Poll-bound Bihar was put on high alert after a powerful explosion near the Red Fort in Delhi killed nine people and injured over 20.

The country hasn’t been able to curb an outbreak of more than 5,000 cases over the last year, while US cases are at a 33-year high. 

​The country hasn’t been able to curb an outbreak of more than 5,000 cases over the last year, while US cases are at a 33-year high.  

Mamata Banerjee dubbed the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls as “votebandi”, and asserted that she would protect the rights of voters at any cost, even if it meant her “throat getting slashed” for protesting against the exercise.