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‘How many votes did you get?’ SC raps Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj for plea seeking Bihar repoll

The party chose to withdraw the plea, with liberty to approach Patna High Court, after Supreme Court questioned why the party had not approached the HC.

In Jan Suraaj’s ‘baby steps’, spoiler for others. How it tilted Bihar verdict without winning a seat

Prashant Kishor’s party altered outcomes across 34 constituencies. Experts say its influence varied across regions and caste clusters.

Prashant Kishor’s big promises meet Bihar’s reality—loud buzz, votes not loading

Despite statewide rallies, anti-corruption attacks and a caste-neutral pitch, Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party failed to convert its 2-year buzz into votes.

Is Prashant Kishor the Kejriwal of Bihar? Yes, but not really

Arvind Kejriwal always played to the gallery promising the moon.But Prashant Kishor has been ‘brutal’ in telling the people that they have to blame themselves for the misrule in Bihar.

From front bencher to ‘X factor’ in Bihar: The trajectory of ‘Tu-Tu Bhai’ Prashant Kishor

A topper in school, Prashant Kishor is still aiming high, his Jan Suraaj party is contesting 238 of Bihar’s 243 seats. His ancestral village in Rohtas awaits his return.

Days before Bihar polls, midnight arrest of JDU candidate Anant Singh in Jan Suraaj worker murder case

Dular Chand Yadav was found dead in Patna's Mokama last week following a clash between JD(U) and Jan Suraaj supporters. Post-mortem report said cardiorespiratory failure due to shock.

Why PK decided not to contest Bihar polls, and what it means for Jan Suraaj & its rivals

JSP youth wing V-P Chanchal Singh got the ticket to contest against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav in Raghopur, from where Prashant Kishor was widely rumoured to be standing.

PK fields mathematician, ex-IPS, granddaughter of Bihar ex-CM; to kick off campaign from Tejashwi’s turf

Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraaj Party is the first to release the list of candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections.

Where does PK get his money from? ‘Earned Rs 241 crore in 3 yrs, donated Rs 99 crore to Jan Suraaj’

He was responding to BJP's questions around his party's funding. He says he didn’t make figures public earlier as ‘in our Sanatan Dharma, money donated should not be discussed’.

Can PK lift Bihar’s spirit? Poll promise of revoking liquor ban finds support across villages

Lifting liquor ban isn’t Jan Suraaj’s only promise. For voters looking for change & who don’t see Lalu’s RJD as alternative, Kishor represents new hope, one Nitish embodied in his early years.

On Camera

Modi’s visit to Netherlands honours Indo-Dutch families & their 150-year-old journey

The Indo-Dutch community’s journey—from Lalla Rookh to the cities of modern Europe—remains one of the most extraordinary stories of human perseverance in the modern world.

Petrol, diesel prices hiked by Rs 3 per litre as Centre moves to ease OMC losses

The hike comes amid soaring global energy costs, with government citing mounting under-recoveries and fiscal pressure on state-run oil firms

Drones no longer enablers, they’re replacing manned aircraft roles—CISC Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit

Speaking at IAF think-tank seminar, Air Marshal Dixit was backed by Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh, who said unmanned aerial systems are no longer just the eyes in the sky but ‘claws in the sky’.

Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.