After her much-hyped inclusion in the Union Government in July 2021, Bhoumik was sent to contest Assembly election in February 2023 from Dhanpur, a CPI(M) bastion in Tripura.

It is now apparent that Gyanesh Kumar will be the next CEC after Kumar’s retirement in 2025.

The TMC is mulling to contest at least one Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh.

Sonia was seen attending a meeting at party chief Mallikarjun Kharge's residence on Monday, but according to sources, the discussion was on alliances.

Sources said one reason could be Trivedi was nominated to the seat that fell vacant after former Union Minister Arun Jaitley died in August 2019

Birla, who flagged off the 2-km walk, termed it a “programme meant not only to encourage women but also to empower them”.

Over the years, the EC has given its views on the matter several times, including to the Law Commission, which includes the logistical requirements for holding simultaneous elections.

Although there's no official word on whether the draft has been withdrawn, sources said it has been taken down since the deadline for public feedback ended Monday.

The minister said one of the ways that people could stay away from hospitals was to stop using tobacco. Every year tobacco consumption kills around 80-lakh people globally, equivalent to the population of some European countries, he said.

One of the ministers in the new Nitish Kumar Cabinet in Bihar has a JNU connection.

India’s G20 Sherpa and former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, Petroleum Secretary Pankaj Jain, Indian Oil Chairman Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, NBCC India CMD KP Mahadeva Swamy and Delhi BJP leader Neelkant Bakshi were among those present at the minister's bungalow.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said in a lighter vein that he is looking forward to the day when the IMD would be able to “predict the weather condition of the two Houses of Parliament for the presiding officers”.

Inaugurating various services at Central government hospitals in Delhi on Monday, the Minister said there was a need to reorient doctors towards wellness and prevention of diseases.

Lepcha, along with nine other MLAs, had quit the Sikkim Democratic Front soon after the 2019 Assembly elections and joined the BJP.

Balaknath, who resigned as Lok Sabha member after winning the Tijara Assembly seat in Rajasthan, was in the race for chief minister’s post. However, he has yet not found a place in the Bhajan Lal Sharma Cabinet.

The meeting saw former state Congress chief V M Sudheeran cautioning the party against toeing a soft Hindutva line by remaining ambivalent on attending the Ram Temple consecration.

Earlier this year, a Cuttack family court had rejected the actor-politician’s divorce petition. Now that the divorce has been granted, Mohanty most likely will start groundwork for the electoral battle next year.

Mansukh Mandaviya started a public WhatsApp channel last week to share updates from the departments he is in-charge of.

He said these days there are several mediums available in addition to books that could be used to increase children's curiosity.

Officials in Delhi said that simultaneous AI-based Tamil translation of the PM speech was done through Bhashini, a language translation app, for Tamil-speaking audiences.

Piyush Goyal’s room in the new Parliament building seems to have become the most happening one during the ongoing Winter Session.

Hierarchy took a backseat as the senior officers got the photos clicked in similar chairs at the event.

The list of business for the first day of the Winter Session on Monday had the tabling of the Ethics Committee report on the ‘cash for query’ charges against TMC MP Mahua Moitra.

President Droupadi Murmu has received her voter ID card at Rashtrapati Bhavan from the Election Commission.