BJP releases the first list of 66 candidates for the Jharkhand election 2024. Party's state chief Babulal Marandi to contest from Dhanwar, Lobin Hembrom from Borio, Sita Soren from Jamtara, former CM Champai Soren from Saraikella, Geeta Balmuchu from Chaibasa, Geeta Koda from Jaganathpur, Meera Munda from Potka.
Seat-sharing talks are on with alliance partners -RJD and the Left parties for the remaining 11 seats, Hemant Soren and Congress's Jharkhand in-charge Ghulam Ahmed Mir announced in a joint presser.
More than 20 flights of various Indian airlines have received bomb threats since Saturday morning, according to sources. Flights of Air India, IndiGo, Akasa Air, Vistara, SpiceJet, Star Air and Alliance Air have received the threats, the sources said.
A layer of fog engulfed the Anand Vihar area of Delhi as the AQI drops to 334, categorised as 'Very Poor'. Meanwhile, PWD vehicles sprinkle water in the parts of the national capital to reduce dust pollution in compliance with GRAP-1.
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday continued its crackdown over communal violence in Maharajganj here as it held 26 more suspected rioters, taking the total number of arrests to 87, according to officials. Tight security arrangements were in place for Friday prayers at all mosques across the district, the officials said.
Three people were killed and 24 sustained injuries after a bus fell into a drain while trying to avoid hitting a cyclist here on Friday evening, police said. The bus, which had 53 people on board, was on its way to Siddharthnagar from Balrampur. They said The incident occurred in the Dhebaruwa area of Siddharthnagar district.
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