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Nishant Ranjan

Nishant Ranjan

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The lack of a timely Census has muddied the SIR debate | Number Theory

An official collects data for Census.(HT Photo)

Published on Jan 09, 2026 08:47 am IST

Are SIR deletions mostly about double counting?

Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and their teams check and collect enumeration forms as voters fill them out and queue to submit them during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Prayagraj (Nitin Sharma)

Updated on Jan 08, 2026 10:42 am IST

The caste of national, state presidents of BJP and Congress – II | Number Theory

File Photo / Representational Image

Updated on Jan 07, 2026 09:07 am IST

The caste of national and state presidents of BJP and Congress-I | Number Theory

HT photo

Updated on Jan 05, 2026 08:50 am IST

Magic realist who fused poetry, prose, elevated the dull to the extraordinary

Vinod Kumar Shukla (PTI)

Published on Dec 24, 2025 04:32 am IST

What would a BJP-SAD reset mean for Punjab? | Number Theory

File Photo / Representational Image

Updated on Dec 08, 2025 09:10 am IST

How is Nitish Kumar’s current govt different from his other ones | Number Theory

PTI picture(PTI)

Updated on Nov 21, 2025 07:30 am IST

9 lives and counting: Nitish Kumar's chief ministerial run in Bihar

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar making an addres during JDU Legislature Party meeting in Patna on Wednesday(Santosh Kumar/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Nov 20, 2025 10:45 am IST

How did castes perform in Bihar assembly polls? | Number Theory

Women wait for their turn to cast votes during the Bihar assembly elections, in Bihar's West Champaran.(HT)

Published on Nov 17, 2025 08:29 am IST

The resurrection of ‘coalition of extremes’ in Bihar

PTI photo

Published on Nov 15, 2025 06:44 am IST

Three key takeaways from Bihar results | Number Theory

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Updated on Nov 15, 2025 06:38 am IST

Part 2: Are constituencies cast(e) in stone in Bihar? | Number Theory

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Updated on Nov 11, 2025 08:43 am IST

Are constituencies in Bihar cast in stone? | Number Theory

AFP picture

Updated on Nov 10, 2025 09:08 am IST

A contest of competing caste elites in Bihar | Number Theory

Bihar Vidhan Sabha building.

Updated on Nov 06, 2025 08:15 am IST

Why caste struggle is not class struggle in Bihar anymore | Number Theory

Bihar’s story cannot be captured through statistics or campaign slogans. It demands a long historical lens. (HT Photo)

Published on Nov 05, 2025 08:35 am IST

Mapping caste equations in Bihar's assembly | Number Theory

The Bihar legislative assembly building in Patna.

Published on Nov 03, 2025 08:38 am IST

New HT caste database of Bihar MLAs to read election pulse

New HT caste database of Bihar MLAs to read election pulse

Updated on Oct 31, 2025 01:34 pm IST

The history of caste in the Bihar assembly - 1 | Number Theory

Election paraphernalia on display at a shop in Patna ahead of Bihar assembly polls 2025. (Santosh Kumar/ HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 31, 2025 07:17 pm IST

The social composition of Bihar election candidates | Number Theory

A voter awareness message by ECI in Patna.(PTI)

Updated on Oct 29, 2025 08:41 am IST

Bihar polls: Social composition of candidates in the fray

Booth-level officers (BLOs) verifying documents of voters during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Patna, Bihar.(HT File Photo)

Updated on Oct 28, 2025 07:20 am IST

Muslims in the Bihar assembly in the last six decades | Number Theory

Representational image.(AFP)

Updated on Oct 27, 2025 08:44 am IST

What history tells us about Bihar’s 2025 contest

RJD’s decision to ally with the JD(U) in the 2015 assembly elections, and also accept Nitish Kumar’s leadership in the alliance needs to be seen in the backdrop of the continuous slide the RJD suffered in Bihar between 2000 and 2010.(ANI)

Updated on Oct 07, 2025 02:09 am IST

Gopalganj sees max share of deletions, more women out

A comparison of district-wise elector numbers as on 24 June 2025, draft roll published on 1 August 2025 and the final list published on 30 September 2025 shows that there is not much change in district-wise ranking if one were to compare the deletion of voters pre and post SIR. (HT Photo)

Published on Oct 01, 2025 04:22 am IST

Bihar SIR ends, final roll lists 74.2 million names

In all, at the end of the controversial process, the number of deletions stood at 6.9 million names and the number of additions stood at 2.15 million. (HT Photo)

Published on Oct 01, 2025 01:54 am IST

Can Congress pull off a delicate balancing act in Assam? Part 2 | Number Theory

Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi (centre).(PTI)

Updated on Sept 25, 2025 08:33 am IST

Demographic ghosts dominate Assam’s politics – Part 1 | Number Theory

Representational image.(PTI)

Published on Sept 24, 2025 09:00 am IST

How Modi, at 75, stacks up against India's other PMs | Number Theory

PM Narendra Modi is only the second prime minister, after Jawaharlal Nehru, to begin his stint in parliament as the prime minister.(REUTERS FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Sept 17, 2025 02:36 am IST

How the BJP alliance won Maharashtra

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis of BJP (centre) along with deputy CM Eknath Shinde of Shiv Sena (left) and deputy CM Ajit Pawar of NCP (right) at a press conference in Mumbai.(Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)

Published on Sept 15, 2025 02:02 pm IST

Three charts which capture Shibu Soren’s legacy | Number Theory

Shibu Soren at Parliament House in New Delhi in 2011. He died on Monday, August 4, 2025.

Updated on Aug 05, 2025 08:36 am IST

Bihar SIR: Key takeaways from draft electoral roll after ECI’s revision

A painter paints a wall to create awareness among voters ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections 2025 at the state election department premises, in Patna on Friday.(ANI)

Published on Aug 02, 2025 08:25 am IST

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