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Anant Singh to Sanjiv Chaurasia — How musclemen with criminal records are faring in Bihar

Parties have fielded 1,201 candidates with criminal cases in the 2020 Bihar polls, according to an ADR report.

Manju Varma, JD(U) ex-minister who had to resign over Muzaffarpur scandal, loses to RJD

Former social welfare minister Manju Varma lost her post after Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual exploitation case — in which 34 girls were allegedly exploited — came to light in 2018.

Bihar verdict today — RJD-led alliance confident after exit polls but NDA hasn’t given up hope

Bihar braces for election results today as a buoyant oppn, led by Tejashwi Yadav, and a hopeful NDA under CM Nitish will look to cross majority mark of 122 in 243-member assembly.

Bihar election updates: PM Modi says democracy has won with blessings of the people

Counting for Bihar's 243 assembly seats stretches late into the night. BJP & RJD's vote share remain neck-and-neck, but trends show NDA has crossed halfway mark. Here are the day's updates.

Trumpism hasn’t been defeated and ‘normal Donald’ takes over

The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Win or lose, BJP to go for broke in Bihar, at Nitish Kumar’s cost

Bihar results would come as a vindication or repudiation of the BJP’s take-no-prisoners strategy. Nitish Kumar won’t be happy either way.

Times Now questions J&K Congress leader’s Biden call, NDTV India on Nitish’s fate in Bihar

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Bihar exit polls 2020 project win for RJD-led Mahagathbandhan, Tejashwi Yadav as next CM

The exit polls have mostly predicted a close win for the RJD-Congress alliance, though some say the CM Nitish Kumar-led NDA could give a tough fight.

2 days on, not a murmur within JD(U) urging Nitish to reconsider ‘retirement decision’

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has announced these polls will be his last but that has hardly rocked his party, unlike in 2014, when workers protested vociferously against his then decision to quit.  

EC registers nearly 35% votes till 1 pm in final phase of Bihar election

According to the Election Commission, the poll percentage at 1 pm was 34.82, higher than the corresponding figures for the first phase (33.10) and the second phase (32.82) of polls.

On Camera

Hasina’s was a trial in absentia, but not a trial without justice

The Sheikh Hasina trial represents an inflection point in the struggle to place citizens above rulers and prevent the next massacre.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

India & France ink pact for joint R&D. The aim—to develop solutions for future defence challenges

This agreement is not with regard to any specific project like the planned co-development of fighter engines, but an overarching agreement that will enable a host of joint development and research.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.