Agra has been included in the list considering its growing population, its significance in terms of national and international tourism besides its importance from industries point of view, the minister said.

The boy's father had posted a photo of his son on the latter's Facebook page in which the child was seen standing with a gun with a bandolier on his shoulder.

On Sunday, the SP chief shared the stage with Shivpal and also touched his feet in an apparent bid to highlight unity in the Yadav family. In a show of bonhomie, Akhilesh assured party workers that the two have indeed buried the hatchet.

Party MLAs Ashok Lahiri and Agnimitra Pal and Chief Whip of the BJP legislative party Manoj Tigga accompanied Adhikari to the meeting that was held shortly after the Assembly session broke for recess in the afternoon and lasted for about five minutes.

“The VAT system was much better as it was the state government that used to collect it. Not only did it (the Centre) stop compensating for replacing VAT with GST, but it also levied five per cent GST on hospital beds and some life-saving drugs,” JD(U) spokesperson Sunil Singh said.

This is the second FIR in the case in which four men were killed in firing by CISF personnel in the intervening night of November 19 and November 20.

Paatil said people should trust PM Narendra Modi who is concerned about all classes of people. He added that the development of Gujarat in the past 20 years was brought about by Modi's hardwork and it should be continued.

This financial year, the Central government stopped releasing money to the state under various schemes, including MGNREGA and PM Awas Yojana, over allegations of rampant corruption at the lower level.

Roy, who had won the 2021 Assembly polls on BJP ticket, too had returned to the TMC last year. 

Recently, High Court called the scheme ‘illegal”, matter pending in apex court

Bhattacharya 's lawyer, however,  said there was no evidence that he was present at the Kalamandir function.

A university official said that Chakrabarty with the help of security guards left his office and reached his residence at around 2am. While Chakrabarty was leaving the office, another round of scuffle broke out between the security staff and the agitating students, he said.

The list of 18 parties indicates that state parties from different states are set to test their fortunes in the UP local body polls ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The polling for the Rampur Assembly constituency by-election is scheduled on December 5 and the canvassing for which ends on December 3. The constituency has 3.8 lakh voters with more than 55 per cent being Muslims.

While Harshada fell on one side of the road, injured, Atharva fell on the other, and a truck ran over him, killing him on the spot.

According to the figures sha-red by the Election Commission, the AAP will fight on 181 seats. In 2017, all AAP candidates who fought on 29 seats lost their deposits after the party clocked just 0.1 per cent of the total votes.

After remaining in lock-up overnight, the arrested government employees were produced in the Bankshall court. The public prosecutor sought their police custody for three days, citing injury to several police officers during the commotion.

This is the first phase of the state’s ambitious “Har Ghar Gangajal” project, which will be launched by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on November 27 (in Rajgir) and November 28 (in Gaya and Bodhgaya).

The Punjab Rajya Sabha MP said, “That (Morbi bridge collapse) exemplifies the height of corruption...that a clock manufacturing company (Ajanta/Oreva) is given the task to build a bridge...AAP will come and investigate. Those who played with the lives of people, (were) involved in corruption, they will be caught and put behind the bars.”

Though Kannauj is considered to be the Samajwadi Party's stronghold, Akhilesh's wife and former MP Dimple Yadav failed to win the seat in the last Lok Sabha elections in 2019. She lost to BJP’s Subrat Pathak by 12,353 votes.

The PAAS and NSUI leaders who joined BJP include Jayesh Patel, Uday Patel, Suraj Der, Ravi Patel and Ravi Vekariya, the release added. All these leaders joined the BJP in the presence of party general secretary Pradipsinh Vaghela and state minister Jagdish Vishwakarma.

The polling will be held from 9 am to 5 pm on both days. In Ahmedabad district, arrangements have been made at police headquarters Shahibaug for the city police. Similar facilities have also been created at Krushnagar.

During the proceedings on Thursday, CJ Kumar orally asked Advocate General (AG) Kamal Trivedi, “Does not this magnitude of tragedy warrant the superseding, takeover of the municipality,” to which Trivedi responded, “...we are waiting for SIT report.”

Modi also took on the Congress for failing to ensure access to safe drinking water in the state during their tenure. Bhavnagar will go to polls on December 1 in the first phase.