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Rise and rise of 'Son of Mallah' in Bihar political potboiler

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October 24, 2025

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Rise and rise of 'Son of Mallah' in Bihar political potboiler

THE INDIA bloc has finally yielded ground to Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani, who was on Thursday formally announced as deputy chief ministerial face of the Opposition alliance for the Bihar Assembly elections.

It has been a meteoric rise for 44-year-old Sahani. Starting as a Bollywood set designer, he chose politics as his next career, formed a new party in 2018, contested 2020 Assembly elections as part of NDA and finally ended up as a hard bargainer in the 2025 state polls.

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Nitish says won't take a relook at prohibition law

THE Bihar government on Thursday outrightly rejected demands for reviewing decade-old prohibition law, contending that that the ban on liquor was imposed after taking all political parties into confidence.

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Courting ‘Nyayalaya’: A Metro railway station caught in translation

IF the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation can call Delhi University station “Vishwavidyalaya” and Central Secretariat “Kendriya Sachivalaya”, why, a petitioner wants to know, can’t Supreme Court station be rechristened “Sarvoch Nyayalaya”?

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ED attaches ₹82 crore properties in Gurugram real estate fraud case

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Gujarat tribal upkeep gap widens despite ample fund

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India & Israel ink def MoU, firm up ties

IN a clear signal that defence will remain central to their bilateral agenda, India and Israel have inked a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the country February 25, institutionalising deeper collaboration between the defence industries.

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