02 February 2026
The opposition BJP in Bihar on Monday created a ruckus in the state assembly demanding the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav against whom the CBI has filed a charge sheet in land for jobs scam.
No sooner than the House assembled, on the inaugural day of the monsoon session, BJP chief whip Janak Ram rose in his seat and demanded the resignation of Yadav, who sat quietly in the treasury benches alongside his boss, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Politicians switching allegiances is a regular phenomenon in Indian politics. Some of them may turn to another party after being denied a ticket to contest the election while others quit the party and join another one due to differences or better dividends.
But in this case, a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA jumped ship within the party, thrice, and that too, in a span of one week.
Makrand Jadhav Patil, who represents Wai Assembly constituency in Maharashtra's Satara district, first sided with Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on July 2, the day when the latter led a rebellion and joined the Maharashtra government. The MLA had attended Ajit Pawar's oath-taking ceremony.
China's factory-gate prices experienced their sharpest decline in seven-and-a-half years in June, indicating a weakening demand for industrial and consumer products and highlighting concerns about the country's economic health. This data cited by Reuters, combined with the slowest consumer inflation since 2021, has intensified the call for policymakers to implement additional stimulus measures to revive sluggish demand.
The State Election Commission (SEC) on Sunday ordered repoll in 697 of the 61,636 booths where panchayat polls were held on Saturday. The repoll, to be held from 7am on Monday, will be held under heavy security bandobast: each booth will have eight armed personnel - four from central forces and the rest from the state's armed police.
The SEC, till late on Sunday, indicated that the count of 697 could be upwardly revised. Results are expected on Tuesday. Even if it stands at 697, it would easily be the highest number of booths going in for repoll in a decade. In 2018, repolling had been ordered in just 159 booths.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is slowly, gradually, and surely overshadowing natural aptitude and brain power. In fact, now any news related to AI does not surprise us. Still, more and more entities share their experiences with this marvel of technology.
In the latest, Odisha TV or OTV, an Odia Indian Cable Television station on Sunday introduced Lisa to the world. Lisa is OTV and Odisha's first AI news anchor.
The video is shared on Twitter by OTV @otvnews with the caption: "Meet Lisa, OTV and Odisha's first AI news anchor set to revolutionize TV Broadcasting & Journalism #AIAnchorLisa #Lisa #Odisha #OTVNews #OTVAnchorLisa".
