India

The ruling alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (United) in Bihar is over, Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar Tuesday announced in a meeting with party leaders after several days of intense political speculation in the state.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has sought time from the Governor to meet at 1 PM on Tuesday amid turbulence in the ruling JD(U)-BJP alliance.

Widespread and extremely heavy rain is expected to continue over central India and the west coast of India over the next 3-4 days, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday.

A 14-year-old Dalit boy died in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi after he was beaten by upper caste Hindu men.

"We will take a decision tomorrow after all our leaders review the situation," said Bihar minister and senior JD(U) leader Vijay Choudhary.

Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu on Monday defeated Michelle Li of Canada in the final badminton match of women's singles at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham.

Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament and senior advocate, Kapil Sibal, has expressed his displeasure over some of the recent judgements passed by the Supreme Court saying he has "no hope left" in the institution.

The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy organization in the United States has criticized the decision of an Indian court to deny bail to Siddique Kappan, a Muslim journalist "who is a prisoner of conscience since his arrest on false charges two years ago in Uttar Pradesh."

The Uttar Pradesh Police have launched a preliminary inquiry into allegations that state minister Rakesh Sachan fled from a courtroom in Kanpur after being convicted in an Arms Act case.

Following Bihar CM Nitish Kumar skipped a meeting of the NITI Aayog Governing Council held by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, JD(U) Monday called for a meeting of its MLAs in Patna.

Delhi on Sunday registered 2,423 new coronavirus cases, and the national capital city’s positivity rate was recorded at 14.97%. The positivity rate was the highest since January 22, when it was 16.4%.

The indomitable Nikhat Zareen added a Commonwealth Games light flyweight (50kg) title to her bulging trophy cabinet while Amit Panghal (51kg) began his redemption journey with a much-needed gold winning show on Sunday.