Paras Bisht

Independence day 2022: After former prime minister Indira Gandhi's assassination, the bullet-proof glass had become a tradition and all Prime Ministers since then had addressed the nation from behind the glass.

Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on the night of May 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu by a woman suicide bomber, identified as Dhanu, at a poll rally.

The administration is keeping a close watch on the situation as more rains are expected in the region.

Amrez was shifted to a hospital for treatment where he succumbed to injuries.

The French Air and Space Force is carrying out a major long-range mission in the Indo-Pacific, code-named Pegase 22, from August 10 to September 18.

The Senior Superintendent of Police has said the matter has been noted and Circle Officer (City) has been asked to probe the quality of food provided by the mess.

Bommai, who took over from Yediyurappa as Chief Minister, completed one year in office on July 28.

A new sub-variant of COVID's Omicron variant was detected in New Delhi recently. The new sub-variant has been identified as BA-2.75 which was detected in a study report of 90 samples sent for genome sequencing.

The TMC Birbhum district president, who is in his 60s, attached copies of two prescriptions along with his letter and sought two weeks time from the officers of the probe agency to appear before them at its city office.

Nitish wanted such a majority so that the BJP could not topple the government by making a dent in it, so remained silent till the figure reached 164 through the Left and Congress and the bet was played as soon as he got the chance.

A day earlier, three LeT terrorists were neutralised by security forces in Budgam. One of the killed terrorists was involved in the killing of civilians Rahul Bhat and Amreen Bhat.

Jagdeep Dhankhar is the second vice president from Rajasthan after Bhairon Singh Shekhawat who held the office between 2002 and 2007.

JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar on Wednesday took oath as Bihar chief minister for the eighth time in a ceremony at Raj Bhawan.

BJP MP of Bihar's Begusarai, Giriraj Singh, shared a 2017 tweet of Lalu Yadav saying, "The snake has entered your house."

Nitish Kumar had joined the then Atal Behari Vajpayee govt in Centre and proved to be a good administrator in his role as railway minister, introducing computerised railway reservation among other initiatives.

Independence day 2022: In October last year, the central government had extended the jurisdiction of BSF to give its officers the powers of arrest, search and seizure to the extent of 50 kilometres, instead of earlier 15 km, from the borders inside Indian territories.

Congress has 19 MLAs in the 243-member Bihar Assembly while the JD(U) has 45, RJD 79, CPI(ML) 12, and CPI and CPI(M) each have two legislators. The BJP has 77 MLAs in Bihar while the Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) has 4. The House has one Independent MLA while one seat is vacant.

Maharashtra cabinet expansion is likely to be carried out before August 15.

The victim, identified as Somdu Madvi, a resident of Galgam village, was murdered by unidentified persons, probably Maoists, the official said.

Earlier on Friday, Congress led a nationwide protest in the Parliament House complex wearing black clothes as part of the party's stir against the government against price rise.