Patna: Surmounting anti-incumbency of 15 years, a mutinous former ally, and a spirited challenge from a resurgent opposition that rose from its ashes like a proverbial phoenix after the 2019 Lok Sabha poll debacle, Nitish Kumar- led NDA was back in power in Bihar on Wednesday with a slender majority.

Senior lawyer and Supreme Court Bar Association President Dushyant Dave on Tuesday sought to know from the Supreme Court registry how a bail appeal filed by Republic TV anchor Arnab Goswami was listed urgently for a hearing on Wednesday when similar cases have been pending for months, Bar and Bench reported.

Kanniyakumari (TN): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday said there was no need for withdrawing the general consent given to the CBI to probe cases in the state like some others including Kerala, but said such a move may be considered if the need arises.

Patna: The RJD on Tuesday night alleged that 119 candidates who were initially declared winners were not issued certificates and were later told that they had lost elections.

Patna: All India Majlis-e-Ittihadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief, Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday night added that in the situation that his party emerges as the deciding factor in Bihar assembly elections, the party as a whole will take a call on whether to support the RJD led Mahagadtbandhan or not.

New Delhi: After the Congress failed to put up a good show in Bihar elections and bypolls elsewhere, party leaders on Tuesday again questioned the reliability of EVMs, even as the Election Commission asserted that the machines are "absolutely robust and tamper-proof".

Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal on Tuesday evening alleged that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was misusing office to manipulate Bihar election results.

Shillong: Meghalaya Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh on Tuesday admitted a no-confidence motion moved by the Opposition Congress against the ruling NPP-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) for its "failure to deliver on all fronts" since forming the government in 2018.