Politics , Top News , Tripura
BJP sweeps Tripura Municipal polls,
The ruling BJP has swept the Civic body and Nagar Panchayat elections winning as many as 217 of the total 222 seats that went to polls. The TMC, which fielded candidates in around 120 seats, could win only one. The opposition CPI-M also suffered a big setback winning just 3 seats. The BJP was victorious […]
3 years ago
National , Top News
Hamburg’s India Week promotes tourism potential of the Northeast
In a news that is certain to bring cheer to those associated with the tourism sector of the Northeast, the 9th edition of the weeklong India Week being observed in Hamburg Germany will specially promote Northeast India as a tourist destination. Day-long special events showcasing India’s Northeast are being earmarked for November 11. The biennial […]
3 years ago
Politics , Top News
TMC nominates Sushmita Dev for Rajya Sabha bypoll in Bengal
The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday named Sushmita Dev, who recently joined the party after quitting the Congress, as its candidate for bypoll to a Rajya Sabha seat. The seat in the state fell vacant after Manas Bhunia quit the upper house having won assembly elections from Sabang in Paschim Medinipur. Bypoll to six Rajya Sabha […]
3 years ago
Mizoram , Top News
Mizoram MLA Andrew H Thangliana dies at 44
Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) MLA Andrew H Thangliana died at a hospital in Aizawl on Tuesday. He was 44. The Tuirial legislator died of several complications, including liver failure and heart attack at the Ebenezer Medical Centre in Aizawl today morning. The legislator was admitted to the Civil Hospital on July 21 and was later […]
3 years ago
Politics , Top News , Tripura
Tripura: After exit from IPFT, MLA Brishaketu Debbarma joins TIPRA
In a major development to Tripura’s indigenous tribal politics, former Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) MLA Brishketu Debbarma joined the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) on Thursday. Debbarma, who recently resigned from the party and the Assembly, joined the Tipra Motha in presence of Tipra Motha chief and royal scion Pradyot Kishore Manikya […]
3 years ago
Assam , Politics , Top News
Rameswar Teli takes charge as MoS Petroleum, Labour
Member of Parliament Rameswar Teli on Thursday took charge as Minister of State (MoS) for Labour and Employment. He represents Dibrugarh in Assam. Teli, who served as the Union Minister of State for Food Processing and Technology, has also been inducted as Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas. He assumed charge as the […]
3 years ago
National
Migrant workers return to Delhi as economic activity resumes on first day of unlock
New Delhi: As soon as the economic activity resumed in Delhi on Monday with the easing of Covid-19 restrictions that was imposed during the second wave of pandemic, hundreds of migrant workers were seen at Anand Vihar ISBT and the adjoining metro station in the national capital on Monday. People returned to the metropolis hoping […]
3 years ago
National , Politics , Top News
Mamata Banerjee takes oath as West Bengal CM for third consecutive term
Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday took oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive term. She was administered the oath by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. TMC secured 213 seats in the eight-phased West Bengal Assembly elections while Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 77 seats. “I thank all the people […]
3 years ago
Assam , Politics , Top News
Akhil Gogoi first in Assam to win election from jail
Jailed anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi became the first Assamese to win an election without hitting the campaign trail, as he clinched the Sibsagar constituency, defeating his nearest rival Surabhi Rajkonwari of the BJP by a decisive 11,875 votes. The founder of the newly floated Raijor Dal – arrested in December 2019 over sedition charges – […]
3 years ago
Assam , Politics , Top News
Ripun Bora resigns as Assam Congress president
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Ripun Bora has resigned from his post owning moral responsibility for party’s poor show in the state assembly elections. The top Congress leader was defeated by BJP’s Utpal Bora with a margin of 14,118 votes. In a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Bora stated and acknowledged “full responsibility […]
3 years ago