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BJP’s Giriraj Singh again targets ally Nitish Kumar — this time over Bihar floods

Neelam Pandey -
Begusarai MP Giriraj Singh tweeted a video of JD(U) MLA Narendra Singh, who blamed Nitish Kumar govt for its lackadaisical attitude in dealing with the floods.

Heavy rain drowns Patna, submerges 12 other Bihar districts

Dipak Mishra -
Between Friday and Sunday, Patna received 250 mm of rain, which has flooded busy streets and cut off power supply in several of the areas.

2.08 lakh Prohibition cases pending, HC asks Nitish govt how it plans to dispose of them

Dipak Mishra -
Court tells Bihar govt to file affidavit by 25 September explaining if it plans to appoint judges and set up courts that deal only with Prohibition law violations.

Rename Bakhtiyarpur to ‘undo sins of the past’, VHP-backed body writes to Bihar CM

Neelam Pandey -
Bakhtiyarpur was named after Bakhtiyar Khalji, who had destroyed Nalanda University. Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti says it should be renamed after Chanakya or Shilbhadra.

Why senior BJP leader Sushil Modi is under attack from his own partymen in Bihar

Dipak Mishra -
His aides see a 'caste angle' as Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Modi faces backlash from members of BJP after his tweet.

Why Nitish, Mamata, Uddhav and Kamal Haasan need Prashant Kishor

D.K. Singh -
Prashant Kishor gives a big leg-up to his clients, working on their strengths and weaknesses. But his successes expose his clients, too.

Modi makes everyone happy — grumbling ex-ministers, NDA allies, friendly opposition parties

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

Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) needs to make space for BJP to rule Bihar alone

Guru Prakash Paswan -
The trajectory of Nitish Kumar has made JD(U) a party premised on an individual and not an idea. BJP needs to take over. 

No Arun Jaitley or Prashant Kishor by his side, Nitish Kumar struggles to deal with BJP

Dipak Mishra -
The latest among the host of issues that have triggered rifts between the BJP and the JD(U) is the former’s demand for an NRC in Bihar.

Modi was BJP’s PM choice because Rajnath Singh made sure of it

Gautam Chintamani -
As BJP president, Singh knew that pitching Modi would not be easy as more than allies on the outside, there was enough opposition inside party.
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Ram temple Surya Tilak was spectacular but the puffery around ‘science behind it’ wasn’t

Soumya Pillai -
We need to give credit to our attention-starved scientists for their true achievements. Perhaps a good way to start would be to not mix science with religion.

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Economy

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

ThePrint Team -
The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

Defence

Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi to take over as Chief of the Naval Staff

ThePrint Team -
He has been the chief of personnel and the flag officer commanding-in-chief, Western Naval Command, in the rank of vice admiral.

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

Shekhar Gupta -
While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

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