This special report focuses on the trend of political parties fielding celebrity singers in Bihar's elections. The bulletin covers Bhojpuri superstar Khesari Lal Yadav's campaign as a Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate in the Saran constituency, a region politically significant for the party and currently represented by BJP's Rajiv Pratap Rudi. It also highlights the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) promotion of Maithili singer Maithili Thakur in the Darbhanga region, particularly in the Alinagar constituency, which was formerly an RJD stronghold represented by Abdul Bari Siddiqui. A journalist in the bulletin recounts an interaction with Khesari Lal Yadav, quoting him as saying, 'I should have told you earlier that you were a ladies reporter. We would have honored you.'
In an exclusive interview with India Today, legal expert Harish Salve discussed the constitutional crisis in West Bengal following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's refusal to resign despite losing her seat and the decisive mandate against her party.
An India Today ground report from Tehran details the ongoing conflict, its impact on the city's infrastructure and how Iranians have gathered at Enghelab Square to demonstrate solidarity and unity amid war.
The Congress state unit in Tamil Nadu held an online meeting and decided to extend support to TVK. Congress is seeking a power-sharing agreement and is likely to demand two cabinet portfolios, along with a few board and corporation chairman posts, and other government roles such as trust members and directors.
Watch as India Today's Geeta Mohan brings this exclusive ground report from Iran's fourteenth-century Golestan Palace, which was damaged during the US-Israel airstrikes on Tehran.
