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Video: Men Kneel, Plead With Woman To Contest Sarpanch Poll In Telangana
- Monday December 1, 2025
- Telangana News | Reported by Uma Sudhir
A video from Telangana's Mahabubabad district has gone viral after capturing an unusual scene: several men requesting a woman to contest the local body elections as sarpanch, with one of them even dropping to his knees and clutching her feet
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'Zero Seats, 99% Candidates Flopped': BJP Mocks Prashant Kishor's Poll Debut
- Monday November 17, 2025
- India News | Written by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Prashant Kishor's electoral debut flopped last week after his Jan Suraaj was routed in the Bihar election; Kshor's party contested 238 of the state's 243 Assembly seats but failed to win any of them, though it began the day with leads in four.
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Bihar Results LIVE: "Son Of Mallah" Mukesh Sahani's Party Trailing In All 12 Seats
- Friday November 14, 2025
- India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Vikassheel Insaan Party chief Mukesh Sahani, who bargained hard with the opposition Grand Alliance to get 12 seats for his party and the Deputy Chief Ministerial post for himself, is sharing the reverses suffered by the Mahagathbandhan.
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Bihar Results LIVE: Singer Maithili Thakur Of BJP Leads In Bihar's Alinagar, Show Early Leads
- Friday November 14, 2025
- India News | Edited by Aastha Ahuja
Folk singer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Maithili Thakur, who is contesting her first election, is leading in Alinagar, show early leads. The poll debutant joined the BJP a month before the assembly elections to "serve Bihar".
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One Less Friendly Contest In Bihar As VIP Steps Aside For RJD In Darbhanga
- Tuesday November 4, 2025
- India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal
There was drama in Bihar as campaigning for the first phase of assembly elections in the state came to a close.
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www.ndtv.com
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JNUSU Elections: Voting Concludes; Counting Begins At 9 PM, Result On November 6
- Tuesday November 4, 2025
- Education | Edited by Rahul Kumar
JNUSU Elections 2025: A total of 20 candidates are contesting for the four central panel posts - president, vice-president, general secretary, and joint secretary.
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www.ndtv.com/education
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Parties Start Declaring Candidates For Elections In Bangladesh, BNP Takes Lead
- Tuesday November 4, 2025
- World News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta
Bangladesh has taken a step closer to elections with one of the main parties in the fray, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), announcing candidates for the elections that are scheduled in February next year.
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www.ndtv.com
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'Will Win By Huge Margin': JDU Leader's Shoutout To 'Bahubali' Anant Singh
- Monday November 3, 2025
- India News | Reported by Padmaja Joshi, Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
Anant Singh, who has 28 criminal cases against him, has won the Mokama Assembly seat five times.
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"Nitish Kumar Is Chief Minister, We Are Fighting Under Him": Amit Shah To NDTV
- Saturday November 1, 2025
- India News | Edited by Debanish Achom
BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah today reiterated that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is fighting the Bihar assembly election under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
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www.ndtv.com
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Jawaharlal Nehru University Prepares For Student Union Elections Amid Left And Right Wing Contest
- Saturday November 1, 2025
- Education | Edited by Puniti Pandey
Jawaharlal Nehru University will hold student union elections on November 4, 2025, with left-wing and right-wing parties contesting key posts.
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www.ndtv.com/education
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Lowest Number Of Women Candidates In Bihar Elections In 15 Years
- Friday October 31, 2025
- India News | Reported by Ashwine Kumar Singh, Edited by Srishti Kapoor
In all, 258 women are contesting the Bihar Assembly election as against 2,357 male candidates.
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'Singhams' Of Bihar, Assam Police Set To Contest Bihar Assembly Election
- Thursday October 30, 2025
- India News | Reported by Prabhakar Kumar
Two ex-police officers are set to contest the Bihar election that begins next week. One is Shivdeep Lande, an independent candidate from Jamalpur in Munger district, and the other is Anand Mishra, the Bharatiya Janata Party pick for the Buxar seat.
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On Bihar Opposition's Deputy Chief Minister Pick, A Owaisi's Muslim Question
- Saturday October 25, 2025
- India News | Reported by Ajit Kumar Jha
In the colourful mosaic of Bihar's political landscape, where the holy Ganges and its tributaries flow with a history of resilience and renewal, and where democratic competition for votes has brought about a social churn.
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www.ndtv.com
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'Waterlogging Due To Songs?' RJD's Star Candidate Trashes Vulgarity Charge
- Wednesday October 22, 2025
- India News | Reported by Somu Anand, Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
Shatrughan Kumar Yadav aka Khesari Lal Yadav, the popular Bhojpuri actor-singer set to make a poll debut in the Bihar election, has countered his rivals' political attacks over the vulgar content in his songs
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www.ndtv.com
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INDIA Agenda: Ending 'Friendly Fights', Naming Tejashwi Yadav For Top Post
- Wednesday October 22, 2025
- India News | Reported by Prabhakar Kumar, Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
With 'friendly fights' between allies threatening the Mahagathbandhan's prospects in the upcoming Bihar election, Congress veteran Ashok Gehlot has been rushed to Patna to resolve the impasse.
