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Nitish Kumar Government is set to expand the Cabinet on August 16. Recently Janata Dal United- Rashtriya Janata Dal formed the State Government in Bihar after Nitish Kumar announced an exit from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The cabinet expansion to take place at 11:30 am. As per sources, RJD will induct 15 ministers, JDU will have 12 ministers and ally Congress to get two ministers, in total 36 ministers.

Karnataka High Court disbanded Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on August 11 and reassigned all pending proceedings before the ACB to Lokayukta Police division. The ACB was established in 2016 by the Siddaramaiah cabinet to limit the powers of Lokayukta. The order was issued in response to a Public Interest Litigation filed by counsel Chidananda Aras, advocates' association, and social activist SR Hiremath's Samaj Parivartan society, which… read-more

Congress, in a series of tweets, slammed the BJP government and said Karnataka will have a third Chief Minister. "What is the reason for the change of CM, is it your administrative failure, a fight between leaders, or is it B.S. Yediyurappa's anger?" Congress questioned CM Basavaraj Bommai. In another tweet, the party stated that "the… read-more

Delhi Police lodged an FIR against Congress leaders in association with their demonstration on August 5 against price hikes and unemployment. As per reports, names of several leaders are also listed in the FIR. The complaint was brought under Indian Penal Code Sections 186 (voluntarily obstructing any public servant in discharge of his public function), 188, 34, and 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from his duty). 

While Priyanka Gandhi, the general secretary of the Congress party, demonstrated against unemployment and rising prices, Delhi Police arrested her outside the party's offices in the nation's capital on August 5. The footage, provided by news agency ANI, shows Delhi policewomen constables carrying Priyanka Gandhi to a police truck. Before being… read-more