Baffling to hear Punjab Assembly polls will be fought under Navjot Sidhu, says state Congress leader

Punjab affairs in-charge Harish Rawat had made the comments a day before Charanjit Singh Channi took oath as the new chief minister.

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· An hour ago

The Political Fix: Why Congress replacing Amarinder Singh is both like and unlike BJP’s CM shuffling

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· 4 hours ago

Congress likely to announce new Punjab chief minister today after Amarinder Singh’s exit

On Saturday, the MLAs passed a resolution authorising party President Sonia Gandhi to take a final decision on the matter.

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· Yesterday · 11:37 am

‘I was disillusioned with BJP, not okay with being benched’: Babul Supriyo after joining TMC

The BJP, which had named Supriyo as one of its star campaigners for the Bhabanipur bye-polls, downplayed his exit.

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· Yesterday · 09:28 am

How disinformation is the new state-sponsored violence – and four other Sunday reads

Five must-read pieces for the weekend.

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· Yesterday · 09:05 am

Rajya Sabha bye-polls: BJP nominates two Union ministers for Assam, MP seats

The elections will be conducted on October 4.

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· Sep 18, 2021 · 05:32 pm

Amarinder Singh quits as Punjab chief minister, says he felt ‘humiliated’

The state unit of the Congress had been thrown into a crisis following a rift between Singh and party leader Navjot Singh Sidhu.

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· Sep 18, 2021 · 04:50 pm

RN Ravi sworn in as governor of Tamil Nadu

He served as the governor of Nagaland between July 2019 and September.

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· Sep 18, 2021 · 04:21 pm

Former BJP leader Babul Supriyo joins Trinamool Congress

The singer-turned-politician was dropped as a Union minister from Narendra Modi’s Cabinet during a reshuffle in July.

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· Sep 18, 2021 · 03:24 pm

Punjab: Congress’ Sunil Jakhar lauds Rahul Gandhi’s ‘bold decision’ amid political crisis

This came amid reports that Chief Minister Amarinder Singh could resign from his post, months ahead of the Assembly polls in the state.

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· Sep 18, 2021 · 02:45 pm

BJP’s Jagdish Mukhi takes additional charge as Nagaland governor

This came a week after RN Ravi, who held the post before him, was transferred to Tamil Nadu.

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· Sep 17, 2021 · 07:02 pm

BJP praised actor Sonu Sood earlier, now it considers him a tax evader, says Shiv Sena

The raids showed the party’s narrow-mindedness, an editorial in the party’s mouthpiece said.

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· Sep 17, 2021 · 03:49 pm