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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.

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NDA manifesto in Bihar: 60 promises in a 60-second press conference

Days before Bihar votes in its assembly election, the NDA released its manifesto in a press conference attended by Nitish Kumar, JP Nadda, Chirag Paswan, Samrat Chaudhary and Sanjay Kumar Jha. The manifesto promised free rations, electricity and medical treatment for sections of the population, along with promises for employment…

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NDA’s ‘jungle raj’ candidate? Interview with Bihar strongman Anant Singh

In this ground report from Mokama constituency in Bihar, Sreenivasan Jain speaks to JDU’s strongman candidate Anant Singh and his supporters to understand why the bahubali politician continues to thrive, despite Prime Minister Modi’s recent claim that the NDA has ended the ‘Jungle Raj’ of the Lalu Prasad years.

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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.

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TV Newsance 319: Bihar dramebaazi and Yamuna PR wash

This week on TV Newsance, the drama shifts from Delhi’s ghats to Bihar’s gullies, and the Godi anchors are outdoing themselves yet again!

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2 convoys, narrow road, a ‘murder’: Bihar’s politics of muscle and fear is back in focus

Tension continues to grip Mokama in Bihar after the killing of Dularchand Yadav, a Jan Suraaj worker, with rival candidates trading accusations over who was responsible. The clash has laid bare the old muscle politics that still shape elections in the region.

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‘Bid to buy votes’: Can Nitish’s Rs 10,000 promise calm anger over jobs, migration?

With the Chhath festival over, Bihar’s election season is heating up again. The Mahagathbandhan held its first joint rally in Sakra, Muzaffarpur, where top leaders Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav, and Mukesh Sahani shared the stage.

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Patna’s auto drivers say roads shine, but Bihar’s development path is uneven

If you visit Patna, you will find hundreds of autorickshaws and e-rickshaws facilitating everyday commute. But few know what life is like for the people driving them.

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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”.

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JD(U) spokesperson had two EPIC numbers in same Bihar constituency

In early September 2025, the Bharatiya Janata Party accused Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera and his wife, Telangana Congress vice president Kota Neelima, of electoral violations.

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Why are dowry-related crimes underreported

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How booth-level officers in Bihar are deleting voters arbitrarily

Jhurana Das made Bihar her home more than four decades ago. She moved to the state as a 23-year-old bride. It is where she built her life, and it is where she lost her husband to a kidney ailment last year. Now, as Jhurana approaches 70, she has to prove…

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More men die in Bihar, but more women vanish from its voter rolls

Paradoxical as it may sound, women appear to be dying at a faster rate than men in Bihar – at least if the Election Commission of India is to be believed. This defies state records, which peg deaths among women being lower than men.

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BJP’s new political frontier: Fusion of Gujarat Hindutva model with Assam anti-immigration politics

Increasingly, across a widening swathe of the world, the central campaign issue for right-wing parties is immigration. Recent statements by top leaders, along with a series of administrative moves, suggest that with the Ayodhya Ram temple built and Article 370 abrogated, immigration is now emerging as the key political issue…

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The meeting that never happened: Farewell Sankarshan Thakur

For me, it had almost become a ritual. In each of the past three Bihar assembly elections, before setting out for the state, I would make it a point to meet Sankarshan Thakur once. First at the PTI building, later at the INS building in the national capital.

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Chronicler of Bihar, veteran editor ‘with a spine’: Journalists mourn the death of Sankarshan Thakur

Journalists across India expressed shock and grief on Monday at the death of Sankarshan Thakur, editor of The Telegraph, acclaimed political author, and one of the country’s most respected ground reporters.

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Rajiv Pratap Rudy on PM’s claims on ‘infiltrators’, ‘vote-chori’, Nishikant Dubey’s ‘arrogance’

In an interview with Sreenivasan Jain, senior BJP leader and Bihar MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy addresses the controversy over the Election Commission’s deletions of 65 lakh names from Bihar’s electoral rolls, which the opposition calls “vote chori.” He defended the Prime Minister’s claims of a surge of infiltrators into Bihar…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 381: Loopholes in Bihar SIR, Assam’s 3000-bigha land row, right-wing targeting of journalists

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Sumedha Mittal and Pratyush Deep.

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In Bihar, over 1,000 voters in a single house that doesn’t exist

There are 1,069 voters in a polling booth in Rahijagatpur village, Bihar’s Madhepura district. Each of them is listed under a single house. The voters may be real; the house is not.

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Bihar’s silenced voters, India’s gagged press: The twin threats to Indian democracy

The Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, probably expected that his August 18 press conference would settle the controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar and Rahul Gandhi’s “vote chori” charge. He was wrong. This is a story that has refused to die, notwithstanding Trump’s tariffs, or…

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India's Election Commission Under Fire From Opposition

The Election Commission of India, long regarded as the impartial guardian of the world's largest democracy, is facing unprecedented scrutiny over its credibility and independence.

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India’s opposition leader hosts ‘dead’ voters alleging rigging in upcoming state elections

As 6.5 million Indian voters go ‘missing’ from the electoral database, opposition leader Rahul Gandhi accuses prime minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of rigging polls in India, Arpan Rai reports

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On the ground in Bihar: How a booth-by-booth check revealed what the Election Commission missed

The credibility of India’s electoral process hinges on the credibility of its voter rolls. The Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar — an exercise to verify the eligibility of 79 million voters — was meant to ensure this accuracy. It has fallen short.

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South Central 40: Election Commission’s credibility crisis and the nun who took Bishop Franco to court

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna, and Leena Reghunath first discuss the ‘vote chori’ press conference by the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, issuing a seven-day ultimatum to Rahul Gandhi and anyone else casting doubts on the election process. Senior investigative journalist and Executive Editor…

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Sansad Watch: From ‘vote chori’ to ‘Vande Mataram’, Parliament’s stormy Monsoon Session ends

The final week of the Monsoon Session was as chaotic as its beginning. Opposition MPs continued protests over alleged ‘vote chori’ and Bihar’s special intensive revision until the last day. The session, which ran from July 21 to August 21, lasted 32 days with 18 sittings. Against the scheduled 120…

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