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Sunday, August 31, 2025
TopicBihar SIR

Topic: Bihar SIR

SC to hear RJD plea on extension of voter registration deadline in Bihar on 1 Sep

The apex court was informed that parties want a one-week extension of the deadline, claiming that over 1,75,000 claims were made before and after the August 22 court order.

Stray dogs to SIR voter lists, solution lies in tradeoffs

American thinker Thomas Sowell got it right, and it is time India's politicians and social activists realised that “solutions” lie in the spaces between two extremes.

Two Pakistani-origin women found on Bihar voter list, SIR-verified. Removal process initiated

The Home Ministry has flagged the glitch; the process to remove their names from voter list has been initiated. Both women are elderly and have difficulty communicating clearly.

EC gives SC details of 65 lakh excluded Bihar voters during SIR, reasons posted on websites

The Election Commission informed the court that its public notices state voters excluded from draft roll may submit Aadhaar copies along with claims if aggrieved by non-inclusion.

‘Back to medieval times’: Rahul Gandhi on Bill proposing removal of detained PM, CMs & ministers

Speaking at a press conference, the Congress leader likened the bill to times when kings removed anyone at will, saying, ‘There’s no concept of what an elected person is.’

Give an oath, or apologise, no 3rd option—CEC Gyanesh Kumar on Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote chori’ charge

Without naming Gandhi, Chief Election Commissioner says words like ‘vote chori’ are an insult to the Constitution, and voters are ‘being targeted by placing gun on EC’s shoulders’.

Dismiss debate on EC functioning as ‘hoo-haa’, then hail India as ‘robust democracy’

The Election Commission's arrogant functioning and its failure to ensure the integrity and fairness of elections could well be the undoing of India’s electoral democracy.

23,557 claims & objections over Bihar draft voter list in 2 weeks, none from any political party—EC

ECI published the draft voter list after the SIR exercise in poll-bound Bihar on 1 August. The final list will be released after the one month given for claims and objections.

Rahul eyes Congress gains in Bihar with 12-day ‘Vote Adhikar Yatra’

Rahul Gandhi, leading the yatra, will be joined by leaders from Mahagatbandhan & INDIA alliance in a hybrid rally across 23 districts in Bihar.

EC misusing its constitutional status: RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav on SIR in Bihar

Tejashwi's comments came amid protests over Special Intensive Revision. Several Opposition MPs arrived for protest wearing white T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan '124 Not Out'.

On Camera

Sneaky links — the secret romances no one wants to post on Instagram

It’s all fun and games until the F-word shows up—feelings. Suddenly, the sneaky link becomes a liability.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.