13 Dec, 23:31 (IST)

The Congress on Thursday tweeted its best wishes to Kamal Nath, naming him as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh after a tense race for the state's top post.

13 Dec, 22:56 (IST)

Parts of Uttarakhand received fresh snowfall on Thursday. Visuals from Kapkot village in Bageshwar district.

13 Dec, 21:21 (IST)

Joint troops of 158 Battalion and 218 Battalion CRPF and Jharkhand Police busted CPI(Maoist)'s hideout and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition, earlier today in Gumla district of Jharkhand.

13 Dec, 20:38 (IST)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review progress with regard to 'Ease of Doing Business' in New Delhi.

13 Dec, 18:25 (IST)

The Associated Press: UK PM Theresa May confirms she will quit before next UK election, scheduled for 2022.

13 Dec, 17:56 (IST)

Supreme Court will tomorrow pronounce the judgment in Rafale deal case.

13 Dec, 16:26 (IST)

Cyclone warning centre, Visakhapatnam: Y'day's well marked low pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal intensified into depression & centred about 1330 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam. It's likely to intensify into deep depression in next 12 hrs & cyclone in subsequent 24 hrs.

13 Dec, 13:45 (IST)

Ashok Gehlot likely to be Rajasthan Chief Minister, announcement soon, say sources.

13 Dec, 13:31 (IST)

K Chandrashekar Rao takes oath as Telangana Chief Minister for second time.

13 Dec, 11:31 (IST)

Supreme Court today issued a notice to Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, after hearing a petition filed by Satish Ukey, claiming that the CM had allegedly concealed the pendency of two criminal cases against him in his 2014 election affidavit.

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The focus of coverage will be on Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan where the Congress will take a final on its chief ministerial candidates for the two states. In Madhya Pradesh, Congress state unit chief Kamal Nath has emerged as the frontrunner for the top post, while in Rajasthan senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot seems leading the race. Gehlot and Pilot will meet Congress national president Rahul Gandhi in the national capital.

Meanwhile, the winter session of Parliament is underway. The contentious issues like Rafale fighter deal and alleged “breakdown of institutions RBI and CBI” will be discussed in the Lok Sabha during the session under Rule 193, which does not entail voting, news agency ANI reported. Winter Session of Parliament, which could not function properly on the first working day on Wednesday, is expected to be a smooth affair from Thursday onwards.

In West Bengal, a three-member delegation of the BJP will meet government official to discuss over the party's Rath Yatra, which was slated to be held in several parts of the state. In an unrelated development, the Editor’s Guild of India (EGI) on Wednesday suspended the membership of former Union Minister of State for External Affairs M. J. Akbar and ex Tehlka magazine editor, Tarun Tejpal over the allegations of sexual misconduct.