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www.ndtv.com
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Video: Men Kneel, Plead With Woman To Contest Sarpanch Poll In Telangana
- Monday December 1, 2025
- Telangana News | Reported by Uma Sudhir
A video from Telangana's Mahabubabad district has gone viral after capturing an unusual scene: several men requesting a woman to contest the local body elections as sarpanch, with one of them even dropping to his knees and clutching her feet
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www.ndtv.com
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'Zero Seats, 99% Candidates Flopped': BJP Mocks Prashant Kishor's Poll Debut
- Monday November 17, 2025
- India News | Written by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Prashant Kishor's electoral debut flopped last week after his Jan Suraaj was routed in the Bihar election; Kshor's party contested 238 of the state's 243 Assembly seats but failed to win any of them, though it began the day with leads in four.
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www.ndtv.com
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Bihar Results LIVE: "Son Of Mallah" Mukesh Sahani's Party Trailing In All 12 Seats
- Friday November 14, 2025
- India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Vikassheel Insaan Party chief Mukesh Sahani, who bargained hard with the opposition Grand Alliance to get 12 seats for his party and the Deputy Chief Ministerial post for himself, is sharing the reverses suffered by the Mahagathbandhan.
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www.ndtv.com
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Bihar Results LIVE: Singer Maithili Thakur Of BJP Leads In Bihar's Alinagar, Show Early Leads
- Friday November 14, 2025
- India News | Edited by Aastha Ahuja
Folk singer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Maithili Thakur, who is contesting her first election, is leading in Alinagar, show early leads. The poll debutant joined the BJP a month before the assembly elections to "serve Bihar".
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www.ndtv.com
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One Less Friendly Contest In Bihar As VIP Steps Aside For RJD In Darbhanga
- Tuesday November 4, 2025
- India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal
There was drama in Bihar as campaigning for the first phase of assembly elections in the state came to a close.
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www.ndtv.com
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JNUSU Elections: Voting Concludes; Counting Begins At 9 PM, Result On November 6
- Tuesday November 4, 2025
- Education | Edited by Rahul Kumar
JNUSU Elections 2025: A total of 20 candidates are contesting for the four central panel posts - president, vice-president, general secretary, and joint secretary.
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www.ndtv.com/education
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Parties Start Declaring Candidates For Elections In Bangladesh, BNP Takes Lead
- Tuesday November 4, 2025
- World News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta
Bangladesh has taken a step closer to elections with one of the main parties in the fray, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), announcing candidates for the elections that are scheduled in February next year.
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www.ndtv.com
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'Will Win By Huge Margin': JDU Leader's Shoutout To 'Bahubali' Anant Singh
- Monday November 3, 2025
- India News | Reported by Padmaja Joshi, Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
Anant Singh, who has 28 criminal cases against him, has won the Mokama Assembly seat five times.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Nitish Kumar Is Chief Minister, We Are Fighting Under Him": Amit Shah To NDTV
- Saturday November 1, 2025
- India News | Edited by Debanish Achom
BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah today reiterated that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is fighting the Bihar assembly election under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
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www.ndtv.com
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Jawaharlal Nehru University Prepares For Student Union Elections Amid Left And Right Wing Contest
- Saturday November 1, 2025
- Education | Edited by Puniti Pandey
Jawaharlal Nehru University will hold student union elections on November 4, 2025, with left-wing and right-wing parties contesting key posts.
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www.ndtv.com/education
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Lowest Number Of Women Candidates In Bihar Elections In 15 Years
- Friday October 31, 2025
- India News | Reported by Ashwine Kumar Singh, Edited by Srishti Kapoor
In all, 258 women are contesting the Bihar Assembly election as against 2,357 male candidates.
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www.ndtv.com
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'Singhams' Of Bihar, Assam Police Set To Contest Bihar Assembly Election
- Thursday October 30, 2025
- India News | Reported by Prabhakar Kumar
Two ex-police officers are set to contest the Bihar election that begins next week. One is Shivdeep Lande, an independent candidate from Jamalpur in Munger district, and the other is Anand Mishra, the Bharatiya Janata Party pick for the Buxar seat.
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www.ndtv.com
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On Bihar Opposition's Deputy Chief Minister Pick, A Owaisi's Muslim Question
- Saturday October 25, 2025
- India News | Reported by Ajit Kumar Jha
In the colourful mosaic of Bihar's political landscape, where the holy Ganges and its tributaries flow with a history of resilience and renewal, and where democratic competition for votes has brought about a social churn.
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www.ndtv.com
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'Waterlogging Due To Songs?' RJD's Star Candidate Trashes Vulgarity Charge
- Wednesday October 22, 2025
- India News | Reported by Somu Anand, Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
Shatrughan Kumar Yadav aka Khesari Lal Yadav, the popular Bhojpuri actor-singer set to make a poll debut in the Bihar election, has countered his rivals' political attacks over the vulgar content in his songs
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www.ndtv.com
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INDIA Agenda: Ending 'Friendly Fights', Naming Tejashwi Yadav For Top Post
- Wednesday October 22, 2025
- India News | Reported by Prabhakar Kumar, Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
With 'friendly fights' between allies threatening the Mahagathbandhan's prospects in the upcoming Bihar election, Congress veteran Ashok Gehlot has been rushed to Patna to resolve the impasse.
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www.ndtv.com