Nitish Kumar made the comments during an event in Vaishali.

Earlier in the day, a co-passenger of the victim revealed that the woman was not given a seat in the first-class section after the incident despite it being almost vacant.

Joshimath sinking: The state government is reported to have declared "all nine municipal wards" of the town as disaster-affected.

Prashant Kishor began a statewide foot march last year in what was seen as an attempt to develop grassroot connect.

The SP chief earlier arrived at UP police headquarters amid demand from party workers for an immediate release of Agarwal.

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Don't make captain, crew scapegoat in urinating incident: Veteran pilots to Air India

A blinding layer of fog over north India and eastern parts of the country on Sunday affected the movement of over 480 trains even as an intense cold wave walloped the plains, including Delhi, where the minimum temperature plunged to a numbing 1.9 degrees Celsius.

The tour of the cruise would be around 51 days, covering over 50 tourist spots including the World Heritage Sights, National Parks, river Ghats, and major cities like Patna, Sahibganj, Kolkata, Bangladesh's capital Dhaka and Guwahati.