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TopicBihar elections

Topic: Bihar elections

‘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.

Modi can’t afford to isolate Mufti-Abdullahs anymore, even if it’s firing up elections for BJP

PM Modi understood Kashmir’s disenchantment with mainstream politicians. But his expectation of a new crop of leaders replacing the old isn’t materialising.

With each passing rally, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is losing his ‘Mr Cool’ image

Nitish has lost his temper at hostile sections of the crowd, and launched vicious attacks on his rival Tejashwi Yadav, his father Lalu and their family.

It’s raining jobs in parties’ manifestos in Bihar but unemployed youth keep them on tenterhooks

Opposition says 25% IAS and IPS officers hailed from Bihar over the last decade but only 12% people between 15 and 59 have a regular income stream in the state.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.