The teams will be in addition to the 56 such contingents which are undertaking flood combat operations in these two states, besides Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Here's a recap of the events from the past 48 hours.
Wear it around your neck or team it with fitted trousers -- what's your style?
She reportedly informed the board that she is not well and unable to appear for the re-exam.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar conducted aerial survey of 12 inundated districts to take stock of the situation arising out of flood which has claimed 190 lives so far in Bihar.
Prohibition is resulting in prisons getting overcrowded.
With a 20 hour average delay, the New Jalpaiguri Express is the queen among late-running trains.
Neighbourhood stores have the ability to adapt to changes.
From former rivals Narayanaswami Srinivasan and Sharad Pawar to current Board of Control for Cricket in India heavyweights, India's cricket fraternity bid an emotional farewell to Jagmohan Dalmiya, who was cremated with full state honours and a gun salute, on Monday.
A sari is not merely six yards of cloth. Designed right and draped right, it becomes the sexiest thing a woman with any kind of figure can wear. Take a look.
Board orders probe after Intermediate Arts, Science toppers fail to answer basic questions.
As counting is on in the five states - Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Assam and West Bengal -- here's a look at where the heavyweights stand.
Students have started placing currency notes of Rs 100, 500 and 1,000 into their answer sheets with requests to examiners to give them passing marks.
While Kapoors and the Khans celebrate the latest addition in their families, here's a look at pictures of Bollywood's celebrity children.
Documents such as PAN card, Aadhaar card, I-T return papers, which are used for KYC, can get leaked from a number of sources. Other prominent sources are the direct sales agents and photocopy shops, say Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Subhash Yadav and Sadhu Yadav, who were powerful faces during the 15-year Lalu-Rabri rule, are now working towards ensuring that Rashtriya Janata Dal chief and his sons face defeat in the forthcoming Bihar elections.
The International Cricket condoled the sudden death of BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya, saying "cricket has lost a very experienced and seasoned administrator" in him.
Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan has fielded himself and two close relatives including his son and brother, to contest the Lok Sabha polls in Bihar.
Nitish Kumar has failed to curb communal forces and hoodlums across communities. And that is ominous for Bihar's present and future, warns Mohammad Sajjad.
'The poor manner in which the RJD stitched its alliance and mismanaged its electioneering, now reveals that Tejashwi was more interested in enhancing his political stature by cutting down many senior leaders, by downsizing and shrinking RJD allies, by displaying arrogance and inaccessibility and by committing silly mistakes in candidate selection,' points out Mohammad Sajjad.
The Rajput Karni Sena, the Sarv Samaj Sangathan and some other outfits have a problem with the movie -- calling it disrespectful.
'Since the RJD came to power, criminals have stopped fearing the law.'
Why are far right Hindu organisations growing in strength? Why is there a rising subscription to Neo-Wahabism, the Saudi Arabian version of contemporary Islam?
More than 600 students taking the class 10 board exams in Bihar's Hajipur district have been expelled in the last two days after they were caught cheating in the examination.
Absence of name of actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha as BJP candidate from Patna Saheb seat on Friday caused heartburn among his supporters even as a large number of party legislators are angry over selection of "turncoats".
The Lok Sabha election will be held in 7 phases, beginning on April 11, 2019 and ending on May 19, 2019.
The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Meerut Zone, Lakshmi Singh, on Friday ruled out a case of kidnapping and said that the fashion designer during questioning told the police that she was inspired by a television crime show.
At present, it is trading at around $1,004 an ounce in the international market, about $150 cheaper than gold
'It's happened many times, all these lovely aunties come to me and say, 'Beta, whenever you come onscreen, you make us laugh even before saying a dialogue'.'
At places in the border districts of Barmer and Jaisalmer, people walked miles through the desert to cast their votes.
He said Nitish betrayed people's mandate by breaking Grand Alliance.
Asia's oldest and largest cattle fair may soon lose its star attraction.
Rahul Gandhi on Thursday joined his sister Priyanka Gandhi in attacking Narendra Modi over snoopgate controversy, saying the Gujarat government has no regard for women as it gets their phones tapped.
This classification of districts is to be followed by states and union terrotories till a week post May 3, when the second phase of lockdown will end, for containment operations.
These Muslim women are poor and illiterate but, with the devotion they display as they create handmade earthen stoves for Chhath, they strengthen the social fabric, says M I Khan.
Model Anita Kumar on her first break, fitness mantras and women's safety.
An electorate of 1,45,93,980 voters would exercise their franchise in the third phase.
Failure to take timely action against those accused of posting the video resulted in communal tension.
In an online chat with Get Ahead readers on August 28, Love Guru answered their relationship queries.
All of V R College's 1,007 students secured a first class in the Class 12 exam! 222 of them got identical marks!
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