On Wednesday, the BJP announced the appointment of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis as the party in-charge for the Bihar assembly elections.

The biggest makeover is seen at the national general secretary level with Muralidhar Rao and hitherto General Secretary Ram Madhav being dropped along with Haryana in-charge Anil Jain and Saroj Pandey.

Party MP Tejasvi Surya, a fiery speaker, has been made the president of the party's youth wing in place of Poonam Mahajan. The party has also expanded its list of spokesperson to 23, with MP Anil Baluni being elevated as the chief spokesperson

Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi passes away. He is the first Union Minister to succumb to Covid-19.

The government on Monday introduced, 'The Farmers' Produce Trade And Commerce (Promotion And Facilitation) Bill' along with two other bills, to replace the ordinances promulgated earlier.

Addressing the state BJP executive committee meeting digitally from New Delhi, he said the previous BJP government led by Raghubar Das had 'almost eliminated' naxlism, which has been resurrected under the Soren dispensation.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur talks about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in his state, the migrant crisis and his plans to revive the economy in a wide ranging conversation with Outlook's Ashwani Sharma. Excerpts:

The apex court has refused to direct the Centre to transfer the contributions made to the PM CARES Fund for battling the COVID-19 pandemic to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF).

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala accused the BJP of diverting attention from the alleged ‘Chinese occupation of Indian territory’.

These leaders, along with Jyotiraditya Scindia, met BJP president J P Nadda, who welcomed their decision to join the saffron party.