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The two senior BJP leaders will visit the state separately every month to take stock of the party organisation ahead of the elections, said West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh.

Arora also said he is confident that the EC will be able to hold the next set of assembly polls on time and the internal exercise for those is already underway. Elections are due in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry in May-June next year.

The political leader of Australias Victorian state says despite incredibly complex negotiations, he is confident Januarys Australian Open tennis tournament will proceed.

The SP Chief alleged that while the government was seemingly busy in programmes such as the ‘Mission Shakti’ and ‘Pink Booth’, females were forced to commit suicide amid the rising crime-rate against women in UP.

In a series of meetings on Tuesday in Kolkata, senior BJP leaders discussed the party's election strategies with state leaders.

Apart from Bengaluru, Faridabad, Indore and Hyderabad, cities such as London, Moscow, Toronto, Brasilia, Dubai and Melbourne have also been selected.

Kumar, who took oath for yet another term in office the previous evening, drove down to the party's headquarters on Birchand Patel Marg here after completing businesses of the day which included the distribution of portfolios among his cabinet colleagues.

Leading the protest, Purvanchal Morcha president Kaushal Mishra called the chief minister "anti-Purvanchali" and said that the ban has hurt the religious sentiments of the people from Bihar and Purvanchal settled in Delhi.

The GDP will stage an impressive recovery in FY22, with a growth of 13 per cent on the low base and benefits of the vaccine, Goldman Sachs said in a report.

Rao had filed a bail application and a writ petition seeking he be shifted to Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai immediately, owing to his "diminishing neurological and physical health condition".

West Bengal Minister of State for Women and Child Development and Social Welfare Sashi Panja said doctored videos are being circulated to create confusion among the people.

In a statement issued by the state government on Tuesday, WHO Country Representative Roderico Ofrin said the UP government's strategic response by stepping up contact tracing efforts is exemplary and can serve as a good example.

In the past week, the fires declined from a high of 3,508 on November 10 to nine on Monday, November 16, according to data provided by the Punjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC).

Many of Australia's cricketers have not seen their families for months while playing under novel coronavirus protocols but they remain in good spirits as they prepare to meet India over the home summer, wicketkeeper Alex Carey said on Tuesday.

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar was speaking at a webinar organised by the Press Council of India (PCI) on the 'Role of media during the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on media' on National Press Day.

The girls had gone to the field in the afternoon to get vegetables but did not return, the police said. The family members of the victims have alleged that the assailants killed the girls after an unsuccessful attempt to rape them, the officer said.