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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicBihar elections

Topic: Bihar elections

BJP’s 19 lakh-job promise and Nitish Kumar’s ‘goods wagon’

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

‘If Nitish Kumar becomes Bihar CM, credit should go to us’ — Shiv Sena takes jibe at BJP

The Shiv Sena and the BJP had contested the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections together, but the alliance fell apart after results due to differences over sharing the CM post.

AIMIM wins 5 seats in Bihar, but hasn’t made a big dent in Mahagathbandhan vote share

The AIMIM fielded 20 candidates in the elections to the 243-seat assembly, of which 14 were in the Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region.

‘Trumpism’ in Bihar, and the Indian ‘relatives’ of US VP-elect Kamala Harris

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

Trumpism hasn’t been defeated and ‘normal Donald’ takes over

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

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.

Voters turn out in large numbers in first phase of Bihar assembly polls

Election Commission has put in place elaborate mechanism, including keeping sanitiser and gloves handy for voters and polling staff at booths.

Day before Bihar elections kick off, CM Nitish Kumar goes ‘home’ to Nalanda constituency

Nitish Kumar campaigned in Islampur in Nalanda constituency, reminding JD(U) supporters of what he had done, and what he promises to do if voted back to power.

In RJD bastion Raghopur, Tejashwi Yadav greeted with lanterns & even a horse

Two days before Bihar election begins, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav addresses a huge crowd of supporters in the Raghopur constituency, considered the party's bastion.

Reader View: It is only Modi’s goodwill that could help Nitish Kumar in Bihar this time

YourTurn is our weekly feature in which ThePrint's readers share their views or opinions in response to the question of the week.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

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.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

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.