New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Starting his two-day trip with a visit to a local temple, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday interacted with Congress workers and also heard problems of the electorate in his Raebareli parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh. The MP’s schedule for the two-day visit includes the dedication … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Leader of BJP Legislative Party in Delhi Assembly Rekha Gupta on Wednesday met Lt Governor V.K. Saxena at the Raj Niwas here and staked her claim to form the new government. The meeting with L-G Saxena came just hours after the top BJP leadership picked her name for the chief … Read more
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