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The BJP on Tuesday appointed new presidents for its units in four states in an organisational rejig ahead of key state elections and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

G Kishan Reddy has been appointed as the BJP president of Telangana, D Purandeshwari as the state president of Andhra Pradesh, former CM Babulal Marandi is the new state president of Jharkhand and Sunil Jakhar is the new party state president of Punjab.

Interestingly, Jakhar has previously served as the Congress's state chief in Punjab. Jakhar replaces Ahwani Sharma while Marandi comes in the place of Deepak Prakash.

India is all set to virtually host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit today. The summit will witness the participation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The meeting of the SCO Heads of State will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The major issues that are expected to be on the agenda include terrorism, regional security and prosperity. The theme of India's chairship of SCO- SECURE is derived from the acronym coined by PM Modi at the 2018 SCO Qingdao Summit.

It stands for S: Security, E: Economic development, C: Connectivity, U: Unity, R: Respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, E: Environmental protection.

The NCP supremo, Sharad Pawar,who was at the receiving end of his nephew's move during the day, had, 45 years ago, split the Congress and walked out with 40 MLAs, leading to the collapse of the Vasantdada Patil government.

He was sworn in as CM of the Progressive Democratic Front, which comprised several opposition parties, on July 18, 1978.He was sworn in as CM of the Progressive Democratic Front, which comprised several opposition parties, on July 18, 1978.

At least 25 people died and several others were injured after a bus burst into flames on Samruddhi Mahamarg Expressway in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district.

The accident was reported around 2 am on Saturday when it was going from Yavatmal to Pune.

The injured people are being treated at Buldhana Civil Hospital, police said.

After Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s convoy was allegedly stopped by the police near Bishnupur in Manipur, party president Mallikarjun Kharge lashed out at the BJP governments at Centre and state saying that the "disastrous governments are using autocratic methods to stall a compassionate outreach" by Rahul.