The Congress moved a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, backed by 118 MPs, alleging bias and denial of speaking time to the Opposition. The Speaker has asked officials to examine the notice, while the TMC said it would support the move after first appealing to the Speaker

Kiran Gujar, a longtime associate of Pawar since his political beginnings in the mid-1980s, said on Thursday that the leader had shared his plans with him just five days before his fatal plane crash on Wednesday