The state government has elaborate plans to celebrate this occasion, with the weapon used by the great Maratha ruler to defeat and disembowel Bijapur sultanate’s general Afzal Khan in 1659 to be displayed at the Satara City Museum for public viewing for the first time after being brought back from the United Kingdom’s Victoria and Albert Museum for three years

Former President Barack Obama has told allies in recent days that Joe Biden’s path to victory has greatly diminished and he thinks the US president needs to seriously consider the viability of his candidacy, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing multiple people briefed on Obama’s thinking.

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Asserting that his support to the BJP government will continue, Rawat said, “I cannot leave the BJP”