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'Congress, RJD Should Be Made To Answer': PM Modi Accuses INDIA Bloc Allies Of Abusing Bihar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Congress and RJD should be made to respond to the “abuse and insult” of Bihar and its people, in an apparent reference to alleged statements made by opposition parties like the DMK in other states. Taking a swipe at the term Mahagathbandhan – the name of the opposition alliance in Bihar – Modi said the people of the state call them “lathbandhan” (a coalition of criminals). Modi alleged the INDIA bloc “harbours hatred towards Biharis” and they should answer why. “It is unfortunate that nowadays, the allies of the lathbandhan across the country insult the people of Bihar, assault them, and harbour hatred towards Biharis,” he said during his interaction with BJP workers at a booth sammelan programme. He said: “Therefore, the Congress and RJD should be asked to answer – ‘Tell us, in such-and-such state, the people of the INDI alliance are insulting the people of Bihar, what is your response’?” He said Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar and the NDA have worked hard to bring Bihar out of “darkness”. “Today, there is no ‘jungle raj’ in Bihar, but the rule of “jan vishwas“. Today, every child in Bihar proudly says, ‘I am a Bihari’,” he said. The Prime Minister took on the opposition, especially targeting the RJD, for propagating ‘jungle raj’ in Bihar – an apparent reference to the time when Bihar was under the rule of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav. He said this will be discussed for another 100 years and no matter how hard the opposition tries to hide its misdeeds, people will not forgive it. Training his guns at the RJD-Congress tie-up on a day Tejashwi Yadav was declared the chief ministerial candidate of the opposition for the upcoming assembly elections, he said the opposition alliance is not a gathbandhan but a lathbandhan (a coalition of criminals) as all its leaders from Delhi and Bihar are out on bail. Interacting with a BJP worker, the Prime Minister said a “mahayagya” of development is going on in the country, with all-round work being carried out due to a stable government at the Centre and in Bihar. “In Bihar, work is happening in every sector, in every direction. Hospitals are being built, good schools are being established and new railway routes are being developed. A major reason for this is that there is a stable government in the country and in Bihar. When there is stability, development accelerates. This is the strength of Bihar’s NDA government as well,” he said. Bihar will go to polls in two phases on November 6 and 11. The counting of votes will take place on November 14. (With PTI inputs)

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'Canvas Is Artistic': Stunning Time-Lapse Video Gives A Glimpse Of Bengaluru Skies On Diwali Night

A time-lapse video, which also left Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman impressed, has left the internet in awe of Bengaluru’s night sky as the city celebrated Diwali. The creator of the video, Srihari Karanth, posted the one-minute video on X and said it had been shot for an hour between 7 pm and 8 pm. He did not, however, mention in which part of the city he had shot the video. Watch the video here: An hour of Deepawali lights over Bengaluru, painted into a minute! Shot between 7 and 8 PM today. #LightPainting #Fireworks pic.twitter.com/q2ovqpivdS— Srihari Karanth (@sriharikaranth) October 20, 2025 The video shows the skies in Bengaluru lighting up with fireworks. Karanth, who is an aerial content creator associated with Karnataka tourism as well, said on X: “An hour of Deepawali lights over Bengaluru, painted into a minute!” Sharing the video, Nirmala Sitharaman admired the artist’s impression of Bengaluru’s night sky on Diwali and said “this has come out so well”. “This has come out so well. The canvas is artistic. Brush strokes are camera exposure. Great effort,” Sitharaman said in a post on X. This has come out so well. The canvas is artistic. Brush strokes are camera exposure. Great effort. https://t.co/cOuH2wTFoB— Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) October 20, 2025 The post, which already has 7.84 lakh views, was much appreciated by internet users. “Absolutely brilliant. What is this photography technique called? Can we do it on iPhone? If yes how,” said an internet user while another said: “If this isn’t art what is.” Many asked Karanth how he had created such an effect, to which he said he used long exposure with the shutter open throughout the video. He said he shot the video on his GoPro 11 using the long exposure mode. “It was shot on a GoPro 11 using the long exposure mode, which keeps the shutter open until recording is stopped. The timelapse was for an hour almost,” he told an internet user.