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Top events today: New telco tariffs, RBI MPC to begin meet and more

From Airtel, Voda Idea hiking tariffs, Telangana court hearing vet's rape case to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar beginning his tour against climate change, Business Standard brings you top events of the day.

Liquor ban: Over 200,000 cases pile-up, irked Patna HC raps Bihar govt

The HC has asked the Bihar government to explain the details of the infrastructure and mechanism it plans to develop to deal with mounting prohibition-related cases

Delhi HC rejects plea to summon Bihar CM as witness in copyright lawsuit

The court said it is clear that the onus is on Singh to prove that he is the owner of the copyright and it shall be his endeavour to prove the same.

Bihar CM Nitish welcomes Ayodhya verdict, urges people to maintain harmony

Kumar said the court has bestowed some responsibility on the government too

Air pollution: Bihar govt bans plying of vehicles older than 15 years

However, 15-year-old private vehicles have been exempted but Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that they will have to undergo fitness test again

Bypoll results further squeeze Nitish with assertive BJP lurking around

JDU lost four of the five seats it contested in the by-elections

Nitish backs full statehood for Delhi, wants liquor ban in the state

The party is eyeing migrant voters from Poorvanchal and Bihar to make an impact in the city where the ruling Aam Aadmi Party, BJP and the Congress are key contenders

Ravi Shankar Prasad cancels meetings to reach out to Patna floods victims

All this is being recounted gleefully to highlight Nitish Kumar's failure.

Nitish holds meeting over rainfall and flood alert, orders evacuation

Torrential rainfall in the catchment areas over a period of a few days in July had flooded more than a dozen districts of north Bihar leading to loss of more than 100 lives

Former Bihar CM Jagannath Mishra passes away; irreparable loss, says Nitish

Condoling his demise, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced a three-day state mourning

BJP adds 30 million new members across the country: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Within a few months of the formation of the Congress government in the state, the Madhya Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has started drawing up its strategy for the 2024 elections

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is set for another term, but what's next for him

Assuming that Kumar leads the NDA in the 2020 election, it will be probably his last election for the chief minister's position

25 dead, 2.5 million people affected in flash floods in Bihar: Nitish Kumar

So far, 199 relief camps have been set up where 116,000 people are taking shelter, the chief minister said

Proportional representation in cabinet needed: Nitish

We will fight 2020 Bihar elections with BJP, says Nitish Kumar

At its national executive meet in Patna on Sunday, party leaders, however, said Nitish will remain the face of the NDA in the state elections

No rift with BJP, but didn't want symbolic representation in govt: Nitish

Kumar was replying to queries on the sidelines of a function where he launched a nationwide membership drive carried out by the JD(U), of which he is the national president

Mahagathbandhan goes soft on Bihar CM Nitish, says 'not allergic' to anyone

Former CMs Rabri Devi and Jitan Ram Manjhi of RJD and Hindustani Awam Morcha also appeared to have mellowed towards Nitish Kumar

Nitish inducts 8 new ministers in Bihar Cabinet; allies BJP, LJP left out

Tension seems to have been brewing between the alliance partners over allotment of berth in the Narendra Modi cabinet

Nitish Kumar appoints poll strategist Prashant Kishor as JD(U) vice prez

Party spokesperson K C Tyagi said Kishor's appointment will help it reach out to social segments out of its traditional support base

Youth must join politics for 'seva' not 'meva': Nitish takes a dig at RJD

On several occasions in the past, Kumar had charged Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad and his son Tejashwi Yadav of 'pursuing politics for personal gains'