Politics

Sources say that they were promised 41-42 seats but their quota of seats went to Manjhi and have been given 40 seats instead.

Manjhi has expressed his displeasure over the 15 seats given to him by the BJP and is demanding more seats as he claims to be the tallest Mahadalit leader in Bihar.

"If I being Chief Minister is so concerned for the safety of my daughter then I can understand the feeling of common man. We have taken several measures like installing CCTV cameras, which acts as a deterrence.

BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad took on the alliance of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, claiming that the two leaders do not share the same vision for the state.

The June 27 bypolls to six seats in five states were the first elections where photographs of candidates were used on ballot papers.

The Election Commission on Wednesday announced the dates for the much-awaited Assembly elections for 243 seats in Bihar.

Sonia Gandhi, during a meeting of the Congress Working Committee, also said that the Narendra Modi government is "out of touch" with the ground realities.

A crucial meeting of the Congress Working Committee, the highest decision making body of the party, is taking place in the national capital on Tuesday.

The conversation is allegedly between Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann and Patiala MP Dharamvir Gandhi.

The address by Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes on the last day of the three-day RSS coordination committee meeting.

Anjan also said that he had never watched a single porn film but when he watched porn for the first time, he "felt like vomiting."

Assam Congress President Anjan Dutta suspended four MLAs on Monday and issued show cause notice to five others for "anti-party activities", said an APCC spokesman.

By using the clause, government has done away with the need to issue the controversial land ordinance for a record fourth time.

Opposition BSP and BJP staged a walkout from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday, accusing the government of not being serious towards preventing the spread of dengue and other vector-borne diseases in the state.

Stating that the SAD-BJP coalition is on a verge of collapse, Congress, on Tuesday questioned Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's silence over repeated allegations on his government and the counter-allegations against BJP leaders by Akalis.

In a thanksgiving speech, the former chief minister said winds for change of guard in Bihar was blowing and asked all his party colleagues and workers to work hard to bring the NDA to power.