Man with bipolar disorder set to become judge after Supreme Court’s approval

The Supreme court has paved the way for a candidate with bipolar disorder to become a Judge in the Delhi judicial services, adding that the ‘possibility of improvement’ in the health of the candidate would not disqualify him from getting the benefit of the relaxed standards for the quota for persons with…

TMC nominates ex-Goa CM Luizinho Faleiro as candidate for RS bypoll from Bengal

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) nominated the party’s newly-appointed national vice-president Luizinho Faleiro as its candidate for the upcoming bypoll to a Rajya Sabha seat from West Bengal. Faleiro, the former chief minister of Goa, had quit the Congress and joined the TMC in September. Taking to Twitter, the TMC…

Himachal Pradesh bypolls: BJP’s candidate leading with 1,855 votes in Mandi parliamentary seat

Kargil war hero Brigadier (retd) Khushal Thakur of the BJP is leading with 1,855 votes over his nearest rival of the Congress, Pratibha Singh, in the Mandi parliamentary seat of Himachal Pradesh. Pratibha Singh is the wife of late chief minister Virbhadra Singh. Counting of votes for the recently held by-elections in…