The Indus Waters Treaty was placed in abeyance by New Delhi following the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22, 2025, which claimed the lives of 26 innocent tourists.
The Congress party officially announced here on Friday that it expelled two of its Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad) candidates who withdrew their candidatures, allowing ruling Mahayuti candidates to win unopposed.
The BJP and JD(U) have each announced four candidates for the polls.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari made a whirlwind visit to New Delhi on Friday, meeting senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders as the newly-formed state government moves closer to finalising portfolio allocation among the 35 ministers inducted into the expanded cabinet.
Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Odisha's has achieved significant progress within a week of its launch, with enumeration forms distributed and collected from more than 1.45 crore voters, covering 43.47 per cent of the state's electorate, officials said on Friday.
The court directed authorities to provide a 15-day advance notice before any demolition is conducted.
Police Wednesday morning took the candidates of the ruling BJP and opposition Congress into confinement, as the voting for assembly bypoll at Vijaypur in Madhya Pradesh began at 7 AM.
Voting for the by-elections in six key assembly constituencies across the North East began on Wednesday, marking a crucial political event that will decide the fate of 34 candidates, many of whom are first-time contenders.
Voting for the first phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections began on Wednesday morning, with voting taking place in 43 out of the state's 81 seats.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bihar on Wednesday to lay the foundation stone for AIIMS Darbhanga as well as multiple development projects worth Rs 12,100 crore across the state.
