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Thursday, November 13, 2025
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Topic: RJD

Snapshots from Bihar: Prashant Kishor roadshow, Nitish address & RJD hoardings round up Phase 1 campaign

Campaigning for the first phase of Bihar polls has ended, with 121 constituencies set to vote across 18 districts Thursday. Parties have now shifted focus to the second phase.

Bihar election 2025 Phase 1: ECI puts voter turnout at 64%, highest since 2000

High-profile contests in the first phase included Raghopur, Mahua, Raghunathpur, Lakhisarai, Tarapur, Chapra & Mokama.

Father’s notoriety looms large over Shivani Shukla’s prospects, UK degree not a factor in Lalganj

A section of voters say Shivani's family always stood against Lalu Yadav and hence contesting on RJD ticket may not have been the best choice for her.

Jungle, jungle pata chala hai & two sides of the same Trump

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

Why Lalu-Tejashwi have bet on don Shahabuddin’s ‘London-educated’ son in Siwan, risking jungle raj barbs

In campaign, BJP bigwigs Amit Shah & Yogi Adityanath had raised spectre of RJD lawlessness. Shahabuddin’s son Osama will be hoping to bring luck to the family in its third attempt.

Jan Suraaj worker Dular Chand Yadav shot dead in Bihar’s Mokama

JD(U) strongman Anant Singh, who is in the fray in Mokama, alleged involvement of RJD candidate Veena Devi's husband in Yadav's death.

RJD confidence in EBCs dips. Sticks to Yadav core

RJD’s candidates from EBCs have declined from 13.13 per cent to 11.19 per cent. This could be because the party saw the lowest strike rate among EBC candidates in the 2020 Bihar Assembly polls.

Tejashwi Yadav has overcome challenges. Now he must prove himself in Bihar elections

In recent years, Tejashwi has worked to broaden his social base by giving more tickets and organisational posts to non-Yadav communities such as Kurmis, Kushwahas, and Koeris.

India bloc considers land reform push in Bihar manifesto, reviving report Nitish shelved in 2008

Left parties pushing Congress & RJD to implement recommendations aimed at limiting land concentration, providing security to tenant farmers, redistributing land to marginalised rural workers.

PM Modi kicks off NDA campaign in Bihar, says people will prevent return of RJD & Congress’ ‘jungle raj’

PM Modi accuses RJD and Congress of caring only about their own families. Says under CM Nitish Kumar's leadership, NDA 'is set to break all its old records of victory' in Bihar.

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This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.