Behind the NDA’s sweeping victory lies an Assembly crowded with men accused of the gravest crimes.
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Mohammad Ali is the recipient of the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding Reporting on South Asia. He is a Senior Associate Editor at Outlook, based in Delhi. He tweets at @hindureporter
Shah Bano had gone to court for Rs. 200 a month. But what she received was a permanent public trial
Behind the NDA’s landslide win lies a pivotal development: the BJP is now positioned to move beyond its past dependence on Nitish Kumar, once the kingmaker of Bihar politics.
UP government has moved to lower court with a request to withdraw murder and related charges against all accused in the 2015 Dadri lynching case.
Mukesh Sahani likens Modi’s outreach to a fisherman’s bait, calls Nitish a tired leader, and insists that Bihar’s backward castes “can’t be fooled anymore.”
Locals recall shattered windows, mangled bodies, and flames lighting up the night after powerful explosion near Sis Ganj gurdwara.
In Bihar, meat isn’t just food — it’s identity, ritual, and quiet rebellion. A reporter discovers that in a state often dismissed as “backward,” the freedom to eat is still a deeply democratic act.
As Bihar goes to vote, people are sifting through an 'auction of hope'. Cash transfers, welfare schemes and job pledges have dominated campaigns led by Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav, but widespread unemployment, migration and mistrust have left people questioning who can deliver real change
Bihar votes in the first phase of Assembly polling on Thursday, with 121 constituencies across 18 districts going to the ballot. The high-stakes contest stretches from the Kosi–Mithila belt to Patna.
Anand Mohan, a murder convict who was released early by Nitish Kumar in 2023, remains an instance of Bihar’s uneasy nexus of caste, crime, and politics. His son Chetan Anand and wife lovely Anand carry forward his controversial legacy.
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