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(Left: 2025 manifesto; Right: 2020 manifesto) NEW DELHI: Tejashwi Yadav, Pawan Khera and Dipankar Bhattacharya were present as the Mahagathbandhan unveiled its joint manifesto in Patna for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. Yet the spotlight also fell on who wasn’t there — another day marked by Rahul Gandhi’s absence from the poll-bound state. The document…
Bengaluru: Former India medium-fast bowler Venkatesh Prasad has criticised the delay in holding elections to the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), which were initially scheduled for September 30. Nearly a month has passed since that date, yet there has been no official announcement regarding the elections, with KSCA officials declining to comment on the matter….
NEW DELHI: When Rahul Gandhi set out under Bihar‘s unforgiving August sun for his ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’, it was a test of whether he could still find takers in a land where the Congress survives mostly as a fading afterimage. For 16 days, his campaign carved a noisy trail through dusty highways and crowded colonies.Today,…
Ranchi: State agriculture minister and Congress leader Shilpi Neha Tirkey was appointed observer on behalf of the All India Adivasi Congress to oversee and support the election campaign during the Bihar assembly election.In a letter issued to Tirkey, the chairman of the All India Adivasi Congress, Dr Vikrant Bhuria, on Sunday, appealed to her to…
Samrat Chaudhary, Tejashwi Yadav NEW DELHI: Bihar has long been a paradox in Indian politics, a land that has nurtured some of the country’s most powerful democratic movements, yet one where political inheritance continues to define power. The state’s political imagination remains alive and restless, but its electoral field is still crowded with familiar surnames…
NEW DELHI: As the Mahagathbandhan named Tejashwi Yadav its chief ministerial candidate, the question of who will lead Bihar if the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) returns to power has once again taken centre stage. The NDA has so far refrained from naming chief minister Nitish Kumar as its CM face, a silence that has…
PM Modi in Samastipur (PTI) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday kicked off his Bihar election campaign from Samastipur, joined by chief minister Nitish Kumar, reaffirming the NDA’s confidence of returning to power and attacking the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan. PM Modi took a sharp dig at Lalu Prasad’s party, saying Bihar would keep “jungle…
Who will be NDA’s CM face? Tejashwi Prasad Yadav is the chief ministerial face for ‘Mahagathbandhan’ in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. This was announced after weeks of speculation and seat-sharing squabbles in the opposition camp. The formal announcement, made by senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot in Patna in a joint presser, has shifted the…
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is once again gearing up for a highly charged season of student politics, as the university’s Election Committee officially released the schedule for the 2025-26 Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) elections. The announcement has reignited campus activity, signalling the return of intense campaigns and strategic manoeuvring that have long defined…
Nitish with PM Modi, Nitish with Tejashwi, Prashant Kishor (PTI file photos) NEW DELHI: ‘Teesra moracha’ (third front) is often like that uncle in an Indian wedding who is not happy with the state of affairs, does nothing, but rarely has an impact on the actual celebrations.The third front is also a rare presence, reflecting…
