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Bihar SIR, Bihar elections 2025, Bihar Assembly elections, Bihar Assembly elections 2025, Election Commission Bihar, Special Intensive Revision, Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, Bihar voter list citizenship, Bihar electoral rolls 2025, EC special intensive revision, Indian express, current affairs
August 23, 2025 12:43 IST

Bihar SIR deadline, Bihar voter list 2025: As part of the second phase of the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR), electors and political parties have time until September 1 to make claims and raise objections to the draft roll published on August 1.

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August 17, 2025 10:07 IST

Mumbai, Thane, Nashik, Kalyan-Dombivli civic polls are not only critical for Sena (UBT) and MNS, but also key to their Marathi plank and fight against BJP-Shinde

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August 17, 2025 09:39 IST

The EC has deployed an estimated 1 lakh volunteers — teachers, anganwadi workers and panchayat secretaries — to assist Booth Level Officers (BLO) and help electors get the required documents.

Trinamool Congress, West Bengal BJP, Amit Shah, West Bengal Assembly elections, West Bengal Assembly polls, Indian express news, current affairs
August 6, 2025 09:16 IST

Union Home Minister is learnt to have advised state unit to focus on allaying concerns about SIR, counter TMC narrative that BJP is anti-Bengali

Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Bihar Assembly elections, NDA Cabinet, Nitish plays domicile card in jobs, domicile card in jobs, Indian express news, current affairs
August 6, 2025 09:16 IST

Nitish Cabinet clears 85% quota for Bihar natives in recruitment of teachers; hikes honorarium for workers in education, health schemes

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August 6, 2025 10:39 IST

“The way the marshals reach the Well of the House, it seems like it is an anti-terrorist or anti-bomb squad. They create a circle and stop members from entering the Well,” says the 38-year-old RS member

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August 6, 2025 09:20 IST

The Sangh had held a similar event in 2018 in which the RSS chief clarified the Sangh's position on various issues, including reservation, cow vigilantes, and inter-caste marriages.

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August 2, 2025 18:29 IST

While both the BJP and the Congress claimed victory, the ruling party underperformed in districts such as Chamoli and the kin of several of its known faces lost.

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August 2, 2025 10:03 IST

The move drew swift backlash, prompting Amit Goyal to retract the list

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July 31, 2025 06:56 IST

BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s dismissal of charges of conversion draws him flak from some Sangh Parivar handles

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July 31, 2025 06:32 IST

Jaishankar tells Rajya Sabha that Op Sindoor is 'Modi normal' and there was no third party behind ceasefire; Opp stages walkout to protest PM not replying to debate.

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July 27, 2025 09:22 IST

Setting the tone for 2026 Bengal polls, Mamata has accused BJP of “unleashing terror on Bangla” and “detaining” Bengali migrants in the party-ruled states

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July 31, 2025 17:13 IST

Congress Thiruvananthapuram district committee president Palode Ravi had to step down after a leaked audio purportedly has him predicting the party’s fate after next year’s assembly polls

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July 26, 2025 20:29 IST

She speaks about the TMC’s allegations of BJP “unleashing linguistic terror” after reports of Bangla-speaking migrants being detained, weekend protests in Bengal on the issue, how the party will raise this in Parliament, and Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s resignation.

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July 26, 2025 09:00 IST

16-hour discussion in Lok Sabha on July 28, same duration for debate in Rajya Sabha next day

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July 26, 2025 03:18 IST

The data shows that while the number of cases has marginally reduced from 7,026 in financial year 2023-24 (FY24) to 6,645 in FY25, it is much higher than 253 complaints recorded in FY21.

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July 26, 2025 03:14 IST

The 111-km Angamali-Sabarimala railway line project  via Erumeli was sanctioned in 1997-98. It is among the crucial railway projects in Kerala, which is expected to cater to the pilgrims visiting Sabrimala temple. Erumeli is the gateway to the famous hill temple.

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July 25, 2025 09:12 IST

This move comes even as the state’s Meitei and Naga NDA MLAs have been conducting a campaign for the restoration of a popular government in the state

Members of the INDIA bloc during a meeting on Saturday ahead of the Parliament’s Monsoon session.
July 20, 2025 07:21 IST

In the virtual meet before Parliament's Monsoon Session, 24 Oppn parties express concern over govt's “failure” in bringing Pahalgam terrorists to justice; call SIR a “threat to voting rights”

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July 13, 2025 12:03 IST

“How many more Biharis will fall victim to killings? It’s beyond understanding what the responsibility of Bihar Police actually is,” the LJP(RV) chief says in latest remarks slamming Nitish govt’s handling of law and order

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July 13, 2025 10:59 IST

Aim: To include everyone who turns 18 by January 1, 2026

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July 5, 2025 12:19 IST

Given the socio-economic realities of the state, the nature of the documents frames the challenge before the poll panel.

Bihar politics, Chirag Paswan, Nitish Kumar, Bihar Assembly elections, Bihar Assembly polls, bahujan samaj party, Indian express news, current affairs
June 29, 2025 04:28 IST

While both Nitish and Chirag are key allies of the BJP-led NDA, their relations have been strained, with the LJP(RV) chief now positioning himself for a larger role in Bihar politics.

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June 28, 2025 09:22 IST

Amid an unabating feud with her brother and the party’s working president, K T Rama Rao, Kavitha has called a rail roko in Hyderabad on that day to demand the implementation of 42% reservation for Backward Classes (BC) in local body elections.

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June 27, 2025 06:53 IST

Mamata Banerjee says EC “acting like a stooge of BJP”, asks whether the move is a backdoor attempt to implement NRC.

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