Morning Digest | Cyclone Mandous makes landfall off Mamallapuram; Congress struggles to reach consensus on Himachal Pradesh CM, and more

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Cyclone Mandous live updates | Rain lashes Tamil Nadu as cyclone makes landfall

Cyclonic storm Mandous made landfall off Mamallapuram near Chennai late on Friday influencing moderate to heavy rainfall in coastal Tamil Nadu.

Bhupendra Patel resigns; likely to come back as Gujarat CM

A BJP legislature party meeting of the newly-elected Gujarat MLAs will be held on Saturday in Gandhinagar to pick a new leader, who will take over as the next Chief Minister. Outgoing CM Bhupendra Patel is set for a second term, according to party insiders. 

On Friday, accompanied by the BJP’s State chief C.R. Paatil and others, the CM called on Governor Acharya Devrat and tendered his resignation along with his entire Cabinet, to pave the way for the formation of a new government in the State after winning a landslide victory in the Assembly polls. 

Congress struggles to reach consensus on Himachal Pradesh CM

Suspense continued on Friday over who will become the next Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, as the Congress party struggled to zero in on a consensus candidate for the top post, a day after the party won 40 seats in the State’s 68-member Legislative Assembly.