Happy at the way Mamata Banerjee gave love, affection, warmth: Babul Supriyo after meeting TMC chief
Sep 20, 2021, at 08:49 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Union Minister Babul Supriyo, who joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) last week, Monday said he was "happy" at the way love and affection were showered on him by party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Bengal: BJP won't field candidate against TMC's Sushmita Dev for Rajya Sabha bypoll
Sep 20, 2021, at 07:51 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday said it will not field any candidate against Trinamool Congress (TMC) nominee Sushmita Dev for the upcoming bypoll to a Rajya Sabha seat from the state.
Icore chit fund case: Bengal minister Manas Bhunia skips CBI summon
Sep 20, 2021, at 07:12 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA, Manas Ranjan Bhunia, has skipped the summon issued by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that had asked him to appear before the agency Monday in connection with its ongoing probe into the ICore chit fund scam, officials said.
PM Modi congratulates new Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi
Sep 20, 2021, at 06:48 pm
New Delhi/Chandigarh/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Congress' Dalit leader Charanjit Singh Channi who took oath as the new Punjab Chief Minister Monday.
Sep 20, 2021, at 05:44 pm
Chandigarh/IBNS: Succeeding tall politician Captain Amarinder Singh, Congress' Dalit leader Charanjit Singh Channi Monday took oath as the new Punjab Chief Minister with barelya few months to go for the next assembly elections in the state.
Charanjit Singh Channi takes oath as Punjab CM
Sep 20, 2021, at 04:52 pm
Chandigarh/IBNS: Congress' Dalit leader Charanjit Singh Channi Monday took oath as the new Punjab Chief Minister.
Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSRCP sweeps Andhra Pradesh local body polls
Sep 20, 2021, at 04:42 pm
Vijayawada/IBNS: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress Party has registered a sweeping victory in the state's local body polls, further strengthening its position in the south Indian state, media reports said.
Charanjit Singh Channi to take oath as Punjab CM today
Sep 20, 2021, at 03:02 pm
Chandigarh: Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi will take oath as the Chief Minister of Punjab at 11 am on Monday.
Charanjit Singh Channi to take oath as Punjab CM at 11 am on Monday
Sep 20, 2021, at 02:56 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: Chief minister-elect Charanjit Singh Channi will take oath as the chief minister of Punjab at 11 am on Monday.
Who is Charanjit Singh Channi, the CM-designate of Punjab?
Sep 20, 2021, at 02:00 am
Chandigarh/UNI: Congress party on Sunday evening announced three time MLA from Chamkaur Sahib Charanjit Singh Channi as the new Chief Minister of Punjab, a day after miffed Capt Amarinder Singh resigned.
'Best wishes to Charanjit Singh Channi': Amarinder Singh to Punjab CM-designate
Sep 20, 2021, at 01:18 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh gave his best wishes to Charanjit Singh Channi, whose name was announced for the top job following a meeting of Congress MLAs this evening.
Charanjit Singh Channi becomes new Punjab CM; appointment of two deputies likely
Sep 19, 2021, at 11:50 pm
Chandigarh/IBNS: After three days of high drama, Congress named Charanjit Singh Channi the chief minister of Punjab as the party struggled to restore control in the northern state after a "humiliated" Captain Amarinder Singh resigned as the chief minister. The party is likely to appoint two deputy chief ministers apart from Singh's replacement.
Two ZUF cadres nabbed in Manipur
Sep 19, 2021, at 11:41 pm
Guwahati: Security forces apprehended two cadres of Manipur militant outfit Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) in Noney district.
Assam: Forest guard dies of bullet injury in Kaziranga
Sep 19, 2021, at 11:28 pm
Guwahati: A forest guard died of a bullet injury in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park on Saturday night.
Charanjit Singh Channi to be next Punjab Chief Minister, says Congress
Sep 19, 2021, at 11:22 pm
Chandigarh/IBNS: Congress declared Charanjit Singh Channi as the next Punjab Chief Minister.
