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Sunday, October 6, 2024
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Topic: Bihar

Being Tej Pratap — Lalu’s problem child, RJD rebel and Tejashwi’s family baggage

Tej Pratap, Lalu's oldest son, has repeatedly embarrassed the family but his new political outfit puts the RJD on the back foot ahead of Lok Sabha polls.

Modi, alcohol & caste: Why BJP-led NDA has a clear advantage in Bihar

The mahagathbandhan leadership in Bihar reflects an absolute lack of vision and imagination.

Why Kanhaiya Kumar backing Pappu Yadav is giving Bihar’s Left nightmares

CPI says Kanhaiya Kumar's support for the Bihar strongman was a misunderstanding, says he made a speech on the request of Pappu Yadav's supporters.

Why Nitish & Lalu could pay a heavy price for Bihar coalition politics in Lok Sabha polls

Coalition dharma has edged some seasoned politicians out of their strongholds, triggering fury and rebellion around Bihar this election season.

In latest Tej Pratap-Tejashwi rift, an old family hand makes an appearance

There is a belief in the RJD that the revolt by Tej Pratap has the backing of his infamous uncle Sadhu Yadav.

Why Kanhaiya Kumar is a symbol of status quo in Begusarai, the Leningrad of Bihar

The CPI in Bihar never saw a contradiction between organising landless labourers and having a party structure dominated by upper castes, especially Bhumihars like Kumar.

NDA allots only 3 Lok Sabha tickets to women in Bihar

From the ruling coalition in Bihar, only 3 women candidates have been allotted Lok Sabha tickets- one each by alliance partners the BJP, JD(U) and the LJP.

Bihar’s dons are propping up their wives, sons and brothers to keep their political clout

From RJD to JD(U) and LJP to Congress, virtually every party in Bihar is giving tickets to dons’ family members for the Lok Sabha elections.

Nitish Kumar, Sushil Modi face ire of ‘upset’ Bihar BJP MPs

Pre-Truth – snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

Kanhaiya Kumar’s political aspirations hit a kerb, Congress-RJD likely to dump him

The opposition alliance had initially indicated that it would back Kanhaiya's bid for the Begusarai seat but the constituency is now likely to go to the RJD.

On Camera

Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?