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Posters of France President Emmanuel Macron - whose defence of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed and comments describing Islam as "a religion in crisis" have angered several Muslim-majority nations - were spotted pasted on the surface of a road in Mumbai's Muhammad Ali Road area on Thursday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi can't create jobs or revive the economy so he is making personal barbs, Bihar opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav said on Friday, responding to the latest volley of campaign attacks against him ahead of the second phase of state polls.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today took a dig at Congress leader Kamal Nath over his "bedaag" (spotless) claim and said that he cannot wash away his stains even if he uses washing powder.

The police in UP's Bhadohi today issued a lookout notice for Nishad Party MLA Vijay Mishra's son Vishnu Mishra on the suspicion that he may flee the country to evade arrest in connection with rape and other criminal cases, an official said.

A village chief's husband in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, was allegedly burnt alive and died on his way to the hospital, with his family claiming that he was killed over electoral rivalry, the police said.

Kamal Nath is no longer a "star campaigner" for the Madhya Pradesh by-polls next week, the Election Commission ordered today after a series of controversial remarks by the Congress leader.

Out of the 80 candidates in the fray for the November 3 Gujarat Assembly by-election, 18 per cent have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to a report by poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

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Kerala was adjudged the best governed state in the country while Uttar Pradesh ended at the bottom in the large states category, according to the Public Affairs Index-2020 released by the Public Affairs Centre in Bengaluru today.

Lalu Yadav did nothing for the women of Bihar except installing his wife as chief minister when he himself was jailed for corruption, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Friday, asking voters to not "get misled" by people who "ignored" women and backward classes during their time in government.

KK Sharma, an advisor to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, resigned from his post on Friday and was appointed the State Election Commissioner, an official said.

Posters of French President Emmanuel Macron were found pasted on a busy road in south Mumbai and were later removed by the police, an official said today.

The Centre has asked states to constitute committees for coordination and overseeing COVID-19 vaccination drive while ensuring minimal disruptions in other routine healthcare services, and stressed early tracking of social media to dispel rumours which could impact the community acceptance of coronavirus inoculation.

A week after a supposed breakthrough, a festering Mizoram-Assam boundary row worsened today, intensifying blockades and protests along the border between the two northeastern states.

Involvement of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba and some local terrorists has emerged in the killing of three BJP workers in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam, Inspector General of Police (IG) Vijay Kumar said on Friday.