Breaking News LIVE, November 15:
5:00 PM| Tarkishore Prasad elected as the leader of the BJP legislature party in Bihar, informed Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday. The decision was taken during the party’s meeting, in which Modi suggested that a youth leader should be made the leader of the BJP legislature party in the state.
Prasad has been elected as the MLA from Katihar seat in Bihar polls 2020. Meanwhile, Modi was elected as leader of BJP Vidhan Mandal in Bihar. However, the decision on the Deputy CM is not yet clear.
1:45 PM| Nitish Kumar has been elected as the chief minister at the legislator meeting of the National Democratic Alliance(NDA) which met today to elect the leader for Bihar, after they won the majority in the states’s assembly elections.
He is set to serve as the chief minster for the fourth straight term as NDA won 125 seats in the 243-member state Assembly.
Nitish Kumar will take oath on Monday (November 16) at 11:30 AM at Governor’s House in Patna. This will be the Nitish’s fourth consecutive term as the CM of Bihar. The formal announcement of Nitish Kumar’s as NDA leader in Bihar came after a meeting which was attended by senior NDA leaders in Patna.
1:00 PM| Countdown for the formation of a new government began in Patna on Sunday with a meeting of the NDA underway at the official residence of Nitish Kumar who is set to return as Chief Minister for the fourth consecutive term.
A meeting of the BJP legislature party, which was to precede the one where all constituents of the coalition will declare Kumar as their leader, was deferred as it was to begin at 10 A.M. in presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who has been sent as an observer.
However, Singh arrived at the airport nearly two hours behind schedule and legislators waiting at the Birchand Patel Marg state headquarters were sounded off that they should rush to 1, Anney Marg, the CMs official residence where leaders of the JD(U) headed by Kumar, Jitan Ram Manjhis HAM and Mukesh Sahnis Vikassheel Insaan Party were also present.
12:40 PM| Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee passed away at 12.15pm on Sunday, 15 November in Kolkata. 85-year-old Soumitra Chatterjee, was admitted to Kolkata’s Belle Vue Clinic on 6 October after he tested positive for COVID-19 and was on life support.
12:10 PM| Home Minister Amit Shah calls for COVID-19 review meeting at 5 pm today. The meeting which will be attended by Delhi CM and LG will focus on enhancing the medical facilities in the capital.
11:40 AM| With Kamala Harris poised to become the first female vice president of the United States, and with a record number of women elected to Congress including more Republicans than ever considerable history will be made when they all take office in January.
10:30 AM| India recorded 44,684 fresh coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking its COVID-19 tally till now to 87.73 lakh, government data released on Saturday morning shows. Total active cases dropped to 4.8 lakh as the number of recoveries remained higher than new infections, although with a margin that seems to be becoming leaner.
Total recoveries stood at more than 81.6 lakh as almost 48,000 patients fought off the viral disease in the last 24 hours.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders will meet at 12.30pm on Sunday to formally choose its leader in Bihar, chief minister Nitish Kumar said.
NDA leaders had gathered at Kumar’s residence on Friday for an informal interaction, the first such event after the election results were declared on November 10.
“We sat together and decided to convene a meeting of elected legislators of all the four partners on November 15 at 12.30pm. All decisions will be taken in that meeting. After the meeting and election of the NDA leader, we will stake claim to form the government,” said Kumar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wishes the people of Jharkhand on the foundation day of the State today. Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar in the year 2000.
“He was true saviour of the poor and worked for welfare of deprived and exploited section of society. His contribution to freedom movement and efforts for social harmony will always inspire us”: PM Modi pays gratitude to Birsa Munda on his birth anniversary today.
For the development of people from the Maratha community in the state. Karnataka Government forms ‘Maratha Development Authority’ and CM announces Rs 50 crores to the authority: Karnataka Chief Minister’s Office.
We received 206 fire calls yesterday of them 129 were received in peak hour. The number of calls was less compared to the last year. There was one major fire in Mundka that claimed one life, however, the overall situation was under control, says Atul Garg, Director, Delhi Fire Services.
