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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicBihar elections

Topic: Bihar elections

Gloves to voters, thermal screening — EC issues guidelines ahead of Bihar polls

The Election Commission has also recommended mandatory sanitisation of polling booths and has capped the numbers of voters in a polling station at 1,000.

Jitan Ram Manjhi-led HAM quits Bihar’s grand alliance of Opposition parties

The Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) didn't announce whether it would merge with any other party or become part of some other alliance ahead of the Bihar polls.

CBI probe in Sushant death more a result of murky politics and Bihar polls than the case itself

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

EC to allow physical campaigning for Bihar elections, plans more halls to count votes

EC has decided to draw circles in all designated public grounds used for meetings and campaigns to ensure physical distancing. More guidelines for rallies likely.

BJP-JDU back to harping on Lalu’s Gabbar image & Jungle Raj but it’s unlikely to work in 2020

NDA says it is natural to remind people of the ‘dark days’ of the Lalu regime, but RJD says Nitish Kumar should, instead, focus on what he has done in the last 15 years.

Seeking justice for Sushant Singh Rajput, Fadnavis likely to play ‘active role’ in Bihar polls

Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis attended the core committee meeting of BJP’s Bihar unit. He could be the party in-charge for the state assembly elections.

Bhoomipujan 2020 is like Balakot 2019, the surgical strike that washes all sins

Covid, economic slowdown, increasing poverty, China — everything is forgotten.

Why only ‘voter lives matter’ in Bihar and the question of faith in India

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Only Lalu Prasad Yadav could have stopped Mandir politics again. BJP must be relieved

Even today, Lalu Prasad Yadav is the only politician with the ability to bring all secular forces together. Without him, BJP has a clear path in Bihar election.

No talk of postponing polls, Bihar parties raise web campaign expense limits at EC meet

Bihar political parties held a meeting with EC Friday, but did not raise the issue of postponing the upcoming assembly elections.

On Camera

Hyderabad is no longer the better Bengaluru. Our roads are flooding and full of traffic

I wonder how the current government thinks it can talk about building ‘Future City’ in Hyderabad when even the present city itself is barely functioning.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.