Trinamool Congress strengthens its digital presence as 31 senior leaders join Koo App
Sep 19, 2021, at 11:06 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata: Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in several Indian states, political fever on India’s pioneering multilingual microblogging platform, Koo, has started gaining momentum.
Amarinder Singh is a 'head of family' for us: Sukhjinder Randhava
Sep 19, 2021, at 10:36 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: Congress leader Sukhjinder Randhava, who is likely to become the next chief minister of Punjab, on Sunday said he considers Captain Amarinder Singh like a "head of the family" for Punjab Congress.
Navjot Sidhu was not the ultimate choice of Congress leadership as Punjab CM
Sep 19, 2021, at 10:19 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: Punjab Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting scheduled to be held for the second consecutive day on Sunday to elect a new leader of the CLP was deferred till further instructions from the party leadership.
Anguished at political events of last 5 months, Amarinder wrote to Sonia before quitting
Sep 19, 2021, at 09:36 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: Hours before he formally submitted his resignation on Saturday to the Governor, Capt Amarinder Singh had written to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, apprising her of his decision, while expressing anguish at the political events of the last about five months, which, he said, were clearly “not based on full understanding of the national imperatives of Punjab and its key concerns.”
Senior Congress leader Sukhjinder Randhawa likely to be the next Punjab CM
Sep 19, 2021, at 09:13 pm
Chandigarh: Senior Congress leader Sukhjinder Randhawa likely to be the next Punjab CM.
'Felt disillusioned..not okay with being benched' : Babul Supriyo on his exit from BJP
Sep 19, 2021, at 09:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Union minister Babul Supriyo said in a television interview that he was disillusioned with the BJP and he did not feel right about being benched after years of hard work.
Hope Amarinder Singh works in interest of party: Ashok Gehlot
Sep 19, 2021, at 06:49 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday urged his colleague and former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to "continue working keeping the party's interest above everything else".
Two Myanmar nationals held with arms in Mizoram
Sep 19, 2021, at 06:00 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Security forces have apprehended two Myanmar nationals and recovered arms and ammunition in Mizoram’s Lunglei district.
Rajasthan govt faces flak from opposition BJP after passing bill to register child marriages
Sep 19, 2021, at 05:52 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: The Congress government in Rajasthan is under attack from the opposition after passing a bill to amend an act on mandatory registration of marriages, including that of child marriages.
Ambika Soni refuses Punjab chief minister post after Amarinder Singh's resignation: Reports
Sep 19, 2021, at 05:07 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Senior Congress leader Ambika Soni has declined an offer to become the new chief minister of Punjab after Amarinder Singh resigned from the post on Saturday, media reports said.
Congress to decide on new Punjab CM today after Amarinder Singh's resignation
Sep 19, 2021, at 04:08 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The state of Punjab is all set to get a new chief minister on Sunday as the Congress called a meeting of its MLAs for the second time in recent days, media reports said.
Kerala to impose special intensified stringent lockdown restrictions
Sep 19, 2021, at 03:42 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: Kerala will impose special intensified stringent COVID lockdown restrictions in the urban and panchayat wards, with critical spread of WIPR (Weekly Infection Population Ratio), which is above 10.
Himanta Biswa Sarma dedicates 80 ICU beds at Silchar Medical College and Hospital
Sep 19, 2021, at 06:33 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday dedicated 80 ICU beds including 40 paediatric beds at Silchar Medical College and Hospital.
2.30 lakh Yaba tablets worth Rs 8 cr seized along Assam-Mizoram border, four arrested
Sep 19, 2021, at 06:17 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Police recovered 2.30 lakh pieces of Yaba tablets worth Rs 8 crore in the state's Karimganj district on Saturday.
78 Congress MLAs attend meet to ask Sonia Gandhi choose new Punjab CM
Sep 19, 2021, at 05:39 am
Chandigarh/UNI: A meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) held on Saturday evening was attended by 78 out of 80 MLAs, who unanimously passed two resolutions - on thanking the outgoing chief minister Amarinder Singh, and the second asking party president Sonia Gandhi to chose his successor.