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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicBihar elections

Topic: Bihar elections

Wary of blowback during Bihar polls, Modi govt puts OBC creamy layer tweak on backburner

Any bid to tamper with the quota system, even perceived, is likely to cost the BJP heavily in the Bihar elections, as it did in 2015, when RSS called for a ‘review of reservation’.

When Nitish’s health dept repeated 2017 ‘feat’ of Lalu family and brought govt hospital home

After a furore, Patna Medical College & Hospital superintendent withdraws order to post 6 doctors & 3 paramedics at CM's residence to treat his Covid-positive niece.

Why opposition in Bihar is wary of postal ballot for voters above 65 years

The CPI(M) said EC’s new postal ballot move is ‘disturbing’, while the Congress said it ‘violates secrecy in voting’ and the Trinamool wrote to EC, saying it’s ‘ridiculous’.

How Covid impacts education and the recipe for ICMR’s vaccine

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

Poll alliance only if party is given ‘due respect’, Rahul Gandhi has told Bihar Congress

In a 3-hour meeting with the Bihar Congress, Rahul Gandhi said no need to compromise or feel inferior while forming any alliance for the assembly elections.

9,500 IT cell heads, 72,000 WhatsApp groups — how BJP is preparing for Bihar poll battle

IT cell heads in Bihar will be the 'real warriors' of the poll campaign, and the WhatsApp groups will inform voters of the party’s messages and initiatives.

Can’t match BJP’s e-rallies, so Bihar opposition now wants EC to allow traditional rallies

Most opposition parties in Bihar lack the funds and manpower to hold virtual rallies. If the traditional rallies are restricted, it will mean ‘advantage to the rich parties’.

Ahead of Bihar polls, Modi govt extends term of OBC sub-categorisation panel by 6 months

Justice Rohini Commission’s mandate was also looking into how 27% OBC quota in jobs & education is being implemented and if all categories of OBCs are benefitting from it.

Govt has agreed to proposal to allow voters above 65 years to use postal ballot: CEC 

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, however, said the facility of voting through postal ballot will not be extended to those Covid patients having comorbidities.

Elections to 9 Bihar legislative council seats to be held on 6 July

On 3 April, the Election Commission had announced postponement of the polls due to the coronavirus pandemic and the countrywide lockdown.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.