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Friday, August 15, 2025
TopicBihar elections

Topic: Bihar elections

30,000 central security personnel to be deployed for Bihar elections

Central Armed Police Forces and Railway Protection Force personnel have been ordered to be withdrawn immediately from various units, including the borders, for deployment.

If Modi is a true reformer, he’ll bury Vodafone ghost and campaign on reforms in Bihar

No politician sees economic reform as a vote-catcher; it’s the old, povertarian economy that gets votes. Can Modi bring farm and labour reforms centre-stage?

Decision to hold Bihar polls a leap of faith, not leap in the dark, says CEC Sunil Arora

Defending the Election Commission's move, Arora referred to the recent JEE-NEET exams, saying thousands of candidates across India came out to write the test.

Bihar assembly polls to be held in 3 phases from 28 October, results on 10 November

Phase 1 of the Bihar assembly elections will see voting on 28 October, phase 2 on 3 November and phase 3 on 7 November, the Election Commission said.

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.

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.