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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicBihar

Topic: Bihar

Just 35% govt schools in India have smart classrooms, Bihar & UP among worst performers—Centre to Parliament

Union Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary presented the data in the Upper House Wednesday in response to a query by a BJP MP.

‘Baap, baccha, farzi CM’ & Nitish-Tejashwi clash—slugfest over voter roll revision in Bihar assembly

RJD MLA Bhai Virendra got upset when Speaker asked Tejashwi to keep his speech brief. ‘Yeh sadan kisi ke baap ka nahin hai,’ Virendra said, prompting demand for an apology.

Can’t accept Aadhaar, ration card, voter ID as standalone docs—ECI to SC on Bihar electoral roll revision

SC was hearing petitions raising concerns over the Special Intensive Revision exercise being undertaken in the poll-bound state & the 11-document list being accepted by ECI.

‘Madly in love with Rahul, Sonia’: MP Pappu Yadav says Congress never accepted him

Six-time MP Pappu Yadav had won the last Lok Sabha polls from Bihar's Purnia as an Independent candidate after the Congress denied him the ticket & gave the seat to its alliance partner RJD.

Betting the farm & lord of the Epstein files

The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print, online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately. Also Read: Bihar: India’s path...

Tejashwi Yadav calls on Speaker for discussion on EC’s SIR in Bihar Assembly

Leader of the Opposition in Bihar alleges attempt through electoral roll revision to 'rob the deprived sections of their right to vote'.

ThePrint photos of the week: 13-19 July, 2025

In PhotosOfTheWeek, we bring you five pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photojournalists and reporters this past week.

Bike-borne assailants shoot retired health dept official in Bihar, condition critical

Gaya Ji: In a shocking incident, Dr Tapeshwar Prasad, a retired official from the Health Department, was shot and seriously injured by unidentified assailants...

Nitish is not fit to continue as CM, NDA will lose power in Bihar come November—Prashant Kishor

He says people want change and they have to choose between Lalu Prasad-Tejashwi Yadav's 'jungle raj' and 'honest alternative' of Jan Suraaj Party.  

PM Modi to flag off 4 new trains, launch projects worth Rs 7,200 crore in poll-bound Bihar

The PM will also lay foundation stones for doubling of railway lines and NH-319, from Motihari in East Champaran district.

On Camera

Why India fell off the global middle-class map

A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.