India

Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam demanded that party leaders who were responsible for taking decisions in Bihar polls should be held accountable for the dismal show, but defended Rahul Gandhi.

Provisions related to deemed registration under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) law may also be tightened to prevent misuse of such provisions by fake dealers.

The report titled 'Finance Commission in COVID Times' would be submitted to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday.

Power consumption in the country was recorded at 46.52 BU during November 1-15 last year, according to the power ministry data.

The announcement was made jointly by BE, Dynavax Technologies Corporation (Dynavax), a USbased vaccine focused biopharmaceutical company, and Baylor College of Medicine, a health sciences university in Houston.

The companies together generated Rs 1.3 lakh crore of net profit during Q2, which is the highest net profit generated by the listed companies during any quarter in the past.

Without naming Pakistan, Jaishankar said one of India's immediate neighbours was indulging in statesponsored crossborder terrorism.

Karti P Chidambaram made the cryptic comment while tagging a tweet by senior party colleague Kapil Sibal on his interview to English daily 'Indian Express' about the Bihar poll outcome.

People prepare new account books and perform pujas in the new book known as the Chopda. On Gujarati New Year, people worship Goddess Lakshmi.

It is the first annual pilgrimage season at the hill temple after the coronavirus outbreak.

"Best wishes to all of you on the auspicious occasion of Bhai Dooj," Modi tweeted. On 'Bhai Dooj', sisters pray for the long life of their brothers.

The records for Diwali during the past year were comparatively low. The AQI was 337 on Diwali and 368 the next day in 2019; while it was 281 on Diwali day and 390 on the next day in 2018.

The voting for the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in 8 phases from November 28 to December 22.

According to police, the cooking gas cylinder belonged to Mukhtabai and it was leaking. Without realising the leakage, she lit the stove leading to the cylinder explosion.

Police said the accused was previously involved in more than 30 criminal cases, including robbery, dacoity, cow-smuggling and attempt to murder in Delhi and Haryana.

Surappa has asserted he has done no wrong and said he was ready to face any probe, soon after the state government on November 13 announced constituting an enquiry committee under retired high court judge P Kalaiyarasan to go into allegations of corruptio...