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Bihar in focus as PM unveils ₹62k-cr plans

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October 05, 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a ₹62,000-crore bouquet of youth and education initiatives—many focused squarely on Bihar—while cautioning that “some people” were trying to “steal” the Jan Nayak title bestowed on socialist icon Karpoori Thakur by the people of the state.

- Arun Kumar and Sanjeev K Jha

The outreach comes days before the Election Commission is expected to announce poll dates for Bihar, where assembly elections are due in the coming months. Saturday's was the latest in a spree of over a dozen initiatives and schemes announced for

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