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Hindustan Times Ranchi
Results a victory of democracy, says Modi
Asserting that the NDA replaced 'tushtikaran' (appeasement) with 'santushtikaran' (satisfaction), the PM said the mandate highlighted how people have rejected the negative politics of the Congress
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
'Life isn’t solely a matter of individual will and agency'
The novel seems to suggest that the body is both the one thing we truly own, and the one thing that betrays us most.
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
ED cannot freeze property on mere suspicion: Delhi HC
lower threshold.
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Bihar win people's seal of approval for development and welfare: Shah
NEW DELHI: Terming the Bihar poll results a “victory of every Bihari”, Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said the ‘overwhelming mandate for NDA is people’s stamp of approval on its work for development, women’s safety and the welfare of the poor.
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
How did Bihar go from a 2020 cliffhanger to a 2025 landslide?
NEW DELHI: The 2020 assembly elections were a photo finish in Bihar and both major alliances ended up with almost the same vote share with a difference of just 0.03% in the votes polled between them. This time, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has around a0 percentage points lead in terms of vote share visa-vis the Mahagathbandhan (MGB) or Grand Alliance.
3 min |
November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Origin story: Loading
Forget books. These 10 adaptations draw from songs, viral tweets, theme park rides, even a National Park guide
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Barring 1 candidate, star power fails to win over voters
SHATRUGHAN YADAV, KNOWN AS KHESARI LAL YADAV, LOST IN THE CHAPRA SEAT
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Shefali and Huma's performances make it solid, but not standout
The highs in Delhi Crime’s third season take their time, and when they arrive, it’s the cast rather than the writing that delivers them.
1 min |
November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Jan Suraaj earned a lot of limelight, not enough votes
None of the 238 candidates fielded by Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraaj Party won a seat in the assembly polls.
3 min |
November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
The bites to cheer for
Leave the peanuts and papad back in the Permit Room. Finger food is now top nosh. And one Bengaluru bar is hitting new highs
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Mixed outcomes for bypoll incumbents
Ruling parties lost half of the eight assembly constituencies that went to bypolls across six states and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, where the ruling National Conference faced a major setback in its first electoral battle since coming to power last year, losing its stronghold Budgam and forfeiting deposit in Nagrota.
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Never-ending wait for Bihar’s transformation
Bihar has long functioned asa paradox, a transparent enigma. Its ideas market never loses its sheen, and its caste codes refuse to retire. This duality is not incidental. It is woven into Bihar's political evolution. The state’s public sphere has historically allowed sharp ideological contest-ation, yet its political structures return, almost faithfully, to familiar anchors of caste arithmetic, welfarist governance, and a deep suspicion of unregulated economic mobility. The 2025 election recommits Bihar to this older vocabulary, even as its demographic realities press urgently for a new one.
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Bihar loss deepens Opposition slump in Hindi-speaking belt since '14 polls
In the 26 assembly elections in North India since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister in May 2014, the Opposition has won 12.
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Will now end ‘Jungle Raj’ in Bengal: Modi
Prashant Kishor’s party fails to open account in bipolar contest with little anti-incumbency
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Cracks appear in RJD’s M-Y base
The performance of the ‘Mahagathbandhan, or the Grand Alliance — 35 seats at a strike rate of 14.4% — in the Bihar assembly elections was the result of many factors.
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
WHAT SWUNG THE VOTE...
Dhrubo Jyoti decodes the factors that worked behind the scenes for the National Democratic Alliance in Bihar
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
11 of 20 strongmen, their relatives make it to House
Nearly a fortnight after his arrest in connection with the murder of a Jan Suraaj Party supporter during the poll campaign, Janata Dal (United) strongman Anant Singh on Friday won the poll from Mokama constituency for the sixth straight time — his third consecutive win while contesting from behind bars.
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Coalition calculus fuels sweep for tight-knit NDA
The 2025 assembly election in Bihar was nota typical electoral battle for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP); the state was a battleground in more ways than one. The party had to walk a tightrope, balancing its own ascendant graph in the state with the interests of the coalition itis part of, headed by the Janata Dal (United). Italso faced anti-incumbency and a seemingly energised opposition.
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Fatigue and resentment among Muslim vote base
If Muslims are considered the second of the two pillars that hold up the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), a large part of the reason must be that October afternoon in 1990 when the newly minted chief minister of Bihar, Lalu Prasad, decided to stop the raucous Rath Yatra helmed by Lal Krishna Advani in Samastipur and arrest the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart.
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Ajay Devgn, R Madhavan's fun face-off makes this an enjoyable sequel
Right off the bat, R Madhavan still looks too suave to play a father on screen to a 29-year-old in De De Pyaar De 2 (DDPD 2). The man, at 55, still has the Rehna Hai Terre Dil Mein charm intact!
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Campaigning
Sometime this autumn, it appeared that the Opposition’s Grand Alliance was peaking at the right time.
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Bihar’s trust vote for NDA
Voters endorse Nitish Kumar, backed by the BJP. Grand Alliance, Lalu dynasty face political oblivion
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Man brags on social media after attacking Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande; (inset) video grab of the incident
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
HC SEEKS CENTRE’S REPLY ON SWAIN’S BLACKLISTING
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on a petition by Sweden-based academic Ashok Swain challenging the Centre's blacklisting order that bars his entry into India.
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Doubts rise on Cong’s INDIA leadership
The results of the Bihar election, the sheer scale of the Grand Alliance or Maha Gatbandhan’s defeat, and the Congress’ inability to win seats in the Hindi heartland will likely alter the politics of the Opposition INDIA bloc, with a growing clamour for a change in leadership.
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
The resurrection of ‘coalition of extremes’ in Bihar politics
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has vanquished the Mahagathbandhan (MGB) or Grand Alliance in Bihar. While elections are rarely a univariate phenomenon, caste is often central to politics in India, and perhaps more so in Bihar.
2 min |
November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
All the ride moves
Before you ride into the sunset on your bike, here’s what you need to know - from one woman rider to another
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Grand Alliance fails to woo Dalit voters
THE POLL RESULTS UNDERLINE THE MGB'S INABILITY TO WIN OVER VOTERS OUTSIDE THE RJD’S MUSLIM-YADAV VOTE BANK
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
K’taka Police: Bagalkot arson was pre-planned
The police on Friday said the fire that destroyed sugarcane-laden vehicles in Bagalkot district was a pre-planned act of arson, carried out by miscreants who had infiltrated a farmers’ protest and used petrol to set the vehicles ablaze.
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November 15, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Downside to an upgrade
Phones used to be exciting. Now, each new model feels like the same idea rehashed over and over. Why isn’t fun part of the specs anymore?
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