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The party named N K Yadav, Naval Kishore Yadav, Suresh Rai, Narendra Singh and Chandrama Singh as its candidates for five Bihar seats, four of which are teachers' constituencies and one graduates', a statement said.

The Narendra Modi government ensured a better future to farmers through the agrarian reforms which aimed at eliminating middlemen from the supply chain of farm produce, he said.

It is expected to be completed in around 22 months from the start of construction work. The new building will come up on plot number 118 of the Parliament House Estate.

Farmers have expressed apprehension that the Centre's farm reforms would pave a way for the dismantling of the minimum support price system, leaving them at the "mercy" of big corporates.

The CPI(M) Politburo alleged that under the BJP government, patronage given to casteist and reactionary forces was leading to a big increase in crimes against Dalits and women.

Six persons were arrested after police registered an FIR under relevant provisions of the IPC, apart from the non-bailable Section in the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, and Disaster Management Act, and Epidemic Diseases Act.

With the Election Commission announcing October 9 as the date of polling for the by-election for the post of MLC from Nizamabad Local Authorities Constituency, Kavitha's election seems to be only a formality given the huge majority the ruling Telangana Ra...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to double the income of farmers and the Bills have been passed with this aim in mind, he said addressing BJP workers at a school auditorium here.

Nitish Kumar, who had emerged victorious in 2015 polls, had announced the Rs 2.7-lakh-crore 'Saat Nischay' scheme just days ahead of the elections. Electricity, sewage connection, toilets, piped drinking water and metallic roads were some of the component...

The Bihar assembly elections will be held in three phases from October 28 and November 7, chief election commissioner Sunil Arora said.

The Parliamentary Affairs Minister talks about the misconduct of MPs and the downfall of Congress and says the NDA had numbers all along to pass the Bill.

Farmers' organisations and opposition parties allege that the law is framed to suit "big corporates who seek to dominate the Indian food and agriculture business", and will weaken the negotiating power of farmers.

Speaking in Lok Sabha during Zero Hour, Rajiv Pratap Rudy said many bridges have been built over the Ganga in Bihar and several speciality hospitals have been coming up, while the foundation stone has been laid for the Patna Metro project.

The bench was hearing a petition by Jyotsana Suri, Managing Director of the Bharat Hotels Ltd who also faced possibility of arrest following the order of the Special CBI court, Jodhpur, on September 15.

Participating in a debate on The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020, they also charged the government with entering into the league of three democracies in the world that promote what they called 'ordinance raj'. Derek O'Brien (Trinamool Congress) a...

If the BSP fields its candidates on these eight assembly seats, it will turn this into an interesting multi-cornered contest with the BJP, SP and Congress also raring to go.