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Tuesday, January 13, 2026
TopicBihar Assembly election

Topic: Bihar Assembly election

What’s behind Modi govt’s U-turn on caste census & how it targets Oppn ahead of crucial Bihar polls

The Centre has announced that caste enumeration will be part of the upcoming census, a move seen as an attack on the opposition's key electoral plank of social justice.

How Congress is charting Kanhaiya’s path back to political fray in poll-bound Bihar

Kanhaiya Kumar contested the 2024 Lok Sabha poll from Delhi, but is now planning to be active in Bihar. He is likely to contest the polls but the seat is yet to be finalised.

Two birds with one stone? BJP aims for Luv-Kush vote with district units rejig in Bihar

Party has picked 40 district chiefs, with 18 belonging to ‘upper castes’, its core support base. To draw Kurmi & Kushwaha voters, 10 presidents have been picked from Luv-Kush castes.

Late Mohd Shahabuddin’s wife Hina Shahab, son Osama Shahab join RJD

Hina contested elections on an RJD ticket in 2019 for the last time and after that, her relations with the party soured.

Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party mustn’t be AAP of Bihar. Let’s hope no anarchy, corruption

Prashant Kishor must have learned a lot from the political parties that were his clients in the past. Can he succeed amid the uncertainties of Bihar's electoral landscape?

On Camera

Where are women in India’s gig economy? The question we forgot to ask in the outcry

In India, women remain concentrated in a narrow range of sectors such as beauty and hairdressing, household maintenance, residential care, and parts of the education sector.

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.

American Stryker among options we’re looking at to bolster northern front, says Army chief Gen Dwivedi

ThePrint was first to report, on 1 February 2023, India & US were in talks for co-production of 8-wheel-drive infantry fighting vehicle developed by General Dynamics Land Systems.

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.