Anirban Roy

3 days ago | hindustantimes.com | Anirban Roy

The Election Commission has made it mandatory for new and existing voters to submit a self-attested declaration that they are Indian citizens, whether by birth or by naturalization, and furnish documentary proof of date and place of birth along with that of their parents, officials said on Wednesday, as a political controversy broke out over the EC’s decision to conduct a special intensive revision of the electoral rolls to weed out illegal immigrants ahead of the Bihar polls.

1 week ago | htsyndication.com | Anirban Roy

PATNA, June 22 -- The state administration has firmly geared up for the upcoming state assembly polls with all DMs, SPs having been instructed to start fast disposal of pending warrants against criminal history sheeters, checking of arms licenses, verification of used bullets and monitoring of social media posts.

1 week ago | htsyndication.com | Anirban Roy

Posted On: 2025-06-22 Posted By: Anirban Guha Roy National Cities HT Lucknow PATNA, June 22 -- The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav seems set to become the party's national president for another on June 23, party insiders said on Saturday. It will be Lalu's 13th term as party chief.

1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Anirban Roy

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav seems set to become the party’s national president for another on June 23, party insiders said on Saturday. It will be Lalu’s 13th term as party chief. RJD is holding party polls of its national council and state executive. Polling will be on July 5. Prasad, who turned 78 recently, will likely be the only candidate who will file nomination on June 23 and thus his election will merely be a formality.

1 week ago | htsyndication.com | Anirban Roy

Posted On: 2025-06-21 Posted By: Anirban Guha Roy National Cities HT Patna PATNA, June 21 -- Leader of the Opposition in Bihar Assembly and RJD spearhead Tejashwi Prasad Yadav took a sharp jibe on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vent in Siwan district. He called it a costly affair at the expense of taxpayers' money.