HISTORICAL FACTS: 18 - The Untold Story

‘Bihar voter roll revision unclear’: Ex-EC points at gaps in the exercise

On June 24, ECI announced that it will hold a special intensive revision of voter rolls in Bihar, which will require voters in Bihar to prove their citizenship, an eligibility criterion to be a voter in India under Section 23 of the Representation of People’s Act. 

Newslaundry · Jul 17, 2025

Meet BJP’s ‘Bihar ke yuvaon ki aawaaz’: Misogynistic posts, vulgar remarks, ‘black magic’ claims

Last week, a man from Bihar was booked in three separate FIRs – for morphing Rahul Gandhi’s face onto a sanitary pad in a video mocking a Congress campaign to distribute pads across the state.

Newslaundry · Jul 16, 2025

‘BLO used as scapegoat’: Ajit Anjum booked after video on Bihar voter roll revision gaps

An FIR has been registered against independent journalist Ajit Anjum in Bihar’s Begusarai district for allegedly spreading misinformation about the voter roll revision exercise in Bihar.

Newslaundry · Jul 14, 2025

India Electoral Roll Revision Sparks Fear And Fury

Indian election officials have given voters in Bihar state just weeks to prove their citizenship, requiring documents few possess in a registration revamp set to be applied nationwide, triggering disenfranchisement fears.

International Business Times · Jul 10, 2025

Fears new ID rules could deny millions right to vote in key Indian election

Voters must prove their citizenship by providing documents – but in rural Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, a lack of record-keeping could see millions taken off the electoral roll. Namita Singh reports

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2025

Reporters Without Orders Ep 375: Four curious deaths in Kashmir, reclaiming Buddha in Bihar

This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by The Caravan’s Sunil Kashyap, and Jatinder Kaur Tur.

Newslaundry · Jul 5, 2025

TN, Maharashtra, Bihar and WB police cite contested law to take down tweets

The Tamil Nadu Police Department has sent X (formerly Twitter) two notices to remove tweets mocking the state government, Chief Minister MK Stalin and Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin. These notices were sent on April 23, 2025, under Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, a contested provision. 

Newslaundry · Jul 1, 2025

Memory, movement, and marginality: Memoir of a tribal modernist

For a life that could possibly be best described as eventful, a slim memoir can often run out of breath in reliving its sweep. This sense of life outpacing memory isn't surprising for the Oxford-educated tribal leader from the Chotanagpur plateau in Jharkhand (then in undivided Bihar), who went on…

Newslaundry · May 24, 2025

Was protocol violated in BSF braveheart’s funeral?

The Bihar government has drawn flak over the funeral of BSF sub-inspector Mohammed Imteyaz, a 53-year-old paratrooper from Bihar’s Saran district who was killed in action along the RS Pura sector of Jammu and Kashmir on May 10.

Newslaundry · May 14, 2025

‘Shelling is our reality’: Evacuees in Jammu camps on attacks, bunkers, and livelihoods

Note: This story was reported three hours before the ceasefire was announced on May 10.

Newslaundry · May 12, 2025