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‘No pay, no info on my vehicle’: Drivers allege forced poll duty in Bihar

Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan has been closed to the public and turned into a temporary parking ground. Election rules allow ...
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Foreign nationals account for barely 0.012% of Bihar’s voters, SIR shows

Ground reporting across three districts suggests that many of them were Nepali women married to Indian men.
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Silent factories, empty hospitals, a drying ‘pulse bowl’: The Mokama story beyond the mics and myths

Since 1990, except for one brief gap, the seat has been held by either Anant Singh or someone from his family. You’ve ...
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At JNU, the battle of ideologies drowns out the battle for change

Among the independents, Vijayalakshmi from the Progressive Students’ Association (PSA) stood out with a fiery speech laced with shayari. She accused the ABVP of being an “extension of the central ...