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Hitting out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Mahagathbandhan's chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday said that Kumar is mentally and physically tired and he cannot handle the State anymore.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to icons of Bengal and even attempted some Bengali as he addressed Durga Puja pandals on the opening day of the five-day celebrations in the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Durga Puja pandals in Kolkata via video conferencing today as the five-day celebrations begin in West Bengal amid the pandemic.

The Election Commission today said political parties have been putting candidates and the general public at the risk of COVID-19 infection by not following the guidelines issued by it.

Durga Shasthi today: Maa Durga has arrived from Kailash Parvat with her four children Lakshmi, Saraswati, Kartik and Ganesha. On Shasthi, Goddess Durga is welcomed amid the sound of dhak or traditional drums decorated with feathers with and shankha dhwani or the sound of the conch. Today morning, the first ritual of Bodhon or the invocation ceremony of Maa Durga happens.

The government has warned Twitter over its location settings showing Leh in China, asking the social media giant to "respect sensitivities of Indian citizens", government sources said.

The final user trial of India's third-generation anti-tank guided missile Nag was successfully test-fired today at the Pokhran range.

The ruling BJP today promised 19 lakh jobs and free coronavirus vaccination for all in its manifesto for the Bihar election starting next week. The party also stressed that ally Nitish Kumar will be Chief Minister for the next five years.

Chirag Paswan today used his birthday wishes for Union Home Minister Amit Shah to demonstrate his loyalty to the BJP while steadily sharpening his attacks on its ally, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader called Amit Shah his "guardian" in a tweet crafted as a message to Nitish Kumar at the peak of the campaign for the Bihar polls starting next week.

The Bharatiya Janata Party today released its manifesto or Sankal Patra for the state of Bihar ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.

Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister turned 56 today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers and other leaders greeted Amit Shah on his birthday. Actor Kangana Ranaut and Kailash Kher led Bollywood in wishing Amit Shah on Twitter.

The sudden reappearance of Bimal Gurung and his switching of loyalty from NDA to Trinamool has drawn fire from rivals, especially on the incendiary issue of Gorkhaland statehood.

The State Department has proposed not to issue temporary business visas for H-1B speciality occupations which allowed companies to send their technology professionals for a short stay to complete jobs on site in the US, a move which could affect hundreds of Indians.

Chirag Paswan, in a series of tweets today, targeted Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over what he called five years of corruption and pledged to send all those involved to jail if he came to power after the state election starting next week.

India's coronavirus count has touched 77.06 with a jump of 55,839 cases in the last 24 hours, government data shows. 702 deaths in the last 24 hours have pushed the total death count to 1,16,616. 68,74,518 people in the country have recovered since the beginning of the pandemic. The country has been reporting a steady decline in its daily coronavirus infections after reaching a peak of about 90,000 cases a day in September. India, which reported its first case on January 30, is the second worst-hit country in the world by the pandemic after the United States.