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Nitish Kumar To Be Chief Minister For 4th Term, Will Take Oath Today; Other Big Stories

Nitish Kumar will be the Chief Minister of Bihar for a fourth straight term, the NDA said on Sunday after a meeting of its legislators. The NDA, which won the recently-concluded election in Bihar with a wafer-thin majority, has met the Governor to stake claim to form a government. The BJP's Tarkishore Prasad, the MLA from Bihar's Katihar, will replace Sushil Modi as his deputy.

  • Delhi will get hundreds of more intensive care unit (ICU) beds for Covid-19 patients, testing for the coronavirus will be doubled, and doctors from central paramilitary forces will be flown in, the government announced following a high-level meeting that on Sunday underscored what numbers have been indicating of late: the Capital is in the grip of an unprecedented wave of infections.
  • JD(U) Chief Nitish Kumar on Sunday met Bihar governor Phagu Chauhan and staked claim to form the next government in the state. Earlier, he was unanimously elected as NDA's legislature party leader in a meeting held at his official residence in Patna.
  • The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) could replace between 20 and 25 corporators out of 100 that it has in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Council, ahead of the elections.
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