Ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, not all seems to be well in the ruling NDA with cracks appearing in the alliance soon after the seat sharing arrangements were announced among alliance partners even as welfare promises are raining thick and fast Trump triggered a political storm on Wednesday (October 15) by claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has agreed to stop buying oil from Russia, even as India sidestepped a direct response. The Supreme Court has allowed green crackers to be used during Diwali on a "special request" by the Delhi government. In Gujarat the entire cabinet has been rejigged in a single day.

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