Chandra Devi, 53, holds up a loan slip, its creases more prominent than its text. It states that she borrowed a loan of ₹35,000, allegedly from RBL Bank, a private sector institution, in May 2024. “I have to repay the…
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Revision of Bihar poll rolls riddled with violations, should be cancelled: Jean Drèze
Various peoples’ groups in Bihar organised a day-long public hearing on Monday (July 21, 2025) to study the ongoing SIR (special intensive revision) in the State. The panel concluded that the SIR should be cancelled, not modified. Bharat Jodo Abhiyan,…
CM Nitish Kumar announces free electricity for up to 125 units ahead of Bihar polls
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. | Photo Credit: PTI Ahead of Bihar elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday (July 17, 2025) announced that eleigible domestic consumers across the State will receive up to 125 units of electricity free of…
Maintain soft approach towards Nitish Kumar but target BJP leaders, Tejashwi tells INDIA bloc leaders
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav holds the INDIA bloc meeting at his official residence in Patna on July 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Ahead of the Bihar Assembly election, the INDIA bloc held its latest meeting in Patna on…
Electoral Registration Officers hold the key to inclusion in Bihar voter roll in the absence of requisite documents for SIR
As controversy rages over the few documents considered valid for voter registration during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, a key figure that has emerged is that of the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO). The discretionary powers…
Of two contesting models of social justice
Recently, in village in Bhojpur district, Bihar, which is dominated by Most Backward Castes (MBC), I heard a sohar (birth song) sung by a few unlettered women. It goes, “Babua hamar DM hoyihe, okara upar CM hoyihe (My son will…
Chirag Paswan slams Congress-RJD, skips to mention name of to contest upcoming Assembly poll
File photo of Lok Jan Shakti Party leader Chirag Paswan. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Skipping from announcing the name of the seat to contest Chirag Paswan, leader of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) at party’s “Nav Sankalp Mahasabha” on…
If voted to power, reservation will upped to Telangana standards, Bihar Congress says
Bihar Congress in-charge Krishna Allavaru and National Chairman of the Scheduled Caste (SC) Department of Congress party, Rajesh Lilothia being welcomed during the Dalit Youth Dialogue in Patna on March 26. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Ahead of the Assembly…
Congress will ‘no longer play second fiddle to RJD in Bihar’
File picture of Bihar Congress in-charge Krishna Allavaru (right). | Photo Credit: PTI In a direct message to alliance partner the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Congress chief in Bihar, Krishna Allavaru said on Sunday (March 2, 2025) that the…
Prashant Kishor’s jibe at Nitish: ‘Physically tired, mentally retired’
Jan Suraaj Party Chief Prashant Kishor addresses during a ‘Holi Milan Samaroh’, in Patna, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Claiming that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was “physically tired and mentally retired”, political strategist turned activist Prashant…