NEW WORRY AS STATES WITH FEWER CASES SEE COVID SPURT Even as states with relatively smaller caseloads have been reporting a spurt in Covid cases, the Centre has dispatched high-level teams to Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to help them tackle the spread of the disease. While
LEADERS UNHAPPY WITH CONGRESS FUNCTIONING FREE TO LEAVE: ADHIR Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday slammed party colleague Kapil Sibal over his Bihar poll debacle introspection remark, saying those unhappy with the party's functioning are free to leave instead o
PM AND BIDEN TALK; FLAG COVID, CLIMATE CHANGE AND INDO-PACIFIC In their first conversation since the results of the US election earlier this month, US President-elect Joe Biden called Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday night, during which the PM congratulated Biden and reiterated New D
NITISH KUMAR TAKES OATH AS BIHAR CM FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT TERM Nitish Kumar was sworn in as Bihar chief minister for a fourth straight term on Monday at a ceremony in Patna in presence of Union Home minister Amit Shah and BJP chief Jagat Prakash Nadda even as RJD decided to boycott the eve
SITHARAMAN UNVEILS DIWALI STIMULUS OF RS 2.65 LAKH CR Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced tax relief on select home sale deals, enhanced credit guarantee programme for small businesses and provided incentives for new job creation as the government widened stimulus m
INDIA, CHINA ON VERGE OF REACHING AGREEMENT TO RESOLVE BORDER STANDOFFIndia and China may be on the verge of a breakthrough in resolving the oversix-month-long tense border standoff in eastern Ladakh with both sidesbroadly agreeing on a three-step process on disengagement of troops andwithdrawal of
NDA WINS BIHAR ELECTIONS: ALL RESULTS DECLARED NDA - 125 (BJP -74, JD(U) - 43, HAM(S) - 4, VIP - 4) Mahagathbandhan - 110 (RJD - 75, INC - 19, CPI ML - 12, CPI - 2, CPM - 2) AIMIM 5 LJP 1 BSP 1 Independent 1 Vote percentages RJD (23.11%) BJP (19.46%) JD (U) (15.39%)
BIHAR VOTE COUNT BEGINS: LEADS SO FAR POINT TO A TIGHT RACE The leads at 0945 IST (Total seats 243, leads available from all 243): NDA (JD(U)/46 + BJP/59 + Others/8) = 113 Mahagathbandhan (RJD/72 + Cong/28 + CPI (ML)/6 + Others/7) = 113 LJP / 8 Others / 9
NO THAW IN INDIA-CHINA TALKS, ANOTHER ROUND SOON The deadlock between India and China over the military standoff in eastern Ladakh continues, with the eighth round of meetings between senior military commanders from both sides failing to achieve any breakthrough. Both sides, however, "ag
US POLL OUTCOME WILL NOT IMPACT TIES WITH INDIA, SAYS MEA As the world awaits the result of the American presidential election, India on Friday said the global strategic partnership between the two countries have a very strong bipartisan support in the US, suggesting that the bilateral t
