Shashwat Bhandari

Lok Sabha elections are due to held in April-May this year. Ahead of the polls, opposition parties have formed a bloc named I.N.D.I.A to take on the BJP-NDA government.

The first phase of Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in West Bengal concluded on Monday, as it stepped into Bihar from Islampur. However, it re-entered West Bengal through Debipur, Ratua in Malda district.

President Droupadi Murmu, during her budget session speech, hailed the work done by the Modi government and counted its achievements including Ram Mandir, G20, Atal Tunnel, Article 370 abrogation, managing corona, abolishing triple talaq among others.

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh asserted that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s abrupt return to the BJP-led NDA was “good riddance” for the opposition INDIA bloc in which many leaders were now “heaving a sigh of relief”.

The respondents were the TN government, represented by Principal Secretary, Department of Tourism, Culture and Religious Endowments, The Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department (HR&CE) and the Executive Officer of the Palani temple.

Hundreds of tourists were stranded due to extreme weather conditions in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu near the Atal Tunnel. The intensity of snowfall and rainfall are very likely to increase in the hill state from January end for two to three days due to two consecutive western disturbances, it said.

The Bihar chief minister succeeded in bringing together several parties in Patna but the entire process became so limp that the I.N.D.I.A bloc has failed to evolve a joint leadership.

Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Bhagwant Mann had been at loggerheads over several issues, including holding the assembly sessions and the appointments of the vice-chancellors.

Meanwhile, new revelations have been made in the Enforcement Directorate's chargesheet in the land-for-job-scam. In the chargesheet, ED has accused Lalu's daughters Misa and Hema of being involved in the scam.

Bihar political crisis: Nitish Kumar submitted his resignation to Bihar Governor Rajendra Arlekar on Sunday. He earlier sought time from him for the first half today.

Sachin Pilot, who appeared in India TV's show Aap Ki Adalat, said that regional parties are important but Congress can challenge the BJP on the national level.

Appearing in Aap Ki Adalat, Sachin Pilot spoke on I.N.D.I.A bloc future, Congress' relations with Mamata Banerjee, seat-sharing in the Opposition's alliance, rift with Ashok Gehlot amid other issues.

RJD has said that they have tried to approach Nitish Kumar but he is busy. Both RJD and Congress want Bihar CM to clear his stand on the grand alliance and I.N.D.I.A bloc's future.

In Jaipur, PM Modi Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron held wide-ranging talks to further consolidate India-France strategic cooperation, especially in areas of defence, security, trade and clean energy.

The speeding SUV was caught on camera hitting several vehicles when the driver lost control of the vehicle while attempting to overtake on a single-lane route.

Lakhs of Marathas are currently waiting for the government’s response in Navi Mumbai with government and police officials maintaining close contact with Jarange-Patil who has started a hunger strike this morning.

The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) is implementing India's first semi-high-speed regional rail service project. The corridor once fully completed will reduce travel time between Delhi and Meerut to a little less than an hour.

The Trinamool Congress had been upset with Chowdhury's repeated attacks on Banerjee. The Congress leader recently called the West Bengal chief minister an "opportunist" and said that his party would fight the polls alone.