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Paswan, one of India’s most prominent Dalit leaders and eight-time Lok Sabha MP died on Thursday at the age of 74.

Political watchers believe that a lot will depend on how LJP's core Dalit voters relate with his son and political heir Chirag Paswan at a time when the demise of his father is bound to trigger sympathy among them.

These are the top stories we are covering right now: RBI leaves repo rate unchanged at 4%, NIA arrests social activist Stan Swamy in Bhima Koregaon case; Ram Vilas Paswan breathed his last on Thursday and India’s Covid-19 tally crosses 69 lakh.

The institute also cautioned over the use of steroids only under clinical watch. The institute said that its experts had recommended not to use steroids for patients who do not require oxygen therapy.

In a statement, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi said that Ram Vilas Paswan was a towering personality who stood with the cause of social justice and empowerment of the most marginalised.

Before opening the schools, meetings will be held regarding the pros and cons with the political leaders, experts and senior officials to arrive at a decision, the Chief Minister said.

Assam's COVID-19 death toll rose to 794 with nine more fatalities, while 1,188 fresh cases pushed the tally to 1,91,397 on Thursday, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The deaths were reported from Dibrugarh, Kamrup Metropoli...

Struggling Kings XI Punjab captain KL Rahul on Thursday rued the early run-out of Mayank Agarwal, saying it was a disaster for his side in their pursuit of a stiff 202-run target against Sunrisers Hyderabad in an IPL match here. KXIP were all out for 1...

The BJP, however, said that the AAP was trying to mislead farmers.

Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday called for brainstorming by scientists for a new vision, rethinking, redesigning and research for making a good change in people's lives. In his address at a virtual event organised to mark the 5...

The top court asked the association to withdraw the plea and file an intervention application in another matter which is pending before the court on the same issue saying it does not want multiplicity of litigation in the case.

A man who would pose as a crime branch official, offer to drop people in his car, rob money from them and even withdraw cash using their ATM cards by threatening them at a gun point has been arrested in Trilokpuri, Delhi police said Thursday. Mukesh, th...

Maharashtra Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat on Thursday termed the three labour reform bills passed by the Parliament as "black laws", which were against the interests of the working class. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with labour union repre...

Seven people were killed when a construction site collapsed in China's Guangdong province on Thursday. The accident took place in Luhe county of Shanwei city.

American poet Louise Gluck has won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature for "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal", the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.

Pakistan pace great and current bowling coach, Waqar Younis has termed the touring Zimbabwe squad as a "relatively weak side" and said the upcoming series will be a good platform to try out the youngsters. Pakistan will play three ODIs and three T20 mat...