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The names include international shooter Shreyasi Singh from Jamui constituency and former MP Hari Manjhi from Bodhgaya. Singh had joined the party on Sunday.

Responding to questions about the political war announced against him by LJP president Chirag Paswan, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar recalled the assistance extended by his party to the LJP during and right after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Rahul Gandhi said if these laws are implemented, farmers and labourers will become the "slaves" of a few corporates. He said in one or two years, their land would be taken over by these few "chosen" corporates.

The Finance Ministry report said data for the 14-day period from September 17 to 30 suggests that India may have crossed the peak of COVID-19 caseload.

Police said that one of the arrested persons Ishfaq Majeed Koka is the elder brother of slain terrorist Burhan Koka, ex-chief of the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, an offshoot of the Al Qaeda in J&K.

India also asked Pakistan to construct the required infrastructure, including a bridge, to ensure safe movement of pilgrims over a stretch that gets waterlogged during rains.

The video shared by Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala on Thursday evening showed Hathras district magistrate issuing a veiled threat to the victim's father.

A report has been lodged against the accused and efforts are on to nab him. The accused will be taken into custody soon, said a police officer.

All the charges, from obstructing a civil servant from discharging his/her duty to criminal conspiracy, were rejected by Special CBI court Judge SK Yadav in his 2,300-page verdict.

The Dalit woman, who died in a Delhi hospital a fortnight after she was gang-raped, was cremated in the early hours of Wednesday. Her family alleged the local police forced them to conduct the last rites in the dead of the night.

A Mumbai-based surgeon says she feels very strongly about the unfair treatment being meted out to the medical community. Each of her sketches paints a story of the duress that healthcare workers are in.

The report indicated that there was a reduction in the 'antibody seroprevalence' from 28.7 per cent in August to 25.1 per cent in September.

Last week, a group of people had moved the Mathura court over the 17th century Shahi Idgah mosque they claim was built at the birthplace of Krishna, within the 13 acre premises of the Katra Keshav Dev temple.

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan said "none of the issues in the petition have been flagged before the Union of India" and the plea was made on claims of a Member of Parliament and news reports in the public domain.

In a statement, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said China's insistence on the location of the LAC is contrary to the commitments made by it in several bilateral agreements in 1993, 1996 and 2005.

Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria said the Indian Air Force has responded to the situation with rapidity and is fully resolved to counter any "misadventure” in the region.