Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar says his senior party colleague Pavan Varma is free to leave the party, days after Mr Varma publicly called him out on his stand on ally BJP and the decision to partner with it for the Delhi election; A total of 644 militants of eight banned insurgent outfits surrendered in Assam on Thursday along with 177 arms; Meet Captain Tania Shergill, the tall woman officer who will lead a contingent at the Republic Day parade.
