Earlier, RJD Leader Sunil Singh had issued a strong warning to election officials, cautioning against any attempt to manipulate the people's mandate, otherwise "the same scenes witnessed on the roads in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka will be seen on the roads of Bihar as well".
"Tomorrow is the date set by the Election Commission for counting of votes. The public mood is clear: they are not going to hand over power to Tejashwi Yadav. Nitish Kumar and the NDA will have a landslide victory. We will celebrate the victory. We will uphold the pride of Bihar," Kumar t