Bihar’s verdict: Why people chose familiar failures over unknown risks Bihar’s election results leave very little room for interpretation. Newslaundry · Nov 15, 2025
Axis fails once again. This time in Bihar The trends have solidified and they’ve blown past what almost every exit pollster dared to predict in Bihar. The NDA is cruising to an easy majority, tracking 201 seats at the time of writing this report. The Mahagathbandhan is marooned at 36. Exit polls broadly called an NDA win, but… Newslaundry · Nov 14, 2025
Landslide for NDA, highest vote share for RJD, Cong blames ‘vote chori’ Bihar is barrelling toward one of its most emphatic mandates in years. The NDA has opened up an unassailable lead, ahead on 205 of 243 seats, while the Mahagathbandhan is left clinging to just 31, with independents and smaller outfits leading on seven. Newslaundry · Nov 14, 2025
Narendra Modi’s alliance wins key state election by a landslide Bihar victory bolstering prime minister and his Hindu nationalist party after a reduced mandate in last year’s national election The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2025
In Bihar, mixed fortunes for strongmen and their families this election Bihar’s romance with strongman politics took shape in the post-Mandal 1990s, when hardened caste loyalties and weakened state institutions created space for bahubalis to rise as parallel centres of power. They stepped into the vacuum, becoming both feared and admired, a dynamic reflected in their electoral successes. Newslaundry · Nov 14, 2025
Bihar deputy CMs set to win big. UC-OBC formula strikes again? The NDA’s strategy of pairing an influential OBC leader with a prominent upper-caste face appears to have paid off in Bihar. As counting day unfolds, both of the state’s deputy chief ministers, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, seem to have secured decisive wins. Newslaundry · Nov 14, 2025
Axis predicts NDA lead, but fewer seats for BJP this time A day after several exit polls projected a clear victory for the NDA in Bihar, two of the most-watched pollsters – Axis My India and Today’s Chanakya – have both estimated a nearly similar trend. Newslaundry · Nov 12, 2025
Modi’s Hindu nationalist coalition projected to win key state election Exit polls predict National Democratic Alliance will retain power in one of country’s poorest and most populous states The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025
Exit polls predict clear majority for NDA. Can they be correct this time? Although two major pollsters – Axis My India and Today’s Chanakya – are scheduled to post the results of their exit polls tomorrow, the others have predicted an overwhelming majority for the governing NDA. Newslaundry · Nov 11, 2025
‘I can’t breathe in this city’: inaction over Delhi’s suffocating pollution sparks rare protest The failure by state governments to do anything about pollution means it has often been met with apathy. But at a rare protest anger and frustration were rife The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2025
NDA claims vs Bihar women’s reality: Away from capital, many still wait for toilet, college, and a chance Large hoardings outside the offices of the BJP and JD(U) in Patna proclaim how much the NDA government has done for women’s empowerment. From Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, leaders repeat at rallies that no other government has changed women’s lives in Bihar the way theirs… Newslaundry · Nov 7, 2025
ABP deletes post on ex-minister’s big allegations against Adani Days before the first phase of Bihar polls, BJP leader and former union power minister Raj Kumar Singh accused the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government of a Rs 62,000 crore electricity scam in an interview with ABP News. Singh alleged that the Bihar government had signed a deal with Adani Power… Newslaundry · Nov 6, 2025
Brazilian photo for 22 voters in Haryana: Rahul says lakhs of votes were rigged What does an image clicked by a Brazilian photographer have to do with the Haryana election? As per the latest in the series of press conferences by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on alleged electoral manipulation on Wednesday, the stock image of a model by a Brazilian photographer was used… Newslaundry · Nov 5, 2025
In Rajasthan’s anti-conversion campaign: Third-party complaints, police ‘bias’, Hindutva link “My wife’s clothes were torn. Women who were part of our congregation that day were sexually assaulted, auraton ki bhi lajja bhang ki (women’s modesty was outraged)...all this in the name of allegations related to religious conversion.” Newslaundry · Nov 4, 2025
Newslaundry · Nov 3, 2025 If manifestos worked, Bihar would’ve been Scandinavia with litti chokha If manifestos could transform Bihar, this land would be Scandinavia with litti-chokha. But they can’t, and everyone knows it. That’s why each election brings a familiar performance, from the glossy launch to the silence about cost or accountability.
Newslaundry · Nov 3, 2025 Let Me Explain: BJP’s battle for Karnataka’s old Mysuru For decades, Karnataka’s old Mysuru belt remained out of the BJP’s reach, shaped instead by Vokkaliga-led caste equations and JD(S) dominance. But that’s changing fast. From Maddur’s clashes to the propaganda of fictitious characters Uri Gowda and Nanje Gowda, Hindutva politics is entering Karnataka’s heartland.
Newslaundry · Nov 1, 2025 The case of Kumhrar: How a mathematician intends to storm the BJP’s fortress in Bihar Located in Patna district, the assembly constituency of Kumhrar holds great value for the BJP. The party has continuously scripted wins here since 1990, with the late Sushil Kumar Modi serving three terms as MLA and Arun Sinha currently holding the seat.
Newslaundry · Oct 31, 2025 Argument over seats to hate campaign: The story behind the Mumbai Press Club row For more than five decades, the Mumbai Press Club has been a home for the city’s journalists. Founded in 1968 along with the Bombay Union of Journalists, it was built on values of honesty, independence, and public service in order to protect the dignity of journalism and the freedom of…
Newslaundry · Oct 30, 2025 Shrinking funds, broken infra, ‘rising fear’: What’s at stake in JNUSU polls this year? Outside the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) election committee office on Wednesday, a student was seen asking a committee member why his nomination was cancelled. The reason, he was told, was his age and not the wheelchair he used.
Newslaundry · Oct 30, 2025 Nominations cancelled, candidate ‘missing’: Cracks in Jan Suraaj strategy or BJP ‘pressure’? Days before polling in Bihar, Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj suffered an early setback in five constituencies. Candidates either went missing, had their nominations canceled, or withdrew at the last minute citing “health” and “social pressure”.
The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025 Delhi leaders accused of stocking up on air purifiers as ordinary people suffer in capital’s smog crisis Delhi’s newly elected government is said to have sanctioned £5,200 for 15 air purifiers to be installed at its own offices, just days after India’s top court permitted the use of so-called ‘green’ fireworks for Diwali
The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2025 Indian minister condemned for ‘victim blaming’ after Australian women cricketers allege sexual harassment Cricket Australia says players of Women’s Cricket World Cup team were ‘touched inappropriately’ in Indore
The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025 India trials Delhi cloud seeding to clean air in world’s most polluted city Bharatiya Janata party launches first test flight as brown haze blankets city after Diwali – but experts decry ‘gimmick’
International Business Times · Oct 23, 2025 Inside India's RSS, The Legion Of Hindu Ultranationalists Brandishing bamboo sticks and chanting patriotic hymns, thousands of uniformed men parade in central India, a striking show of strength by the country's millions-strong Hindu ultranationalist group.
The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2025 Delhi’s rich accused of setting off ‘revenge fireworks’ after years-long Diwali ban Hospitals across Indian capital see surge in respiratory illnesses as air pollution worsens after celebration of Hindu festival