Morning Digest: Campaigning ends for 1st phase of Bihar elections; SIR second phase begins in nine States, three U.T.s, and more

As campaigning ended on Tuesday (November 4, 2025) for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly election, leaders of both the ruling NDA and the Opposition INDIA bloc went all out in their final appeal to voters in the 121 constituencies which will go to the polls on November 6.

New Yorkers looked set to elect a young Muslim leftist as Mayor on Tuesday (November 4, 2025) as U.S. voters cast judgment for the first time on Donald Trump’s tumultuous second presidency in nationwide local elections. While Zohran Mamdani’s rise has dominated headlines, elections for Governor in Virginia and New Jersey could also be revealing gauges of the U.S. political mood nearly 10 months since Mr. Trump’s return to the White House.