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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Kannur, March 18 – Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched his election campaign on Wednesday with a sharp attack on the opposition, accusing them of abandoning political decency and resorting to false propaganda as he seeks an unprecedented third consecutive term in Kerala.Addressing the LDF...
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New Delhi/Guwahati, March 18 A day after he quit the Congress, Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi, on Wednesday joined the BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and other leaders of the saffron party in New Delhi.He was formally inducted into the BJP by its state president Dilip...
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New Delhi, March 18 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma warmly welcomed former Congress leader Pradyut Bordoloi into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, asserting that the grand old party no longer has space for “self-respecting individuals”.Speaking to reporters in the...
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New Delhi, March 18 – Hours after quitting the Congress party, Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi joined the BJP in the national capital on Wednesday.Bordoloi, who served as a minister in Assam during the Congress regime, joined the BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and state...
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New Delhi, March 17 Senior JD(U) leader K.C. Tyagi said on Tuesday that he has left the party and will soon decide on his next course of action.Tyagi has been associated with the JD(U) since its formation in October 2003, following the merger of the Samata Party and the Janata Dal.He has...
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Thrissur (Kerala), March 16 MLA C C Mukundan, who was expelled from the CPI, joined the BJP here on Monday.Mukundan was expelled from the Left party after he expressed his displeasure with the CPI for not considering him again for the SC-reserved Nattika constituency.He had previously been...
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New Delhi, March 13 Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated José Antonio Kast Rist on assuming the office of the President of Chile on Friday and said he was looking forward to working closely with him to further strengthen bilateral ties.Far-right leader Kast was sworn in on Wednesday as...
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Dhaka, March 11 Bangladesh’s new parliament is set to convene its maiden session on Thursday, with the speaker’s seat remaining vacant.Former Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury resigned in September 2024 after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster, while deputy speaker Shamsul Haque was jailed, though both...
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New Delhi, March 9 Ahead of the Assam assembly elections, former Asom Gana Parishad leader Jayanta Khaund joined the Congress on Monday, with Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi praising his entry into the party.Days after resigning from the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), Khaund joined the Congress...
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Dhaka: As Bangladesh seeks to return to normalcy following the Muhammad Yunus era, thousands of students associated with the Bangladesh Students’ League who have been expelled without due process are waiting to return to their universities.Education should not be a casualty of political...
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Chennai, March 7 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin met R. N. Ravi on Saturday in Chennai and congratulated him following his appointment as the new Governor of West Bengal.The meeting, held at the Governor's official residence in Guindy, marked a formal and courteous interaction between...
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New Delhi, March 7 – As Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's tenure enters its final stages following his nomination to the Rajya Sabha, the Janata Dal (United) is preparing for a generational shift in leadership with the formal entry of his son, Nishant Kumar, into active politics.Party...
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Washington, March 6 US President Donald Trump said on Friday that there would be no agreement with Iran unless Tehran accepts what he described as "unconditional surrender," outlining a hardline position on the future of the Iranian leadership and the country's political direction.Posting on...
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New Delhi, March 5 As Bihar prepares for the Rajya Sabha elections, the state is on the verge of witnessing a new political chapter, after nearly two decades dominated by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The veteran leader will now enter the Rajya Sabha, relinquishing the Chief Minister's post...
Ranchi, March 5 (PT) Jharkhand’s sole JD(U) MLA, Saryu Roy, claimed on Thursday that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s entry into the Rajya Sabha was a “premeditated move” to remove him from the Chief Minister’s position.Kumar, who is also the JD(U) supremo, announced his decision to enter...