political transition

Patna, Apr 2 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will be provided with Z-Plus level security after entering the Rajya Sabha, according to a notification issued here by the state home department.As the CM, Kumar enjoyed a special security cover provided under the state's Bihar Special Security...

New Delhi, April 2 – The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday announced that its MP from Punjab, Ashok Mittal, would be the party's new deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha. This effectively paves the way for the removal of party MP Rahul Chadha as its current deputy leader in the Upper House, with his...

According to sources at the Chief Minister's residence in Patna, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to take oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha on April 10.He is expected to travel to Delhi on April 8 or 9 to complete the formalities in the Upper House of Parliament.Following his...

Kolkata, April 1 – A day after joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), tennis legend Leander Paes met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday."I am humbled by the leadership, energy, and passion of Shri Narendra Modi Ji for our nation. I am honored to be part of your team and...

New Delhi, March 1 Senior Supreme Court lawyer and former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader H S Phoolka is set to join the BJP on Wednesday, sources said.Phoolka, who is best known for representing the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in their quest for justice, joined AAP in 2014 and left it...

New Delhi, March 30 A day after resigning from the Trinamool Congress, West Bengal MLA Qazi Abdur Rahim joined the Congress on Monday, saying he has "returned home".Rahim, the sitting MLA from the Baduria constituency in North 24 Parganas district, had resigned from all his party posts on...

Naypyidaw, March 30 – Myanmar's junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing, has been nominated as President in a parliamentary process that appears to be designed to solidify his control over civil society, local media reported on Monday.The Myanmar junta also appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar...

Patna, March 30 – Chairman of the Bihar Legislative Council, Awadhesh Narain Singh, expressed his emotions on Monday following Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's resignation from the post of Member of Legislative Council (MLC), describing it as not just a personal loss, but a moment of sorrow for the...

Patna, March 30 – Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar formally resigned from his membership in the Legislative Council on Monday, fulfilling the constitutional requirement before assuming office as a Rajya Sabha member.Nitish Kumar, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha on March 16 and received his...

Patna, March 30 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha earlier this month, is set to resign from the state legislative council on Monday, sources from the JD(U) said.The JD(U) president was elected to the upper House of Parliament on March 16, and according to...

Patna, March 28 – Political speculation in Bihar has intensified after posters appeared across Patna on Saturday, projecting Nishant Kumar, the son of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, as the future Chief Minister of the state.These posters reflect a section of supporters within the Janata Dal...

Kathmandu, March 28 Nepal's newly elected Prime Minister Balendra Shah said on Saturday that he is "eager to work closely" with India while thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his greetings after the oath-taking ceremony.Prime Minister Modi greeted Shah shortly after the swearing-in...

Guwahati, March 27 Pradyut Bordoloi, an Assam MP who recently switched to the BJP, has claimed that he felt neglected, isolated, and treated as an outsider within the Congress.A member of the Congress for over five decades and chairman of the manifesto committee for the Assam Assembly...

Kathmandu, March 27 Balendra Shah 'Balen', the rapper-turned-politician who won Kathmandu's 2022 mayoral elections as an independent, has become a symbol of generational change, representing a break from Nepal's traditional political parties.Known as 'Balen', a candidate for the Rastriya...

Kathmandu, March 27 Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah 'Balen' took the oath as Nepal's democratically elected prime minister on Friday, about six months after the K P Sharma Oli-led government was ousted in a Gen-Z protest that shook the nation.The 35-year-old leader of the Rastriya...

Kolkata, March 24 Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress leader and former MLA Arghya Roy Pradhan joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday.Rajbanshi leader Banshibadan Barman, associated with the Greater Cooch Behar People's Association (GCPA) faction and one of...

Buldhana, March 23 Shiv Sena MLA from Buldhana, Sanjay Gaikwad, has stirred controversy by claiming that he relinquished "₹35 crore in commissions" for the benefit of his party workers and supporters, which has led many of them to switch from bicycles to driving Toyota Fortuners.He made this...

New Delhi, March 22 Former JD(U) leader KC Tyagi joined the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) on Sunday, saying there is no difference between the two parties as both follow the ideals of former prime minister Chaudhary Charan Singh and socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia.Tyagi said he has come to the...

Guwahati, March 19 Pradyut Bordoloi joined the BJP after "making significant sacrifices" and not with the expectation of receiving any "benefits", Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday, a day after the Congress MP was inducted into the ruling party.The two-term MP from...

Guwahati, March 19 After Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi quit the Congress to join the BJP, his son Prateek has decided not to contest as a nominee of the grand old party from the Margherita assembly constituency in the upcoming assembly polls.In a letter to Congress president and chairman of the...