A total of 13.13 per cent of 3.75 crore voters exercised their franchise in the first two hours of voting in phase one of the Bihar assembly elections on Thursday, an official said.
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The rupee appreciated 8 paise to 88.62 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday amid a weak American currency and lower level of crude oil prices overseas.
The Congress on Thursday urged the people of Bihar to vote for change with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge saying they have a golden opportunity to teach a lesson to the "opportunistic rulers" who have betrayed them by branding "corruption, misgovernance, and jungle raj as development".
India-born American politician Ghazala Hashmi, who was elected as Virginia's Lieutenant Governor, had visited her hometown of Hyderabad a decade ago, displaying a profound attachment to the city, according to her cousin.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged voters in Bihar to exercise their franchise with full enthusiasm in the first phase of Assembly elections.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday urged the people of Bihar to vote for jobs, education, health, a bright future for the state, and to protect their right to vote.
Several senior politicians were among those who cast their votes early during the first phase of the Bihar assembly polls on Thursday.
The Election Commission on Thursday announced that mock polls at all polling stations across the 121 constituencies in Bihar that are part of the first phase of the elections have concluded.
Voting began for 121 seats in Bihar in the first phase of assembly elections on Thursday morning, amid tight security arrangements, an official said.
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