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Tuesday, January 13, 2026
TopicBihar Assembly election

Topic: Bihar Assembly election

What Bihar poll results say about BJP’s prospects in Assam, Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala

NDA had a much larger social coalition comprising the extremely backward classes, non-Yadav other backward classes, Dalits, upper castes, etc., who brought about landslide victory in Bihar.

Why Tejashwi Yadav failed—Bihar changed, RJD didn’t

RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.

This is how Bihar’s Jeevika didis spent the govt’s Rs 10,000

Out of 1.25 crore Jeevika Mission members, one crore have received the first instalment of Rs 10,000. Here how the beneficiaries in Nalanda district are using the money.

TV news isn’t telling which way Bihar Assembly election will go — only who is unhappy

If it’s 'Mahagathbandhan mein Mahabharat’ for the opposition RJD-Congress, it’s ‘NDA mein Dangal' for the ruling BJP-JDU coalition.

No political party has filed claims or objections on Bihar draft rolls, reiterates EC

EC has received 7,252 claims and objections directly from the electors for the draft roll 9 August on the SIR of the electoral rolls in Bihar.

SC asks EC to submit details of 65 lakh ‘missing’ voters in Bihar draft rolls by 9 August

Advocate Prashant Bhushan alleged 75% of voters who filled the form gave no valid documents and were included based on recommendations by BLOs of the Election Commission.

ECI’s voter verification drive in Bihar is tailor-made to keep Dalits, Muslims, EBCs out

Aadhaar, ration card, voter ID, and MGNREGA job card—the IDs poor voters actually hold are excluded from ECI's list of documents to prove identity and residence status in Bihar.

Tejashwi flips the script on NDA’s charge of dynasty politics, advises Nitish to ‘form damad aayog’

Appointments to SC commission, women's panel & apex court raise eyebrows, but JD(U) says appointees have been active in politics & Lalu family 'dynasty politics' is different.

‘Bihar First, Bihari First’—Chirag Paswan says will contest Bihar polls, backs Nitish for CM

Talking to the media, Paswan said that several parties have benefitted when their national leaders fought state polls.

How Haryana BJP is crafting a meticulous campaign to woo Bihar-origin voters ahead of polls

It includes compiling data on Bihari migrants, facilitating their travel home during polls, holding events such as Bihar Divas & building association with Chhath Puja organisers.

On Camera

Grounded no more: Andhra govt revives no-frills Dagadarthi airport near Nellore to boost south coast link

As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.

Oreshnik, ATACMS & Storm Shadow: All about the missiles Russia and Ukraine are firing

Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.