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  HIGHLIGHTS President Ram Nath Kovind is in Assam for a three-day visit. On February 27, he had an elephant ride in the state's Kaziranga National Park. President Ram Nath Kovind, who is on a three-day visit to Assam, had an elephant ride in the state's Kaziranga National Park on Sunday morning after taking part in the 19th Convocation of Tezpur University. After attending Tezpur University's 19th Convocation, Kovind landed in Kaziranga on Saturday evening. On Sunday, the President is expected to attend a special ceremony in Kohora with forest officials and the state administration. Kaziranga National Park is located in Assam's Golaghat District and Nagaon District. It is Assam's oldest park, spanning 430 square kilometres between the Brahmaputra River on the north and the Karbi Anglong Hills on the south. The park area and tea estates are boxed in by table-top tea bushes as National Highway 37 goes through. Rhinos and wild elephants can even be seen wandering alon...

  HIGHLIGHTS Kangana Ranaut praises the box office success of recent flicks. Valimai and Bheemla Nayak are two important releases in the south. On Friday, Alia Bhatt's Gangubai Kathiawadi was launched. Kangana Ranaut has turned to social media to congratulate the films that were launched this weekend on their box office success. The actress stated that the positive box office results of south Indian films, as well as a Bollywood release, had given her optimism for the film industry's resurgence. Kangana wrote a long message about it on her Instagram Story. "I'm glad to hear that the South film industry is reviving, with record-breaking box office receipts. I've heard that some little measures are being done in the Hindi belt as well. With the release of a recent female-centric picture with a huge actress and a super star director. Although these are small steps, they are not inconsequential. They'll be critical in theatres that rely on ventilators. Great.” ...

  HIGHLIGHTS Nitish Kumar dismissed the rumour, claiming he had no intention of running for President. The NCP has stated that if Nitish Kumar breaks his connections with the BJP, it will back his candidacy. The President of India is the country's head of state and the country's first citizen. On Tuesday, Bihar's political class debated Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's suitability for the position of President of India, which would become vacant in a few months. Prashant Kishor, a political strategist who met Nitish in Delhi last week, and Maharashtra leader Nawab Malik, who stated his party, led by Sharad Pawar, was ready to support the JD(U) leader for the country's highest constitutional office provided he broke relations with the BJP, began the ball rolling. When media questioned Nitish Kumar, he replied with folded hands that he had no intention of running for President. "I'm not sure how such rumours get out in the open. I never considered running for Pr...