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.
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.
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.
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.
Reuters: Four people were killed and 43 others were injured in a crash involving a Turkish high speed train in Ankara today according to Ankara Governor, Vasip Sahin.
Three labourers died and few others were injured in an explosion in a boiler at Krishna Steel Company in Naroli village in Silvassa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli. An investigation was underway.
A non-bailable warrant has been issued against all accused named in the Bulandshahr violence case. A policeman was killed and a civilian lost his life during the violence that took place after alleged cow slaughter.
Rajasthan unit Congress president Sachin Pilot and senior leader Ashok Gehlot will meet Rahul Gandhi in Delhi shortly to finalise the name of the chief minister of Rajasthan.
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.
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