Allegations of money changing hands for ticket distribution, in-charge accused of running Bihar unit like a “corporate, acting on advice of a consultant”

Could Nitish be forced to walk into the sunset? Or, would he fight the final battle of his political career if deprived of the chief ministership? The answers to all such questions will depend on the numbers the new House throws up

The tahsildar denied permission to the RSS as two Dalit organisations, Bhim Army and Dalit Panthers, had also sought permission for a procession on the same route at Chittapur in Kalaburagi district.

The case began on October 16 after police received a report of the alleged rape and registered a case of sexual assault under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The Naga People’s Front (NPF) and Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio’s Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), formed in 2017 by NPF rebels who supported Rio, merged under the NPF banner on Saturday.

According to official sources, the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Secretary Manoj Pandit, who is also the returning officer for the elections, has sent three postal ballots to the Kathua jail superintendent for the jailed Doda MLA.

Travel writing, said Booker winner Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka, “could be anything… political, subjective and sometimes, it reveals who the author really is rather than the destination.”

Aly, who has also been a university professor and counter-terrorism expert, is the first Muslim woman to be elected to the Australian Parliament, and the country’s first Muslim cabinet minister. Edited excerpts: 

Sovan Chatterjee, who had quit TMC in 2018 to join BJP, met West Bengal CM in Darjeeling earlier this week

Captain Ravindra Nath Mishra was shot dead in 1995 by his own constable. The Jharkhand High Court pulled up the Union and the Central Reserve Police Force for denying his wife her rights

News portal calls police action 'shocking and unlawful', 'nothing short of an attempt to intimidate and silence independent journalism'

Move follows rounds of meetings with PMO; in consultations NITI Aayog had questioned what happens if the institute again seeks a bailout in future.

They were immediately taken to hospital and are now stable, said police, who attributed the incident to an alleged rivalry between two groups in the community. However, some locals linked it to the alleged rape of a trans person.

BJD sources say Patnaik’s words are a clear indication that he intends to remain at the helm of the party. The messaging is also significant amid recent dissent among some leaders over certain decisions.

Asked about his next step if J&K is not given statehood soon, Abdullah said “all the ways are open before us”.

Poaching, habitat loss, and human encroachment drove the blackbuck population down, with the state declaring it locally extinct in 2017. That changed when the state came up with a five-year revival plan.

Takkalappalli Vasudeva Rao alias Rupesh, 59, is also believed to have been involved in the killings of former Andhra Pradesh home minister A Madhav Reddy and young IPS officer Umesh Chandra in 1999.

The duo was arrested in March this year in connection with a “derogatory” video shot at the headquarters of the opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).

The bench said that the Supreme Court “has consistently cautioned that a CBI investigation should not be directed as a matter of routine or merely because a party casts certain aspersions or harbors a subjective lack of confidence in the State police”.

This year, Kerala witnessed early monsoon on May 24 as against its usual arrival on June 1. The usual date for the complete monsoon retreat from the country is October 15.

On a two-day visit to New Delhi, Australian Minister for Multicultural Affairs Anne Aly hailed the role of Indian-Australians in strengthening trade, economic relations; says modern Australia is a migrant nation

According to the police, the incident stemmed from a dispute over the decision to fill gravel in the village area.

66% of the total treatments worth Rs 1.29 lakh crore were in the private sector. Most sought treatments are haemodialysis and common medical maladies such as fever.

J&K CM Omar Abdullah announced the revival of the practice this winter, stating his cabinet had given its nod for restoration of “full Darbar Move’’ and that the LG has approved the file.