Politics

Banerjee held a series of meetings with TMC's state-level leaders with an eye on the 2023 Tripura assembly polls.

In the run-up to civic body polls, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Madhya Pradesh is planning to go into these elections as a cohesive unit, keeping resentment at bay.

Supriyo had been subtly expressing his displeasure over not getting a ministerial berth through posts on Facebook and Twitter.

U.S. lawmakers have put on hold a proposal to sell almost $1 billion of weapons to Nigeria over concerns about possible human rights abuses by the government, three sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Suvendu Adhikari said the saffron party will not nominate any candidate for the Rajya Sabha seat vacated by former TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi earlier this year.

The Jan Ashirwad Yatra will begin on August 16.

The meeting is being seen as yet another attempt to ‘tone down’ the acrimony between the two leaders.

Mamata Banerjee is also likely to meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and NCP president Sharad Pawar to discuss plans for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Yediyurappa tendered his resignation to the governor, who asked BSY to continue as caretaker chief minister till his successor is appointed.

Mamata Banerjee will also meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 28 to raise various issues related to funds and COVID-19 vaccination in Bengal.

Amid the melee, Ahammad Devarkovil, the Minister for Ports, was escorted out of the hotel where the working committee meeting was held allegedly violating COVID-19 protocol.

After meeting ministers, MLAs and office bearers at the party office here, Maken said they have expressed confidence in the party high command for the reshuffle decision.

On Friday, Banerjee took over as the parliamentary chairperson of the TMC from MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, ahead of her Delhi visit.

A strong advocacy of Yogi Adityanath’s performance as the CM is also expected from the PM during these visits.

Republican politicians are under increasing pressure to speak out to persuade COVID19 vaccine skeptics to roll up their sleeves and take the shots as a new, more contagious variant sends caseloads soaring. But after months of ignoring and, in some cases,...

The delegation led by Forest minister Mevar Kumar Jamatia, who is also the General Secretary of IPFT met Amit Shah on Thursday and submitted a five-point memorandum.