Bengal elections: Adhikari factor key in Tamluk-Kanthi battleground as BJP-TMC face offThe Adhikari family's political shift is heating up contests in Purba Medinipur's Tamluk, Kanthi Uttar, and Kanthi Dakshin seats. Once a TM...
29 Mar, 2026, 01.24 PM IST
West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 6: Tamluk , Kanthi, Ghatal and other constituencies vote on May 25. Key contests and other detailsThe BJP has replaced the incumbent MP of Medinipur, Dilip Ghosh, with the party's state Mahila Morcha president, Agnimitra Paul, as its can...
25 May, 2024, 09.46 AM IST
NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankar elected new Vice PresidentThe 71-year-old leader, who hails from the Jat community of Rajasthan, was set to win the Vice Presidential elections from the start as the...
07 Aug, 2022, 07.01 AM IST
Despite multiple defections, no disqualification recorded in Bengal Assembly in past decadeOnce a reviled practice in West Bengal, the "Aaya Ram Gaya Ram" culture has made deep inroads into the state as several MLAs, in the past d...
28 Jun, 2021, 02.43 PM IST
West Bengal polls: Parties bank on identity politics, promise of industrialisation in Nandigram seatThe obscure agrarian region in Purba Medinipur district had shaken the foundation of the mighty Left Front regime through the anti-land acq...
25 Mar, 2021, 05.15 PM IST
Know what re-election does to assets of MPsTop gainers by percentage are E. T. Mohammed Basheer of the IUML (2,018 per cent rise), Sisir Kumar Adhikari of TMC (1,700% per cent rise),...
11 Apr, 2019, 05.14 PM IST
Know what re-election does to assets of MPsNational Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the affidavits of these 153 sitting MPs.
28 Mar, 2019, 12.28 PM IST
Many MPs, netas occupying Delhi’s ministerial bungalowsResponding to the Supreme Court’s notice, solicitor general Ranjit Kumar submitted a list of allottees, most of whom were ministers in the ...
08 Nov, 2014, 10.45 AM IST
- Land acquisition bill to incorporate Parliamentary panel recommendations
Proposed land acquisition bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha after incorporating the recommendations made by the Parliamentary Standi...
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- 47 crorepatis in new Manmohan Singh government
With nearly Rs 90 crore, Praful Patel is the richest member of the Manmohan Singh government while Mamata Banerjee ranks at the bottom of t...
28 May, 2009, 11.14 PM IST
Sibal to head HRD ministry, Moily gets LawVeerappa Moily will take charge of Law, Ambika Soni to become I&B minister, Anand Sharma gets Commerce & Industry.
28 May, 2009, 09.45 PM IST
- PM Manmohan set to lead 78-member Council of Ministers
Manmohan Singh is set to lead a 78-member council of ministers, including 33 Cabinet ministers and 45 ministers of state, in his second ter...
27 May, 2009, 04.33 PM IST
- FM starts innings with power of knowledge
Congress struggling to prepare a list of its ministerial nominees.
26 May, 2009, 02.14 AM IST