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Geeta Jain visited `Matoshree', the residence of Chief Minister and Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, where she was inducted into the party, a Sena source said.

Kamal Nath had performed havan-pujan at the shrine ahead of the 28 assembly bypolls here and senior Congress leaders.

Investors are gauging whether a rally in bond yields to their highest in months can run further, as markets increasingly price in chances that a fiscal stimulus deal is signed in Washington regardless of who wins the Nov. 3 election.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday it still was possible to get another round of COVID19 aid before the Nov. 3 general election, but that it was up to President Donald Trump to act, including bringing along reluctant Senate Republicans.

"Till further announcements, their responsibilities will be taken care of by the respective district presidents of the BJP," he said in a statement. The development came just two days after Khan announced new district presidents of the Yuva Morcha.

In an exclusive interview with Editor-in-chief Rahul Joshi, Shah delved into a range of topics, including the BJP’s political relations with its former ally Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.

On Thursday, the central government announced that it will borrow up to Rs 1.10 lakh crore on behalf of the states to bridge the shortfall in GST collections.

The Congress general secretary, who is in-charge for Uttar Pradesh affairs of the party, has launched a major offensive on the government ever since the Hathras rape and murder case has taken place.

The Congress has released its second list of 49 candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections, fielding Shatrughan Sinha's son Luv Sinha from Bankipur and Sharad Yadav's daughter Subhashini Yadav from Bihariganj seats.

Sources in the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) said Tej Pratap, the sitting MLA from Mahua, was likely to submit his papers on Tuesday, while his younger brother might do so the day after.

Four-time MLA Renu Devi got the ticket from Bettiah in north Bihar. She is also a Cabinet minister in Nitish Kumar government. Asha Sinha bagged the ticket from Danapur constituency in Patna district.

In another tweet, the MPCC president said he would have been happy if Chouhan had kept coconut in his pocket for 15 years but he only carries them during polls. I will be happy when you break coconut while dedicating any project to the public.

In a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind, Manjhi also made a plea to convert Paswan's 12, Janpath bungalow in New Delhi, where the Lok Janshakti Party founder lived for the past 31 years since 1989, to a memorial.

The Congress leaders alleged that double standards are being adopted by the EC officials in the state regarding "violation" of poll code by the leaders of the BJP and opposition parties.

The 74-year-old veteran had been in active politics for more than five decades and was one of the country's most noted Dalit leaders. Sources in LJP said that his mortal remains will be taken from Delhi to Patna around 11am on Friday.

In a series of tweets in Hindi, Shah said October 7 is a very important day in the history of India as on this day in 2001, Modi was sworn in as the chief minister of Gujarat.