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Meet BJP’s ‘Bihar ke yuvaon ki aawaaz’: Misogynistic posts, vulgar remarks, ‘black magic’ claims

Last week, a man from Bihar was booked in three separate FIRs – for morphing Rahul Gandhi’s face onto a sanitary pad in a video mocking a Congress campaign to distribute pads across the state.

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‘BLO used as scapegoat’: Ajit Anjum booked after video on Bihar voter roll revision gaps

An FIR has been registered against independent journalist Ajit Anjum in Bihar’s Begusarai district for allegedly spreading misinformation about the voter roll revision exercise in Bihar.

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Latest in Delhi’s ‘Bangladeshi’ crackdown: 8-month-old, 18-month-old among 6 detained

Six members of a family, including an eight-month-old, 18-month-old, and a 17-year-old, are the latest to be detained in the Delhi Police crackdown on illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants in the national capital.

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Bihar voter list revision: RJD leader Manoj Jha asks if ECI is a ‘facilitator’ or a ‘filter’

The controversy over the special intensive revision (SIR) process initiated by the Election Commission in Bihar has reached the Supreme Court. Responding to objections raised by the Opposition, the apex court issued several significant directions. Among them is the recommendation that documents such as Aadhaar cards, voter IDs, and ration…

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What Bihar voter roll row reveals about journalism and India

If you are a newspaper reader in India, you would not have missed the biggest story that has dominated news space at least in one major national newspaper. The Indian Express has led the way by doing a special series “What will NOT count in Bihar” by taking a close…

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Why is India forcing 80 million people to justify their right to vote?

Amid raids targeting Muslims, an electoral roll revision in India’s poorest state has become a political flashpoint.

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India Electoral Roll Revision Sparks Fear And Fury

Indian election officials have given voters in Bihar state just weeks to prove their citizenship, requiring documents few possess in a registration revamp set to be applied nationwide, triggering disenfranchisement fears.

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Fears new ID rules could deny millions right to vote in key Indian election

Voters must prove their citizenship by providing documents – but in rural Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, a lack of record-keeping could see millions taken off the electoral roll. Namita Singh reports

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 375: Four curious deaths in Kashmir, reclaiming Buddha in Bihar

This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by The Caravan’s Sunil Kashyap, and Jatinder Kaur Tur.

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TN, Maharashtra, Bihar and WB police cite contested law to take down tweets

The Tamil Nadu Police Department has sent X (formerly Twitter) two notices to remove tweets mocking the state government, Chief Minister MK Stalin and Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin. These notices were sent on April 23, 2025, under Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, a contested provision.

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Memory, movement, and marginality: Memoir of a tribal modernist

For a life that could possibly be best described as eventful, a slim memoir can often run out of breath in reliving its sweep. This sense of life outpacing memory isn't surprising for the Oxford-educated tribal leader from the Chotanagpur plateau in Jharkhand (then in undivided Bihar), who went on…

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Was protocol violated in BSF braveheart’s funeral?

The Bihar government has drawn flak over the funeral of BSF sub-inspector Mohammed Imteyaz, a 53-year-old paratrooper from Bihar’s Saran district who was killed in action along the RS Pura sector of Jammu and Kashmir on May 10.

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‘Shelling is our reality’: Evacuees in Jammu camps on attacks, bunkers, and livelihoods

Note: This story was reported three hours before the ceasefire was announced on May 10.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 365: How Bihar’s political landscape is heating up for poll season?

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by independent journalist Vishnu Narayan.

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Bihar: Three killed in separate accident in Saran district

An FIR has been registered and further investigation is under way. Read further on Dynamite News

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Bihar Election: Mahagathbandhan meeting - Seat sharing, election strategy discussed

It was a brainstorming session about the upcoming Bihar Assembly Elections. Read further on Dynamite News

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Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar in police custody, political uproar erupts in Bihar

There was a ruckus in Kanhaiya Kumar's padayatra in Bihar's capital Patna on Friday. Read more at Dynamite News.

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Bihar: 13 people dead in separate incidents of lightning strikes

CMO said, Begusarai reported five deaths, Darbhanga four, Madhubani three and Samastipur one. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Rahul Gandhi: INDIA bloc will work for uplift of Dalits, EBCs, women of Bihar

Gandhi, while addressing the 'Samvidhan Suraksha Sammelan' in Patna, said he was confident that the people of Bihar would show a new direction to India again this time as they have always done. Read further on Dynamite News:

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LoP Rahul Gandhi in Bihar; Joins 'Palayan Roko Naukri Do' Padyatra in Begusarai

The ‘Palayan Roko, Naukri Do’ padyatra focuses on rising unemployment. Read further on ynamite News:

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Bihar: Rahul Gandhi to join Cong's march in Begusarai

Rahul Gandhi said the aim is to make the whole world see the spirit of the youth of Bihar, their struggle and their suffering. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Three killed and four injured in a road accident in Bihar

The accident took place as the driver of the car lost control of his vehicle and hit a truck parked on the roadside. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Waqf Bill: JDU leader left the party in protest against Waqf Bill, Qasim Ansari resigns

JD(U) leader Kasim Ansari resigned protesting the Waqf Amendment Bill, exposing tensions in Nitish Kumar's party. The bill, passed by Lok Sabha, faces opposition for allegedly undermining Waqf autonomy. Read more at Dynamite News

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Bihar: Man beaten to death in Sitamarhi for affair with friend's mother

A 22-year-old man was beaten to death in Bihar's Sitamarhi for allegedly having an affair with his friend's mother. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Kerala: Missing Malaparamba Sainik School student traced to Pune

A 13-year-old student from Bihar, who went missing from the hostel of Vedavyasa Sainik School at Malaparamba on March 24, was traced to Pune on Monday.

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