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The swearing in ceremony of the fresh NDA-led government is set to take place at 11 am in Gandhi Maidan on Thursday. Nitish Kumar is set to take oath as Bihar chief minister for a record tenth time in a grand ceremony at Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan on Thursday, November 10. The Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) supremo, who has been the CM of Bihar for a majority in the last two decades, will be administered the oath by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, the eighth governor to do so. The swearing-in of the 74-year-old leader is special for several reasons.…

Shashi Tharoor had praised PM Modi’s remarks made just days after the NDA’s massive win in the Bihar elections, in which the Congress was dealt a major blow. The BJP has come down heavily on the Congress for its criticism of Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor after he heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech. The BJP said that there is no democracy within the Congress, and that the party issues a “fatwa” against leaders who keep national interest above familial interests. Shashi Tharoor had praised PM Modi’s remarks made at an event just days after the NDA’s massive…

Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif’s remark comes amid his repeated claims that Islamabad is fighting a “two-front” war with India. Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif has warned that Islamabad cannot ignore the possibility of an “all-out war” with India and that the country needs to be on “full alert”. He said India cannot be trusted, adding that the country has been put on maximum alert for “any border incursion”. “We cannot ignore (India) in any way… We are not ignoring India, and our preparation and alert are at maximum. We cannot trust India in any way. We cannot rule out…

Orry has been asked to appear before the Anti-Narcotics Cell at 10 am on Wednesday for questioning, the Mumbai police said. The Mumbai Police has summoned social media influencer Orry in connection with the ₹252-crore drugs case. Orry, whose real name is Orhan Awatramani, has been asked to appear before the Anti-Narcotics Cell’s Ghatkopar unit at 10 am on Thursday for questioning, Mumbai police said. The case pertains to March 2024, when the police seized 126.14 kg of mephedrone, commonly known as ‘MD’ valued at around ₹252 crore at a mephedrone-manufacturing facility on a farm in Sangli district. A probe…

A press release by the Bangladesh government said that NSA Khalilur Rahman and Indian counterpart Ajit Doval discussed key “bilateral issues” during their meet. Amid Bangladesh’s ongoing efforts to bring back ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, the country’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Khalilur Rahman met Indian counterpart Ajit Doval in New Delhi on Wednesday. A press release by the Bangladesh government said that the counterparts discussed key “bilateral issues” and the functioning of the Colombo Security Conclave. Besides, NSA Ajit Doval was invited to visit Bangladesh “at his convenience”. This meeting is the highest-level security engagement since the interim government…

Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui is the founder and managing trustee of Al-Falah University, which is facing probe in “white collar” terror module case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, Chairman of Al Falah group, in connection with a money laundering case. Siddiqui was arrested by the probe agency under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. Siddiqui is the founder and managing trustee of Al-Falah University, which came under the scanner following the busting of the ‘white-collar’ terror module and the blast near the Red Fort on November 10 that claimed 15 lives.…

Shashi Tharoor referenced the contents of PM Modi’s speech, and said he was “glad to have been in the audience despite battling a bad cold and cough”. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was all praises for Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday after having attended an event where the PM spoke. Tharoor hailed PM Modi’s remarks, made just days after the NDA’s landslide win in Bihar, and said that he touched upon important subjects and urged India “to be restless for progress”. In a detailed post on X, Shashi Tharoor referenced the contents of PM Modi’s speech, and said he was…

Prashant Kishor threw a challenge at the Bihar government saying he would quit politics if the promise of giving ₹2 lakh each to 1.5 crore women is fulfilled. Poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor, whose Jan Suraaj Party failed terribly in the recently concluded Bihar Assembly elections, has presented a new challenge to the Janata Dal United (JDU) chief and chief minister Nitish Kumar-led government. In his first remarks after a massive setback to his party’s maiden electoral contest, Kishor took full responsibility and acknowledged that the party was unable to bring about a change in power in Bihar. He also threw…

Dane Knecht, the CTO of Cloudflare took to social media to discuss some details. Cloudflare CTO Dane Knecht took to social media to address the widespread outage. “I won’t mince words: earlier today we failed our customers and the broader Internet when a problem in @Cloudflare network impacted large amounts of traffic that rely on us. The sites, businesses, and organizations that rely on Cloudflare depend on us being available and I apologize for the impact that we caused,” he said. “Transparency about what happened matters, and we plan to share a breakdown with more details in a few hours.…

Anmol Bishnoi, a native of Punjab’s Fazilka district, is expected to land in New Delhi on Wednesday. Anmol Bishnoi, the younger brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and one of India’s most-wanted organised crime fugitives, has been removed from the United States and is being brought to India, people familiar with the matter said. Anmol is expected to land in New Delhi on Wednesday, a person aware of the matter said, hours after the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) informed the family of Baba Siddique, a former Maharashtra minister, who was shot dead in Bandra on October 12, 2024,…