Ruskin Bond, Milind Soman, Anupam Kher, Krishna Ella, Alok Bansal, Babita Phogat, and Chirag Paswan received WION Icon Awards across literature, fitness, entertainment, public health, finance, sports, and politics, respectively

WION World Pulse | Anupam Kher, Chirag Paswan, Ruskin Bond and others honoured at WION Icon Awards

WION World Pulse | Anupam Kher, Chirag Paswan, Ruskin Bond and others honoured with WION Icon Awards

Chirag Paswan has been honored with the WION Icon Award in politics, recognising his growing influence and leadership. The award highlights his contribution to Indian politics and public life

 WION World Pulse | Chirag Paswan receives WION icon award in politics

WION World Pulse | Chirag Paswan receives WION Icon award in politics

Years before Chirag Paswan made his foray into politics, the politician had tried his luck in Bollywood and even featured as a lead actor in a film called Miley Naa Miley Hum which had Kangana Ranaut playing his love interest. 

Chirag Paswan says his biggest takeaway from his brief acting career was friendship with Kangana Ranaut

Chirag Paswan has emerged as the X factor in Bihar after the assembly elections. He has risen from a failed actor to master strategist, leading LJP(RV) to a major role in Bihar. 

Chirag Paswan's stupendous rise from forgotten actor to master strategist : Bihar Assembly Election Results 2025

Chirag Paswan highlighted how the insult of people of Bihar in other states made him join politics. He also mentioned the PM's remarks about the Punjab CM, who was threatening Biharis not to enter Punjab, and Congress members were clapping. 

Bihar assembly polls 2025: Congress ‘clap when Biharis are insulted’, says Chirag Paswan

Amid a spate of sensational crimes in poll-bound Bihar, Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan slammed the Nitish Kumar-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government.

Chirag Paswan slams Nitish Kumar's Bihar government: 'Ashamed to support...'

In 2024, two of the most vibrant democracies, India and the United States, conducted their elections. While many A-listers from Hollywood proudly endorsed their favourite candidates in the U.S., the Indian election witnessed the actual participation of celebrities in politics. This year well-known stars such as Kangana Ranaut and Arun Govil tried their hands at politics for the first time.  Find out more about your favourite celebrities and their activities in this episode of E-Club.

Kangana Ranaut, Chirag Paswan, Arun Govil & other actors who joined politics in 2024 | E-Club

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan, clinched all five Lok Sabha seats on which his party fought in Bihar, as part of the NDA alliance. He was awarded with a cabinet birth at the oath taking ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (June 9).

Modi 3.0: Chirag Paswan, NDA's trump card in battle of Bihar, clinches ministerial berth at Centre

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief and National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) partner Chirag Paswan on Friday (June 7) shared a candid moment with Narendra Modi at the alliance’s parliamentary party meeting.

Watch: LJP chief Chirag Paswan shares warm hug with Modi, lauds his leadership at NDA meet

Chirag Paswan with Kangana Video: People went into a frenzy Friday (Jun 7) after a video of the reunion of BJP MP and Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan emerged on social media.

Watch: Social media left awestruck as Chirag meets 'strong lady' Kangana in parliament

In an upheaval within the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), 22 party leaders have tendered their resignations simultaneously while expressing anger at not getting tickets for the Lok Sabha elections.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: 22 leaders quit Chirag Paswan's party, say tickets were given to outsiders

22 leaders from Chirag Paswan's party - LJP - resigned on Wednesday. This comes hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Jamui rally.

India Elections: 22 leaders quit Chirag Paswan-led BJP after tickets denied for Lok Sabha polls

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has intervened in a recent political controversy involving two female political leaders in India. The controversy in question involves Congress leader Supriya Shrinate and actress Kangana Ranaut, who was recently announced as BJP's Mandi candidate for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Kangana Ranaut derogatory post row: National Commission for Women demands action against Congress leaders

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday (Mar 18) reached a seat-sharing agreement with its allies in Bihar state. The BJP will contest elections on 17 seats, whereas the Janata Dal-United (JDU) will get 16 and Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will get five.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: NDA dumps union minister Pashupati Paras in Bihar, embraces nephew Paswan

Pashupati Kumar Paras, leader of the Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP), resigned from the Union Cabinet on Tuesday (Mar 19) after his party didn't get any seats in the NDA poll alliance in Bihar.

Who is Pashupati Kumar Paras, union minister who resigned after poll alliance snub in Bihar?

Polling began of the second phase of assembly election in the eastern Indian state of Bihar on Tuesday where the fate of 94 seats will be decided. The voting started at 7 am IST and the timings have been extended for an hour to conclude at 6 pm, giving the last 60 minutes to coronavirus patients and people who were not allowed to vote earlier due to Covid-19 symptoms.

Bihar Assembly election 2020: Voting for second phase begins

The second phase of Bihar assembly polls ended with 53.51 per cent voting in 94 constituencies on Tuesday evening. The figure was likely to go up as voting continued beyond schedule in several places, the Election Commission said.

Bihar Elections 2020: 53.51% polling recorded in the second phase, says Election Commission

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday clarified that it is not forming any back door alliance with Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) for Assembly election in the eastern Indian state of Bihar.

No back door alliance with LJP, Nitish Kumar our 'undisputed leader': BJP

The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) on Wednesday released the third list of 24 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand. According to the statement released by party secretary-general Abdul Khaliq, candidates Varun Paswan will be contesting from Chandankiyari constituency, Damodar Paswan from Bagodar, Baleshwar Mandal from Jamtara, Kedar Paswan from Jamuna, Deenananth Thakur from Jharia and Niwas Mandal from Sarath.

Lok Janshakti Party releases third list of 24 candidates for Jharkhand Assembly polls

We have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to form a coordination committee in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) or appoint an NDA convener for better coordination among allies, said LJP chief Chirag Paswan here on Sunday.

Urged PM Modi to form NDA coordination committee, says Chirag Paswan

Ahead of Jharkhand Assembly polls, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), on Tuesday announced that it will be contesting the upcoming elections on its own. The newly-appointed president of the party, Chirag Paswan took to twitter to announce the decision and said that Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will contest elections alone on 50 seats while outlining that the party`s first list of candidates will be out by today evening.

Jharkhand assembly polls: LJP announces to contest on 50 seats

Chirag Paswan was appointed as the Chief of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) during the party`s national executive meeting on Tuesday. With this development, Chirag has replaced his father and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan as LJP president.

Chirag Paswan appointed chief of LJP

LJP leader Chirag Paswan has said that the poll results in five states were not a sign of the Modi wave waning but the people wanted development from the NDA and they were disappointed when discourses about the Ram Temple took the centre stage.

People got disappointed over Ram, Hanuman dominating discourse: Chirag

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