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The BJP in Bihar on Wednesday lodged a complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with the Election Commission, accusing him of violating the model code of conduct by "asking for votes" in a tweet on a polling day.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in a series of events in Gujarat's Kevadia this week to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and inaugurate various projects, including a seaplane service connecting the "Statue of Unity" with the Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad.

President Ram Nath Kovind has signed off an ordinance or executive order for the formation of a committee to look into the air quality management in Delhi and its adjoining areas. The ordinance comes ahead of Thursday's hearing of the pollution issue in the Supreme Court.

A woman actor who was allegedly kidnapped and sexually abused in Kerala's Ernakulam in 2017, has approached the Kerala High court to transfer the case from the present trial court in Ernakulam, where the hearing is underway. In her petition, she said she has been aggrieved by the biased and hostile attitude of the court during the trial.

Officials of Google and PayTm have been summoned by the Parliamentary Joint Committee which is looking into the Personal Data Protection Bill. Officials from both firms will appear before the committee headed by BJP parliamentarian Meenakshi Lekhi on Thursday. Following Congress concerns over the 2019 bill, the committee is looking into the matter and involving all stakeholders for an overview.

The prestige of both the Congress and BJP is at stake as six municipal corporations in the three Rajasthan cities that will go to polls today.

A Delhi court on Wednesday acquitted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a criminal defamation complaint filed by BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri in 2016.

A district court has deferred till Thursday the hearing on the bail plea of one of the four people charged with sedition, among other charges, after they were arrested while on their way to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh.

Meghalaya has modified its COVID-19 rules to facilitate movement of traders into the state, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said on Wednesday.

Seventeen per cent of India's COVID deaths can be linked to long-term exposure to air pollution, higher than the global average of 15 per cent, a study conducted by six researchers from different European institutes has found.

Pollution levels dipped in the national capital on Wednesday morning, primarily due to increased wind speed, but the relief could be short-lived.

In a major organisational change in the West Bengal BJP unit ahead of the 2021 assembly polls, incumbent state general secretary (organisation) Subrata Chattopadhyay was removed and his deputy Amitava Chakraborty was elevated to the post by the central leadership.

The BJP today made key organizational changes to its Bengal unit that may significantly undermine the unquestioned authority of Dilip Ghosh who was reappointed the party President in the glow of BJP's 18 seat sweep in the state in the Lok Sabha elections held last year.

A Joint Committee of Parliament issued a notice on Wednesday calling representatives of telecom operators Reliance Jio and Airtel and cab aggregators Ola and Uber to depose before it on the issue of data security.

Few by-elections have stakes as high as the one that Madhya Pradesh will hold next week. Twenty-eight seats will be up for contest after former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia defected to the BJP with 22 MLAs and this "betrayal" is now the crux of the election narrative for the Congress.