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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Topic: JDU-BJP

Sanjay Jha-led all-party delegation arrives in Tokyo to highlight India’s fight against terrorism

The delegation, part of a five-nation tour, aims to brief international partners on India's response to Pahalgam terror attack and its broader fight against cross-border terrorism.

Greenfield airports, canal project aid & makhana board. Union Budget gives poll-bound Bihar a boost

In a symbolic message, Finance Minister Sitharaman presented the budget wearing a Madhubani saree—Bihar's cultural heritage. Assembly polls are due in the state in Oct-Nov this year.

Prashant Kishor doubts Nitish Kumar’s mental health. And CM’s son adds a twist to the tale

Prashant Kishor has got his finger on the pulse of Bihari voters—their frustration and listlessness with a CM who has lost his mojo but refuses to call it quits.

Sole NDA ally to question Centre’s draft rules on university V-C appointments, what is JD(U)’s stand

The JD(U) called for the draft legislation to be amended to protect state power. The new rules give greater power to chancellor—usually Centre-appointed state governor—in the process.

Giriraj Singh’s planned ‘Hindu Swabhiman Yatra’ in Bihar becomes another BJP-JD(U) flashpoint

JD(U) criticises Giriraj Singh's proposal for the yatra, saying it is an attempt to engineer riots in Bihar ahead of the 2025 assembly elections.

Himanta comes under fire from 2 key BJP allies after Assam assembly scraps namaz break

JD(U)'s KC Tyagi says religious matters should not be interfered with. Will you ban sacrifice at Kamakhya temple too, asks LJP’s Delhi chief Raju Tiwari in question directed at Himanta.

Why ‘bahubali’ Sunil Pandey, with a rap sheet a mile long, is important for Bihar BJP

Bihar BJP chief Dileep Jaiswal welcomed Sunil Pandey and his son, Prashant Pandey, into the party fold on Sunday, drawing criticism from within and outside the party.

‘Case not made out’ for special category status for Bihar, says Centre

MoS Pankaj Chaudhary's clarification on this came on question by JD(U) MP asking if govt had any proposal to provide special status to Bihar to promote economic growth, industrialisation.

‘Support unconditional to NDA’ but JD(U) has wishlist – caste census, special category status for Bihar

JD(U) spokesperson K.C. Tyagi also says govt must revisit Agnipath scheme and take all stakeholders into consideration before implementing UCC.

Owaisi effect notwithstanding, why Kishanganj’s Muslims back Congress despite unpopular incumbent

AIMIM has made inroads among the Bihar district's youth in semi-urban areas, but rural Muslims, more in number, say they will give Congress's Mohammad Jawed one more chance.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

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.