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New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Central Election Committee meeting on the Bihar Assembly elections has concluded, with most of the party's candidates finalised. According to sources, no further Central Election Committee meetings will be held.During the meeting, it was decided that sitting MLAs facing public dissatisfaction may be denied tickets, and several young faces could be given a chance this time.The BJP's first list of candidates is expected to be released on Monday.Sources say that the NDA alliance is united, with all alliance partners satisfied with the seat-sharing arrangement.Reports suggest that Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) President Jitan Ram Manjhi is content with the seat-sharing arrangement -- his son has been assured a key portfolio in the Bihar ...

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has overhauled its party leadership in the Dadra and Nagar Haveli Territorial Congress Committee with immediate effect, a press statement issued late Sunday by Congress National General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal. The move, approved by the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, signals a strategic realignment ahead of future electoral battles.The revamped team features four Vice-Presidents; Mahesh Dodhi, Naushad Shaikh, Ajit Mahla, and Nana Saheb Shinde.Harun Sumra has been appointed as the Congress Treasurer, tasked with overseeing the region's financial strategy.The General Secretaries include a robust line-up of Rajendra Patel, Deepak Desai, Ketan Patel, Digesh Joshi, Ritesh Rupasari, and Sadik Shaikh, who wi...

New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh has arrived in the Egyptian capital of Cairo to represent India at the Gaza Peace Summit at Sharm El-Sheikh.Taking to X, the Union Minister wrote: "Arrived in the historic city of Cairo as special representative of Prime Minister @narendramodi to attend the Gaza Peace Summit at Sharm el-Sheikh."Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday welcomed the agreement on the first phase of US President Donald Trump's peace plan by Israel and Hamas. In a post on his official X handle, PM Modi stated: “We welcome the agreement on the first phase of President Trump's peace plan. This is also a reflection of the strong leadership of PM Netanyahu. We hope the release of hostages and enhanced hum...

Bhubaneswar, Oct 12 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Sunday, brainstormed over the selection of its candidate and the devising of a strategy for the upcoming bye-election to the Nuapada Assembly constituency in Odisha during a crucial meeting of the party's core committee held at the State headquarters here, party sources said. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, State BJP President Manmohan Samal, party's state National General Secretary Sunil Bansal, and other senior party leaders attended the core committee meeting.Speaking to media persons, senior BJP leader Basanta Kumar Panda said, "We held discussions to ensure the BJP's victory in the bypolls. The party will contest the election with a meticulously planned strategy and register a victory by a huge margin."He also told th...

Amaravati, Oct 12 (IANS) Five students of a university drowned at a beach in Andhra Pradesh’s Bapatla district on Sunday.While rescue workers found the bodies of three students, the search was on for two others.The incident occurred at Vodarevu Beach in Chirala mandal of Bapatla district when a group of students were taking a bath.The pleasure trip turned tragic as strong waves swept away the group.According to police, a group of 10 students from VIT University Amaravati had gone to Vodarevu Beach to spend the Sunday.Saketh, Sai Manideep and Jeevan Sathwik were among the group who were washed away. Local fishermen and expert swimmers tried to rescue them, but in vain. Their bodies were later washed ashore.All three were from Hyderabad. Their bodies were shifted to the government hospital a...

Patna, Oct 12 (IANS) As the dust settles on the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) freshly inked seat-sharing pact for Bihar's high-stakes Assembly elections, a storm of opposition vitriol has erupted, with firebrand Purnia MP Pappu Yadav delivering a blistering taunt that paints Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as a 'political corpse', abandoned by his own allies in a calculated BJP-orchestrated demise. In a scathing post on the social media platform X, Yadav, the independent Parliamentarian known for his unfiltered barbs, zeroed in on Janata Dal (United) national executive president Sanjay Kumar Jha, accusing him of masterminding a "conspiracy to force Nitish Kumar to resign as Chief Minister". "Sanjay Jha accomplished his mission today," Yadav thundered. "The plot to finish off Nitish is c...

Lucknow, Oct 12 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met with the Gomti Task Force of 137 Composite Ecological Task Force Battalion (TA) to review the progress of the ongoing rejuvenation of the Gomti River under the National Mission for Clean Ganga.During the key meeting, Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva, Chief of Staff, Central Command, Indian Army, apprised Chief Minister Yogi of sustained efforts, including foot and boat patrols, removal of over 1000 tons of water hyacinth, and 100-plus awareness drives engaging over 70,000 citizens.“The Chief Minister appreciated the initiatives and directed the formation of an inter-departmental committee for coordinated action to restore the sacred Gomti River to its pristine glory,” Central Command of the Indian Army said in a post on X.Meanw...