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Wednesday, January 14, 2026
TopicBihar elections

Topic: Bihar elections

NDA vs JSP vs Mahagathbandhan—Bihar elections are a litmus test for old & new politics

The Mahagathbandhan is riding on Tejashwi’s momentum. The JSP, while fresh and focused, may not have the structure and wherewithal to compete on par with the alliances.

RJD has an EBC dream in Bihar. It’ll take more than tickets & tokenism

The Extremely Backward Classes, which make up 36 per cent of Bihar’s population, showed their aversion to RJD in 2020. New EBC state president Mangani Lal Mandal may not be enough to break it.

Committed to universal adult franchise, affirms ECI amid Bihar electoral roll revision

ECI posted an image on X highlighting Ar. 326 of the Indian Constitution, which mandates universal adult suffrage, ensuring every Indian citizen above 18 years of age can vote unless disqualified.

Bear-hug diplomacy & the cost of evasion

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

Xi-nlightenment & America: Land of the free, home of the caged

The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print, online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately. Also Read: EC officials cite...

Congress, TMC oppose EC’s ‘special intensive revision’ of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar

Both parties object to the documentation process that people will have to go through to prove their eligibility to vote, and have termed it a 'devious, dangerous' idea.

‘Dreams of winning Bihar polls but can’t manage family,’ Giriraj Singh takes a dig at Lalu Yadav

Speaking at a mock parliament session organised by BJYM, the union minister pointed out how Yadav's son revolted against him and expressed confidence in NDA's win in Bihar.

What Ram Vilas Paswan did to Lalu in 2005 must haunt Nitish in 2025 as Chirag enters poll fray

What if Chirag Paswan also has the numbers to take the opposition’s tally to the majority mark? After all, Paswan has maintained a ‘brotherly’ relationship with Tejashwi, too.

EC slams Rahul Gandhi’s Maharashtra poll rigging claims as ‘unsubstantiated’ and ‘disrespect to law’

The election body further said it had addressed the issues in its 24 Dec 2024 reply to INC, available online, but these facts are being ignored as the claims are raised repeatedly.

2024 Maha polls a ‘blueprint to rig democracy’, Bihar elections will be forged too: Rahul Gandhi

In a newspaper article, the Leader of Opposition outlined a 5-step rigging plan: rig EC panel, add fake voters, inflate turnout, target BJP key areas, and hide evidence.

On Camera

India’s nuclear-power goal needs more than capital

New Delhi has finally accepted that the base load power demand of the future will need supplementing, and nuclear plants are one way to go about it.

Coastal states Maharashtra, TN, Gujarat top India’s exports index, landlocked UP a surprise performer

Releasing Export Preparedness Index report, NITI Aayog CEO says Centre has ‘ticked a lot of boxes’, & responsibility of driving the next phase of export growth now rests with states.

Rafale deal to be inked in 2026, final assembly line in Nagpur, Indian firms to be roped in

The proposed project costing about Rs 3.25 lakh crore will entail procurement of 18 aircraft in fly away condition & the rest made in India with up to 60% indigenous content.

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.