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PM Modi upper caste by birth, backward on papers: Tejashwi Yadav

The former Bihar deputy chief minister had said on April 20 that Modi would call himself a son of extremely backward caste parents.

28 Apr 2019 5:03 PM

The actor-turned-politician's clarification came after he courted controversy for saying that 'from Mahatma Gandhi to Muhammad Ali Jinnah, all are part of Congress Parivar.' (Photo: File )

It was slip of tongue: Shatrughan Sinha clarifies his statement on Jinnah

Sinha said he wanted to take Maulana Azad's name but instead, uttered the name of Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

27 Apr 2019 3:15 PM

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday defended BSP supremo Mayawati and said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax (I-T) department are working like 'IT cell' of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). (Photo: File)

CBI, ED, I-T working like IT cell of BJP: Tejashwi Yadav

Tejashwi further claimed that the Opposition’s grand alliance will win in the Lok Sabha elections.

27 Apr 2019 12:02 PM

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav (Photo: ANI/twitter)

Tejashwi Yadav backs Rahul Gandhi for PM’s post

RJD, being the largest party in Bihar, is contesting 19 seats and Congress has been given nine seats for the Lok Sabha elections.

27 Apr 2019 1:23 AM

Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad filed his nomination from the Patna Sahib constituency on Friday. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

Ravi Shankar Prasad files nomination from Patna Sahib

Ravi Shankar Prasad will have to face Shatrughan who is fighting on Congress ticket this time.

26 Apr 2019 6:06 PM

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday called NYAY scheme a surgical strike on poverty and allayed fears that the salaried middle class would have to foot the bill which he said would be entirely funded with the money that thieves like Anil Ambani have plundered with Narendra Modi's help. (Photo: File)

'Kuchh nahin sab jhootha hai, Narendra Modi ne loota hai': Rahul slams PM

The Congress chief also mocked PM Modi for making military operations carried out after terror attacks in Uri and Pulwama a poll plank.

26 Apr 2019 2:48 PM

'His wife Rabri Devi, daughter Misa Bharti and son Tejashwi Yadav are among those named as co-accused in the case and a number of their alleged benami properties in Patna,' Modi said. (Photo: ANI)

'Days of lantern are over in Bihar,' says Modi in veiled dig at Lalu

The PM was referring to power situation in Bihar during the 15-year rule of RJD (from 1990 to 2005) and now under NDA.

25 Apr 2019 4:27 PM

Three phases of ongoing elections are already over in Bihar with four phases remaining on April 29, May 6, 12 and 19. (Photo: File)

'BJP is like Sita who smokes cigarette backstage': Upendra Kushwaha

Kushwaha was earlier a minister in the BJP-led NDA government until his party pulled out of the coalition in December 2018.

25 Apr 2019 3:59 PM

Begusarai will go to polls on April 29. Counting of votes will take place on May 23. (Photo: File)

BJP trying to spoil my roadshows: Kanhaiya Kumar

In Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency, Kumar will be contesting against BJP's Giriraj Singh and Tanveer Hassan of the RJD.

25 Apr 2019 3:42 PM

PM Modi further hit out at Opposition for questioning the outcome of Balakot air strike and for crying foul over EVM malfunction. (Photo: ANI twitter)

For 'mahamilavat' national security may not be an issue but for me it is: PM in Bihar

He also slammed the Opposition for allegedly stating that terrorism is not an issue in India.

25 Apr 2019 1:50 PM

Sinha had ruffled many feathers within the Congress when he recently campaigned for his wife Poonam who is contesting from Lucknow on a Samajwadi Party ticket though the Congress has also fielded its candidate from there. (Photo: File)

Akhilesh, Mayawati ‘PM material’as they are successful state rulers: Shatrughan

Shatrughan Sinha recently severed his ties with the BJP and joined the Congress which has fielded him from the same seat.

25 Apr 2019 9:25 AM

All three accused live in Bodh Gaya. (Photo: Representational)

Minor girl molested multiple times by members of Buddhist-Thai Bharat Society

A case has been registered under relevant section of IPC, POCSO Act and SC/ST Act on April 18 against the three persons.

25 Apr 2019 9:12 AM

Shah said that the trio CM Nitish Kumar, Deputy CM Sushil Modi and PM Narendra Modi will work hard at the centre to make Bihar a fully developed state. (Photo: File)

Bihar was 'Jungle Raj' under RJD, Cong did nothing: Amit Shah

Shah also lashed out at Congress for failing to recognize great leaders like Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Birsa Munda.

24 Apr 2019 4:54 PM

Yechury is campaigning for former JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar who is contesting on a CPI ticket from Begusarai where he is pitted against Union Minister Giriraj Singh of BJP and RJD’s Tanveer Hassan. (Photo: File)

Regrettable that CPI (M) has not found place in Bihar 'mahagathbandhan': Yechury

He said that only issue in this election for the opposition is to defeat Narendra Modi government.

24 Apr 2019 8:21 AM

Ex-minister withdraws Madhubani nomination

Fatmi said Sharad Yadav had met former CBI director Joginder Singh in 1997 and they discussed how to trap Lalu Yadav in the case.

23 Apr 2019 6:13 AM

Kumar is pitted against Union minister and firebrand BJP leader Giriraj Singh. (Photo: PTI)

Kanhaiya Kumar shown black flags; supporters, Begusarai locals clash

The incident occurred when more than a dozen local youths raised slogans against Kanhaiya Kumar.

22 Apr 2019 9:43 AM

Tejashwi Yadav had on April 7 alleged that the BJP government did not permit him to meet his father Lalu Prasad, who is admitted in the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences. (Photo: ANII)

Tejashwi hits out at Modi, Nitish Kumar for not allowing him to meet Lalu Yadav

Rabri Devi on Saturday alleged that Tejashwi was not allowed to meet Lalu Yadav in jail and that the life of her husband.

21 Apr 2019 8:20 PM

The Prime Minister also said that the Opposition party and its allies were rattled by the trends that have emerged from the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls. (Photo: PTI/File)

It’s Cong’s vote bhakti vs our desh bhakti: Modi

“The farzi dosti of bua and babua will also end the same way,” Mr Modi said, referring to Mayawati and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav.

21 Apr 2019 4:16 AM

Ravi Shankar Prasad also claimed that the 'opportunistic alliance' of the opposition parties in Bihar has disintegrated as RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav did not share stage with Congress president Rahul Gandhi in his rallies. (Photo: File)

Ravi Shankar Prasad questions Shatrughan's commitment to Cong

Prasad is now in direct contest with Sinha, the two-time BJP MP from Patna Sahib, who has been made a candidate by the Congress this time.

20 Apr 2019 6:40 PM

Rahul said that people of the country will dislodge Modi in the ongoing elections. "Voters are about to tell him to go and hug Anil Ambani (Picture: ANI twitter)

Modi 'chowkidar' of thieves, has insulted guards of Bihar: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul alleged tModi did not help the people of Bihar when the state was hit by floods caused by the Kosi river.

20 Apr 2019 4:57 PM

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