States » East05 Oct 2026 | 6:39 PMPatna, Oct 5 (UNI) Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly Tejaswi Prasad Yadav announced a statewide agitation against what he alleged was a "nexus" between the BJP and the Election Commission, accusing the Narendra Modi government and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of undermining democracy.
see more.. 05 Oct 2026 | 6:38 PMAgartala, Oct 5 (UNI) One person died and 12 others were injured, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), during the violence that erupted in Tripura's Khowai district on Monday.
see more.. 05 Oct 2026 | 6:38 PMKolkata, Oct 5 (UNI) The BJP in West Bengal has proposed setting up a Paschim Banga Bhavan and cultural centre in Varanasi, offering affordable accommodation to pilgrims and visitors from the state while showcasing Bengal’s literary and cultural heritage, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Monday.
see more.. 05 Oct 2026 | 6:26 PMKolkata, Oct 5 (UNI) In a major push to expand regional and international air connectivity in West Bengal, the state government on Monday signed an MoU under the Centre’s UDAN 2.0 scheme to connect Chharra in Purulia, Balurghat in South Dinajpur, Hashimara in Alipurduar and Kalaikunda in West Midnapore.
see more.. 05 Oct 2026 | 6:22 PMNandigram, Oct 5 (UNI) In a last-minute move on the eve of polling in Nandigram, the Election Commission on Monday ordered the immediate removal of the inspector-in-charge of Nandigram police station, replacing Ajay Kumar Mishra with Debasish Sarkar as the constituency prepares for a high-stakes Assembly bypoll under an unprecedented security blanket.
see more.. 05 Oct 2026 | 6:18 PMAizawl, Oct 5 (UNI) The Gauhati High Court has cancelled Mizoram’s recruitment process for 100 health worker posts, directing the state government to first determine how many contractual National Health Mission (NHM) employees could be considered for regularisation before proceeding with fresh direct recruitment.
see more.. 05 Oct 2026 | 6:16 PMAizawl, Oct 5 (UNI) Mizoram Governor Vijay Kumar Singh has asked the agency executing the India-Myanmar Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project to step up work on the long-delayed 109.2-km Paletwa-Zorinpui road and make maximum progress during the next working season.
see more.. 05 Oct 2026 | 6:13 PMDimapur, Oct 5 (UNI) A Nagaland University study found that community expectations and social norms strongly influence how people handle plastic waste, highlighting the need for waste-management strategies that work through trusted local institutions and community networks rather than relying on awareness campaigns alone.
see more.. 05 Oct 2026 | 6:09 PMKolkata, Oct 5 (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal will bring a Bill in the first session of the state Assembly to rename the state Paschim Banga, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Monday, rejecting the earlier proposal to call it "Bangla" and asserting that the new name must reflect the state's history and identity.
see more.. 05 Oct 2026 | 6:07 PMGarhwa, Oct 5 (UNI) An FIR has been registered against BJP MLA Satyendra Nath Tiwari under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and other provisions following a complaint over his alleged remarks about Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s mother Roopi Soren, police said.
see more.. 05 Oct 2026 | 6:05 PMChhapra, Oct 5 (UNI) A teenager and a woman drowned in separate incidents in floodwaters in Saran district on Monday.
see more.. 05 Oct 2026 | 6:03 PMBhubaneswar, Oct 5 (UNI) The State unit of BJP on Monday mounted a fresh attack on the previous BJD government after the CAG flagged major lapses in DMF spending, including Rs 983 crore expenditure in villages not directly affected by mining and exclusion of 584 affected villages.
see more.. 05 Oct 2026 | 5:59 PMBhubaneswar, Oct 5 (UNI) The BJP on Monday alleged large-scale financial irregularities and mismanagement under the erstwhile BJD government in Odisha, citing findings in six CAG reports tabled in the state Assembly on September 29, and accused the previous government of misusing DMF funds and failing to properly implement tourism projects.
see more.. 05 Oct 2026 | 5:56 PMNandigram, Oct 5 (UNI) Nandigram go to the polls on Tuesday under an unprecedented security blanket, with 37 companies of central forces and around 700 state police personnel deployed across the constituency amid heightened concern over violence and bomb-related allegations during the final days of campaigning.
see more.. 05 Oct 2026 | 5:47 PMBhubaneswar, Oct 5 (UNI) In a major initiative to build a skilled workforce for the clean energy transition, the Odisha government will establish a Green Energy (Solar) Centre of Excellence (CoE) at the World Skill Center (WSC) campus in Mancheswar here in partnership with the Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC).
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