Patna’s Gandhi Maidan, where Nitish Kumar will take the oath as Bihar’s Chief Minister for a record 10th time, has been a witness to key turning points in history

US President Donald Trump has said he settled tension between India and Pakistan after threatening the two countries with 350 per cent tariffs and claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called him to say “we’re not going to go to war.”

The Supreme Court will soon deliver its verdict on a presidential reference concerning timelines for President and governors’ assent to state bills. The reference, invoking Article 143(1), seeks clarity on judicial powers to mandate deadlines for constitutional functionaries, impacting Centre-state relations amid ongoing legislative disputes.