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TopicBihar elections

Topic: Bihar elections

Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey’s case rare. Approval of VRS plea by IAS, IPS takes month or two

IPS officer Gupteshwar Pandey, who served as Bihar DGP, applied for VRS Monday and his application was accepted within 24 hours.

Outgoing Bihar DGP says he will join politics and ‘may’ contest polls from hometown Buxar

Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey, who opted for VRS, says his actions related to FIR lodged in Patna in Sushant Singh Rajput case had anything to do with him joining politics.

BJP, Congress, RJD & JD(U) leaders find common ground in Bihar — tickets for sons

At least 40 Bihar leaders cutting across party lines are seeking tickets for their relatives, a majority of them for their sons.

Rising cases of rape in India, how ‘vikas’ lost its way & the common man’s plight

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

Kangana Ranaut’s ‘courage’, Oscar for TV channels and the ‘game’ of Bihar elections

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

Bihar politicians could get to spend more as EC plans to hike poll expense limit by 10-15%

EC's raised limit will apply to all elections during Covid, including MP bypolls. As of now, limit for each candidate is Rs 50-70 lakh for Lok Sabha polls and Rs 20-28 lakh for assembly polls.

Change in defection law, alternate govt could be key to One Nation One Poll, EC Chandra says

Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra tells ThePrint One Nation One Poll is a ‘desirable idea’, but political consensus for it is crucial since it would require constitutional amendments.

‘New low in new India’ — Congress says BJP politicising Sushant’s death ahead of Bihar polls

Congress' Randeep Surjewala said that entire govt machinery 'lies decimated, in shambles in Bihar' and govt is trying to divert attention and politicise the death of a film star.

BJP-JD(U) accuse Lalu of meeting ticket-seekers in violation of jail rules, RJD says rubbish

NDA claims Lalu Yadav was shifted to a bungalow from RIMS so he can meet ticket-seekers. Ranchi responds by boosting security, orders posting of magistrates and guards and limiting entry.

Covid cannot be grounds to postpone Bihar polls, says Supreme Court junking plea

The Supreme Court bench also said it was a premature petition as no notification for the assembly polls in Bihar has been issued yet.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.