Politics

TRIPURA CIVIC POLLS: BJP Sweeps It; Muslims Celebrate With Colours, Slam TMC, CPIM Over Fake Arson Row

AGARTALA/UNAKOTI:  The ruling BJP on Sunday registered a mega win in November 25 local body elections, sweeping all the 20 municipal bodies in Tripura and winning 329 seats overall out of the 334 seats. Elections were held across 222 out of 334 seats in Tripura. BJP had already won 112 seats without contesting, as neither Trinamool […]

Delhi Assembly Passes Resolution Supporting Pending Demands Of Farmers

NEW DELHI: Delhi Assembly on Friday passed a resolution supporting the pending demands of the farmers, law on MSP, withdrawal of the cases against farmers and compensation for the families of those farmers who lost their lives during the protest period. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also congratulated farmers on the success of their movement […]

MSP A Matter Of Life And Death For The Farmers, Says Yogendra Yadav

NEW DELHI: Jai Kisan Andolan leader, Yogendra Yadav, on Friday credited the sheer resilience of the farmers during the past one year of protest as the reason for the government agreeing to its demands of repealing the three contentious farm laws. He, however, insisted that for the farmers, the issue of Minimum Support Price (MSP) […]

Cong To Focus On ‘Oppn Unity’ In Parl, Even As TMC Poaches Its 12 Meghalaya MLAs

NEW DELHI: A day after 12 out of 17 MLAs of Congress including former Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma switched to Trinamool Congress (TMC), the Congress remained unperturbed and said that it will work with opposition unity during the Winter Session of Parliament. The decision was taken during a Parliamentary party strategy meeting in Delhi on […]

Mamata Gets A Coup On Cong, Inducts Its 12 MLAs In Meghalaya

NEW DELHI: On a day when visiting West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee met PM Narendra Modi over Tripura issues, her party Trinamool Congress on late Wendesday inducted 12 Congress MLAs following a revolt by former Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma. The departure of these legislators is a huge setback for Congress in Meghalaya. Congress is now […]