The JD-U submitted letters of support to Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi Sunday staking claim to form the government, a day after former chief minister Nitish Kumar was re-elected the legislature party leader....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday called for states to forge a model of "cooperative federalism" to resolve differences even as he flagged poverty as India's biggest challenge....

The 120th edition of the week-long meet -- called Maramon Convention -- got underway on the river bed of Pampa. The convention has become the flagship programme of the Thiruvalla-headquartered Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar. ...

BJP's Delhi chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi is in no mood to unwind and is preparing for a series of meetings with senior party leaders, an aide said Sunday, a day after polls....

Exit poll predictions for the Delhi elections reveal that the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) vote percentage has risen steadily since its maiden electoral battle in December 2013....

West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi who holds the additional responsibility of Bihar, Saturday said he was yet to receive any communication recommending dissolution of the Bihar assembly....
Noting that there was one "undisputed" unipolar leadership trying to control the current world and force others to obey, Putin said Russia would never accept such attempts....
The UAE has ordered that an F-16 fighter jet squadron be stationed in Jordan to support Amman's efforts to fight the Islamic State (IS), Xinhua reported Saturday....

Bihar's ruling JD-U seemed to be on the verge of a split Saturday, as Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi sought the assembly be dissolved despite opposition from a majority of his cabinet even as his predecessor Nitish Kumar was re-elected legislature party chief and was likely to stake claim to form the government Sunday. ...
Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi reached Delhi Saturday to attend a meeting of the governing council of the NITI Aayog even as the ruling Janata Dal-United in the state is grappling with a deep political crisis....