New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital regarding the upcoming investment summit — Advantage Assam. Taking to social media platform X, CM Sarma wrote, “Today in New Delhi, I had the honour of meeting Home Minister @amitshah Ji to … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Ahead of the BJP legislature party’s meeting, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva and National BJP General Secretary Vinod Tawde called on Lieutenant Governor (L-G) V.K. Saxena on Tuesday, adding to the suspense of the name of the new Chief Minister. The BJP legislature party’s meeting is likely to take place … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) A three-member selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met on Monday to pick the successor of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar who is set to retire on February 18 (Tuesday). The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Office in South Block. PM Modi, the Leader of … Read more
Ahmedabad, Feb 17 (IANS) Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi met Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel here on Friday and discussed increasing investments in the state. Calling Gujarat a “land of business”, Oberoi expressed interest in bringing foreign companies and new technologies to the region. During the meeting, he praised Gujarat’s economic model and emphasized the need … Read more
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) A delegation of Trinamool Congress Parliamentarians, from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, met President Droupadi Murmu, seeking quick approval of the new bill Aparajita Women & Child (West Bengal Criminal Law) Bill, that seeks capital punishment for convicts in rape and murder cases. BJP leaders in West Bengal have ridiculed … Read more
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) Marc Fogel, an American history teacher who had been deemed “wrongfully detained” by Russia, has been released and returned to the US in what the White House has described as a diplomatic breakthrough that could help in improving relations with Moscow and advance negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Fogel, … Read more
Guwahati, Feb 11 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday met the Foreign Affairs Minister of Singapore, Vivian Balakrishnan and held discussions on having deeper ties between Assam and Singapore during his two-day visit to the foreign nation. Taking to X, Sarma said: “It was a delight to meet the Minister for Foreign … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The BJP continued to maintain suspense over its next Chief Minister in Delhi even as 10 new-elected legislators met National President J.P. Nadda on Tuesday and shared views about possible candidates for the top post. The discussion, though described as a courtesy call, involved seeking the MLAs’ views on the … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) In a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and 91 state MLAs, AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday called for collective focus on the Assembly polls in the agrarian state in 2027 and dismissed talk of trouble in the party in that state, said a party leader. … Read more