Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, facing massive criticism after he was seen pulling down the hijab of a woman and exposing her face at a public event, has found another champion — the BJP’s Union minister Giriraj Singh.

A migratory seagull fitted with a GPS tracking device was found injured along the Karwar coastline in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district, triggering concern among residents and security agencies.

Counting of votes for the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections in Punjab was underway on Wednesday even as the ruling AAP claimed it registered victories in more than 900 zones.