PTI spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said that they have the required numbers to form government.
Kashmir remained on the edge with six more persons, including a cop getting killed in violence on Sunday.
The International Cricket Council released the provisional squads of the 12 teams for next year's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand on Friday. However, co-hosts Australia and minnows Ireland decided against releasing the provisional list although they submitted 30 names to the parent body within the stipulated deadline.
This is the fifth time that Nitish will be the chief minister of Bihar and this will be his third consecutive term.
Governor's rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday after political parties failed to muster the requisite number in the 87-member assembly for staking claim to form the government.
With three sarpanchs killed in December, many panchayat members are running scared and quitting their posts. Pervez Majeed reports.
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