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'Dholak, gulal, firecrackers': NDA celebrates Bihar victory

"2005 se lekar aaj tak... logon ne dekha hai kaun sarkar chalata hai aur kaun sirf hawa banata hai, (From 2005 till today, people know who actually governs and who just makes noise)," said Ramesh Yadav, a booth worker from Nalanda who claimed he had attended every JD-U celebration since Nitish's debut win.

Congratulations to Gyanesh Kumar: Oppn on NDA's big Bihar win

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance appeared to register a landslide victory in Bihar, opening up impressive leads in more than 180 of the state's 243 assembly seats, with early trends also indicating that the saffron party was on track to post its biggest tally.

'Every Citizen Will Become A Doubtful Voter'

'Today, the State looks at everyone with suspicion.'

'Linking Aadhar With Voter ID Is Very Dangerous'

'The protection of secrecy and anonymity gets lost with this linking.'

Bihar exit poll ban applies to astrologers, analysts too: EC

The EC's advisory, re-issued ahead of the three-phase elections in Bihar beginning later this month, asked the media, both electronic and print, to 'refrain' from airing and publishing such programmes during the prohibited period to ensure free, fair and transparent polls.

Nitish Kumar erupts in anger in Bihar assembly

Kumar, who chose not to react when the 31-year-old Rashtriya Janata Dal leader made a series of personal attacks and allegations in his nearly an hour-long speech, erupted in anger when the latter sought to interject during a statement made by Janata Dal-United leader and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary.

Why Rahul Gandhi does not impress the BJP

Rahul Gandhi may be seen as the party's key charismatic leader, but the Bhartiya Janata Party does not consider him as any potent political force.

Just who took on Buta Singh?

Assaduddin Owaisi's MIM to contest Bihar polls from Seemanchal

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen will contest the upcoming Bihar state assembly elections from the Seemanchal region.

'We don't talk politics-religion. It spoils friendships'

'The mandir-masjid issue led to a lot of blood, pain and anguish on both sides. It scarred this nation.' 'It is time to educate ourselves and move on.'

EC seizes over Rs 39 cr cash, foreign currency in Bihar polls

An estimated Rs 39 crore in cash and over 1.67 lakh litres of illicit liquor has been seized by Election Commission-appointed teams in the Bihar assembly elections till now.

Azam Khan: 'I am well within my rights to write to the UN'

'I have tried to draw the UN's attention to the very obvious attempt of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to convert a secular India into a theocratic Hindu State.'

Bihar steals Modi's firecrackers: Pakistani media

Leading Pakistani newspapers on Monday ran front-page stories on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP's rout in the key Bihar polls, in which Pakistan figured as a major issue during campaigning that saw party president making the controversial "firecrackers would go off" remark.

OROP: The logic ex-servicemen are missing

The demand for OROP has been projected as an unambiguous issue but a good policy argument must have a sound economic element.

Bihar's first phase of polls on six seats offer no signal

In terms of electoral fortunes, in all likelihood, the status quo is not going to change in any significant manner. These six seats from Bihar are unlikely to give any clear signal to UPA, NDA or Federal Front.