Politics

The JD(U) released list of the candidates at a press conference addressed by state president Basistha Narayan Singh, party leader in Rajya Sabha RCP Singh and its state working president Ashok Choudhary.

The chief minister further claimed that it cannot be said for sure if the virus spreads from the clothes people wear and the bags we carry.

Despite a slew of SC directives to cleanse the existing electoral system, Bihar has recorded 122% rise in the number of candidates with criminal backgrounds joining the poll fray in the past decade, according to a report.

According to a report by BJP media cell, nearly 115 BJP workers have been killed since 2014. Out of these, 10 were killed in last 80 days and seven in last 60 days.

Earlier on Thursday, top BJP leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah and party president J P Nadda, held a meeting with LJP chief Chirag Paswan to thrash out a seat-sharing arrangement with allies.

Banerjee, who held a protest march against the Hathras gang rape case, said she will stand by the Dalit community till the end as her caste is "humanity" and she does not believe in differentiation on the grounds of caste and religion. The march began at...

Banerjee, in another announcement said that her government will regularise all refugee colonies in West Bengal, including those on land belonging to the state and the central governments.

Dismissing reports that the state will go into another lockdown, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said "The all-party-meet has agreed that lockdown is not a solution.

The LJP has also made it clear that if the seat sharing doesn’t happen soon the party will field candidates on 143 out of 243 seats in Bihar.

Panneerselvam, who is also the deputy chief minister, skipped a key meeting with district collectors presided over by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.

SP leader Sunil Singh Sajan claimed that the UP government is deliberately transferring officials of a particular caste and religion from the eight assembly seats where bypolls will be held soon.

Tejasvi Surya said he had met Shah at the latter's residence two days ago and emphasised the need to have a well-equipped and sufficiently staffed NIA office to mitigate terror-related activities in Karnataka.

Experts believe that the cellular towers installed in flood-affected areas may be less effective due to water logging on the surface which may reduce the speed of internet.

The new Bill restricts the jurisdiction of APMCs to the physical boundaries of their respective marketing yards.

The comments come after the RJD pushing Tejashwi Yadav as the CM face ahead of elections which is not going well with the allies, specially the RLSP.

Some opposition parties had urged the EC to postpone the elections in view of the pandemic. The CEC also cited a recent Supreme Court observation, saying "eventually life has to go on."