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TopicBihar election

Topic: Bihar election

Bihar SIR: Gopalganj sees largest dip in voters at over 15%, Seemanchal’s Kishanganj & Purnia follow

Seemanchal region has highest percentage of Muslim population in eastern state. Overall, poll panel cuts 65.6 lakh names from draft voter list, published 1 August.

TDP’s suggestions on SIR are based on sound logic. ECI must listen to it

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Four stages of a photo-copy and who’s got egg on their face

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

Knives out in NDA after Jharkhand defeat. JD(U) blames BJP for poor strategy, BJP blames AJSU

JD (U) leaders say Hemant Soren's arrest was a mistake; BJP says ally AJSU failed to leverage Kudmi vote, defeated BJP MLAs blame own leadership.

At Darbhanga, crowds without masks throng Yogi Adityanath rally during BJP’s Bihar campaign

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath's rally at Pindaruch, a Brahmin-dominated village in northern Bihar's Darbhanga district, drew close to 6,000 people.

‘Double engine’ journey in Bihar, and when potatoes make people cry

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

Masked & gloved, Tejashwi Yadav, Rabri Devi, Nitish Kumar cast votes in phase 2 of Bihar polls

The second phase of elections in Bihar will decide the fate of 1,463 candidates on 94 seats, including that of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, who is seeking a re-election from Raghopur.

RJD’s lantern of hope — Rabri Devi prays for Tejashwi Yadav as he campaigns for third phase

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav is the chief ministerial face of the Grand Alliance in the Bihar Assembly election.

No more cavalcades, the sky is the way for Bihar election campaigners

Star campaigners of political parties are travelling by helicopters and private jets to address election rallies in Bihar.

On Camera

Mohan Bhagwat’s U-turn on ‘retire at 75’ is a Hindu succession problem

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has backtracked on his retirement rules. The ‘75-year rule’ was applied selectively to sideline some leaders, but it doesn’t apply to the top brass.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.