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Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor scripted a major political upset in Bihar by defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in the Bankipur Assembly byelection, a constituency represented for five consecutive terms by the BJP’s national president Nitin Nabin. The BJP retained Manjalpur in Gujarat while the Congress held on to Madhya Pradesh’s Datia in other Assembly byelections.
Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on Sunday said that, in her opinion, madrasas “should not exist”, alleging that some of these educational institutions were producing “jihadis” and witnessing cases of child abuse.
West Bengal Chief Minister SuvenduAdhikari is the second least wealthy among the country’s Chief Ministers, with declared assets of ₹85.87 lakh, according to an analysis of election affidavits released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari is scheduled to meet 20 Lok Sabha MPs of Nationalist Citizens Party Of India (NCPI), who parted away from the TMC.
The 2026 Commonwealth Games, held in Glasgow, Scotland, from 23 July to 2 August 2026, proved that a successful international sporting event does not always need a huge budget or grand infrastructure.