Patna| In Bihar, the portfolios of ministers of the cabinet have been divided in the first meeting of the cabinet headed by Nitish Kumar. The Chief Minister has kept with him the Home ministry, General Administration, Cabinet Secretariat, Monitoring and Election Department, all the departments which have not been allotted to anyone. Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad has been given the responsibility of Finance, Commercial Tax, Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Disaster Management, Information Technology, and City Development. In the previous government, the finance department was with Sushil Kumar Modi, who has not got a place in the Nitish government this time.

Noida (UP): The Gautam Buddh Nagar police has stepped up vigilance and intensified checks at its borders with Delhi following the arrest of two suspected terrorists in the national capital, officials said on Wednesday.

Lucknow: Vice-president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board and prominent Muslim cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq is in serious condition at a hospital here, according to his family.

New Delhi: An NDTV report on Wednesday quoted Congress leader in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chaudhry slamming the criticizing leaders from the party. Chaudhry has said those criticizing the Congress can join another paty or start a new one instead of indulging in “embarrassing activities”.

Mumbai: BJP MLA Ram Kadam and his supporters were detained in Mumbai on Wednesday when they were planning to take out a march to Palghar over their demand for a CBI probe into the lynching of three persons there in April this year, a police official said.

Mumbai: Mumbai police on Wednesday asked Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel to appear before them on November 23 over "objectionable comments" on social media aimed at spreading communal tension.

Vadodara: At least 10 people were killed and 16 others injured when a mini-truck in which they were traveling rammed into another truck on the outskirts of Gujarat's Vadodara city early Wednesday morning, police said.

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday sought the Centre's nod for shutting down markets which could be COVID-19 hotspots, as authorities spelled out a fortified strategy including increasing ICU beds, doubling the testing capacity to 1 to 1.2 lakh, and deploying around 8000 surveillance teams in the wake of an alarming spike in cases.