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Will momentum from the first phase carry forward to the second in the form of record high voter turnout? Could the second phase mark the turning point of the high-stakes Bihar election 2025? Which side will exit polls favour? Answers to all these questions will be decided today as 3.7 crore voters head to polling booths in 122 seats across Bihar, including in districts bordering West Bengal, Jharkhand and Nepal. In this phase, the electoral fate of 1,302 candidates hangs in the balance. Among key seats are Jamui, Katihar, Bhagalpur, Ghosi and Chanpatia. For Nitish Kumar, who has been administered…

The battle for Bihar reaches its decisive moment today as polling begins at 7:00 AM for the second and final phase of the 2025 Assembly elections. With ballots being cast across 122 constituencies in 20 districts, this phase will determine the fate of several key contenders, and possibly the direction of the state’s political future. Voting will continue till 5:00 PM, with additional time granted to those already standing in queues when polling officially ends. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has deployed extensive security measures to ensure a smooth and peaceful process across 45,399 polling centres. This phase will…

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government Monday announced that the central jail will be handled by an IPS officer, while suspending two prison officials and transferring another official after videos of inmates using cell phones and reveling in the jail premises resurfaced last week, leading to a political storm in the state.The newly viral videos allegedly show notorious inmates, including serial rapist Umesh Reddy and suspected ISIS recruiter Juhad Hameed Shakeel Manna, talking over smartphones and receiving other preferential treatment in Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara central jail. Announcing strict measures in response, Karnataka Home Affairs Minister G. Parameshwara told reporters in Bengaluru Monday, “We…

Bihar Election 2025 Phase 2 Voting LIVE: Voting for the second phase of the Bihar Assembly elections begins on Tuesday, 11 November, with 122 constituencies going to the polls. Campaigning concluded on Sunday, with top leaders from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Mahagathbandhan making their final appeals to voters. Counting of votes is scheduled for Friday, 14 November. The elections are being closely watched as both alliances strive to secure a mandate in a politically crucial state that often influences national trends. Key Points Of Bihar Elections 2025 The first phase, held on 6 November, covered 121…

Ron Adar/Shutterstock For years, John Krasinski was known as a major sitcom star, leading the ensemble cast of “The Office” for more than a decade. These days, of course, Krasinski is known as an action hero thanks to his titular role in Amazon’s “Jack Ryan.” But his role as U.S. Marine-turned-CIA desk agent Jack Ryan wasn’t Krasinski’s first attempt at being a military man on screen. In 2016, he starred in a Michael Bay-directed action movie revolving around one of the decade’s biggest political scandals, “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities reported on Monday the discovery of a property used as a clandestine grave site in a town near the Caribbean resort of Cancun, where the remains of at least 16 people have been found so far, though they have not yet been identified.According to Quintana Roo Attorney General Raciel López Salazar, the site was located in the town of Leona Vicario, 26 miles (42 km) west of Cancun, and five points of “forensic interest” still need to be examined, which could raise the number of victims.The skeletal remains were found in 10 different locations,…

TNT Baz (Scott Speedman) was the right-hand man of Janine “Smurf” Cody (Ellen Barkin) during the first two seasons of “Animal Kingdom,” but fans were shocked when the character was shot to death during the Season 2 finale — on Smurf’s orders. This left a big hole in the cast for the rest of the show’s run, which was ultimately filled with flashbacks in which Baz was played by another actor. At the time, Speedman’s departure was blamed on creative choices.  “The series is based on the Australian film by David…

20th Century Fox To clear something up right away: you will not find Grogu, aka Baby Yoda, on this list. While the fatigue around his popularity was certainly annoying, he himself is more adorable than unfortunate.  There are a lot of characters across the “Star Wars” canon that have drawn ire for their irritating choices and motivations. In fact, it’s hard to find a character from “Star Wars” that hasn’t received at least one good string of bad press. The “Star Wars” fandom is not one easily satisfied or hesitant to express…

BAMAKO, Mali — Armed men in Mali killed a TikTok influencer who had posted videos in support of the West African nation’s military, authorities said Monday.“The young TikTok user Mariame Cissé was abducted by armed men on Friday while she was at the weekly market in Echel. … The following day, at dusk, the same men brought her back to Independence Square in Tonka and executed her in front of a crowd,” Yehia Tandina, the mayor of Timbuktu, told The Associated Press.The mayor of Tonka in the Timbuktu region, Mamadou Konipo, confirmed the killing but said he didn’t have more…

AMC “The Walking Dead” is full of mysteries, and for most of the series’s existence, the origin of the zombie virus was the biggest mystery of all. Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and all the other series mainstays learn plenty about the walkers that have overrun the planet, but they never do figure out where the zombies came from in the first place. The “Walking Dead” spinoffs helped give us a global view of the zombie apocalypse, but only one revealed the biggest secret in the franchise. A post-credits scene in…