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11:36 AM

Bihar election 2020: BJP's Shreyasi Singh casts vote in Naya Gaon

BJP candidate from Jamui constituency and Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning shooter Shreyasi Singh voted at a polling booth in Naya Gaon area of the district.

 

Know about Shreyasi Singh

 

Shreyasi Singh is the daughter of former union minister and Lok Sabha MP, Digvijay Singh, who died in 2010. She has joined the BJP recently in the presence of party leader Bhupendra Yadav on October 4.

11:29 AM

Bihar election 2020 LIVE updates: Voting underway in Sasaram

11:26 AM

Bihar election 2020 LIVE updates: Your one vote will keep Bihar out of fear and corruption, tweets Amit Shah

10:56 AM

Bihar election LIVE updates: Remove DSP, SP and order a high court-monitored probe, says Tejashwi Yadav on Munger incident

 

Congress and RJD, alliance partners in Bihar, have compared the Munger incident to General Dyer moment. "This is not a normal incident. We need a high court-monitored probe. Remove the DSP and SP," Tejaswi Yadav said

10:47 AM

Bihar election 2020 LIVE updates: JD(U) urges people to vote for development

10:43 AM

Bihar election 2020 LIVE updates: Voters of Balgudar village in Lakhisarai district boycott elections, here why

"Villagers are not voting as they're protesting against the construction of a museum on a playground," says Booth No. 115 Presiding Officer Mohammad Ikramul Haq

10:39 AM

Bihar Election 2020 LIVE updates: Tejashwi Yadav calls for high court-monitored probe in Munger incident

Congress and RJD compare the Munger incident to General Dyer moment. "This is not a normal incident. We need a high court-monitored probe. Remove the DSP and SP," Tejaswi Yadav said on Munger incident.

What happened in Munger

Late Monday night, a clash broke out between devotees and police over a delay in the immersion of idols in the Ganga, leading to lathicharge, stone-pelting and firing at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) Chowk. Poddar’s son, Anupam (22), was killed in the firing, which left seven others injured. A video showed a procession breaking up, a section running away and police raining blows with their lathis on devotees seated around the idol.

10:34 AM

Bihar election 2020 LIVE: JD(U) leader Sanjay Jha says Chirag Paswan is Tejashwi Yadav's B team

It has been proved that Chirag Paswan is Tejashwi Yadav's B team. To help Tejashwi, this entire game is being played. Chirag Paswan has failed in 'Reel' life as well as in his real life: JD(U) leader Sanjay Jha

10:29 AM

Bihar Assembly Election 2020 LIVE updates | State minister Prem Kumar rides a cycle on his way to the polling booth

10:23 AM

Bihar election 2020 LIVE: 6.74% voter turnout recorded till 9am in the 71 seats voting in phase 1

Least turnout in Bhagalpur (3.20%), highest in Aurangabad (11.47%) as of 9 am.

9:37 AM

Bihar election LIVE updates: The second and third phases of polls are on November 3 and November 7

9:29 AM

Bihar election LIVE updates: 8 ministers in fray in first phase of Bihar assembly election

The fate of eight ministers of the Nitish Kumar cabinet will be decided today. Four ministers each are from the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which form the major coalition partners of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) this time.

9:27 AM

Bihar election 2020: Rahul Gandhi to address two poll rallies in Bihar today

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will on Wednesday address two rallies in Pashchim Champaran's Valmikinagar and Kusheshwar Asthan in Darbhanga district for the second phase of state assembly polls.

9:22 AM

For justice, employment, your vote only for Mahagathbandhan: Rahul Gandhi to Bihar voters

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi urges voters to cast their votes in favour of the 'Mahagathbandhan' for "justice, employment and farmers-workers".

 

"This time for justice, employment, farmers-workers, your vote should be only for 'Mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance)," Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.

 

"Good wishes to all of you on the first phase of Bihar elections," he tweeted with the hashtag in Hindi 'Aaj Badlega Bihar'.

9:07 AM

Bihar election 2020: Voters queue up at polling booth number 219 in Aurangabad