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.

Guwahati: A case was registered against powerful Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for allegedly promoting enmity between different groups by making "false statements", days after he claimed on social media that AIUDF supporters raised "Pakistan Zindabad" slogans at the Silchar airport, police said on Tuesday.

Counting of votes for the Bihar assembly elections will take longer than usual and continue till late in the night because of 63 per cent increase in the number of EVMs, the Election Commission said on Monday.

Jalaun (UP): A jilted lover allegedly chopped the nose off a 40-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Jalaun district, police said on Tuesday.

Lucknow: The BJP was leading in four seats and trailing in two others as the counting of votes polled in seven Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats, where by-polls were held last week, progressed on Tuesday.

Mumbai: Six days after Republic TV’s Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami was arrested, the channel’s Assistant Vice President Ghanshyam Singh was on Tuesday arrested by the police.

Patna: Counting of votes got underway on Tuesday morning for the three-phase Bihar assembly elections that may herald a new era in state politics, with exit polls predicting a victory for the RJD-led Grand Alliance.