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Friday, November 21, 2025
TopicBihar assembly 2020

Topic: bihar assembly 2020

Opinion polls put Modi-Nitish at ease till news headlines suck the joy out of NDA campaign

The contrast between surly incumbent Nitish Kumar and calm pretender Tejashwi Yadav has been neatly juxtaposed on TV, which has gone the extra mile in its coverage of Bihar election.

Bihar sees 53.54% voter turnout in first phase of assembly polls despite Covid

The first major election being conducted amid the raging pandemic saw only a minor dip compared to the 2015 polls, which saw a turnout of 54.75%.

Narendra Modi, Nitish Kumar share stage at election rally in Patna

PM Narendra Modi addressed back-to-back election rallies in Bihar and praised Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for leading the state from misgovernance to good governance.

Modi brings up ‘Jungle Raj’ as BJP and JD(U) fall back on old line of attack on RJD

The NDA campaign is now revolving around the ‘Jungle Raj’ of Lalu and Rabri but RJD says BJP & JD(U) trying to obfuscate from ‘real issues’ of unemployment and corruption.

Xi’s ‘Line of American Control’ and the elusive vikas in Bihar and Bharat

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Two different, parallel elections in Bihar

The Bihar election mood can be very different in BJP and JDU constituencies with one commonality: people want Nitish to go.

Voters turn out in large numbers in first phase of Bihar assembly polls

Election Commission has put in place elaborate mechanism, including keeping sanitiser and gloves handy for voters and polling staff at booths.

PM Modi begins second leg of Bihar campaign, calls Tejashwi Yadav ‘the yuvraj of jungle raj’

Sharing the stage with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, the Prime Minister called him the 'bhaavi mukhyamantri' & credited him with Bihar's economic turnaround.

Why I am not excited about Bihar election: Yogendra Yadav

Elections are now a routine exercise. It's all about the election machine and media management, and less about reflecting deeper political trends.

On Camera

India can face multi-front conflicts with hostile Dhaka. New Delhi missed chance to engage BNP

India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.