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Kaushal Kumar, the District Magistrate of Supaul, confirmed the development. He said that the injured persons were admitted to a Sadar hospital and rescue operations were underway at the crash spot.

India progressed further in its attempt to realise a reusable launch vehicle (RLV)/ rocket named 'Pushpak' by successfully test landing RLV LEX-2 on Friday at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in Karnataka's Chitradurga.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has begun his state visit to Bhutan from March 22-23 and was warmly received by his counterpart, Tshering Tobgay, at Paro airport, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.

An ED team reached Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence on Thursday evening, hours after the Delhi High Court denied him protection against "coercive action" by the agency, which has issued multiple summons to him.

Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to grant interim protection to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on his plea for "no coercive action" by the ED in connection with the money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam.

The veteran Congress leader dubbed Rahul Gandhi's caste census pitch as a "departure from the historic position of the party and also amounting to disrespecting the legacy of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.”

The CWC leader also hinted at lack of coordination in the party, and said, “The participation of District and Pradesh Congress Committees in consultative process would have helped in building a broad internal consensus.”

“The freezing of Congress funds is a criminal action and it has been done with the blessings of the country's top leadership. It is a clear attempt to cripple our election campaign,” former Congress President, Rahul Gandhi said.

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed pleas seeking to stay fresh appointments to the Election Commission of India (ECI), made under the legislation which excludes the Chief Justice of India (CJI) from the process of appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and the other Election Commissioners.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday directed the replacement of four District Magistrates in West Bengal before the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls, sources in the office of the state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said.

The Enforcement Directorate, while seeking custody of BRS MLC K. Kavitha, submitted in the court on Saturday that she is one of the "key conspirators and beneficiaries" of the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.

Speaking at a media conclave, the Minister agreed that the relationship became much more complicated after 2020 but said that "it was building up over a period of time".

Announcing the dates for the Lok Sabha elections here on Saturday, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Rajiv Kumar, said an elaborate security arrangement has been put in place to look after the overall safety of the entire election process.

Announcing the Lok Sabha election schedule here on Saturday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) provided details on the country's voter list, polling booths, the number of EVMs to be used, and the security protocols to be implemented for the peaceful conduct of the polls, among other details.

The Election Commission of India on Saturday announced the schedule for the 543 parliamentary constituencies for 18th Lok Sabha elections, the biggest democratic exercise in the world involving 96.8 crore voters, including 21.5 crore young voters between age 18 to 29 years old.

A Delhi court on Saturday reserved its order on the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) application seeking Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K. Kavitha's custody in connection with the money laundering case related to the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam and is likely to pronounce it later in the day.

In an apparent reference to the arrest of BRS leader, K Kavitha, in the Delhi liquor case, the PM told a public meeting here that it was his promise to the people of Telangana that the corrupt would not be spared.

Karnataka will witness the high-stake contest on at least 12 Lok Sabha constituencies out of a total of 28 seats where two main parties Congress and BJP have announced their candidates, for almost all the seats.

However, regarding the Thoothukudi seat, the INDIA bloc, headed by DMK, is to retain its representative Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, daughter of iconic DMK leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Late M. Karunanidhi, and sister of present Chief Minister M. K. Stalin.

However, things changed in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections after Congress candidate V. K. Sreekandan won after defeating the CPI-M candidate and incumbent Minister for Local Self Government M.B. Rajesh, who was fighting his third election from the constituency.

Despite a strong note of caution from the Election Commission of India (ECI) a whopping 30,000 Non-Bailable Warrants (NBWs) for arrest in West Bengal are yet to be executed, sources said on Saturday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the enthusiastic response to the rooftop solar scheme as the number of households opting for the plan has already surpassed the 1 crore mark within the first month of its launch.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that over one crore households have already registered themselves for the PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana since its launch last month.

In a mega bid towards the creation of 'Viksit Bharat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated multiple development projects worth at least Rs 8.25 lakh crore in just 14 days this month, which is a mammoth record to build world-class infrastructure across the spectrum.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) will not ally again with Shiv Sena's (UBT) Uddhav Thackeray, nor is it in any discussions with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena’s Raj Thackeray for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.