Kolkata | Hours after former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi announced that he is dating Bollywood actress and former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen and intends to tie the knot with her soon, her father and retired Indian Air Force officer Shubeer Sen on Friday said that he has absolutely no knowledge regarding this development. “I do not […]
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Sushmita Dev meets Abhishek Banerjee, joins Trinamool
Kolkata | Few hours after former MP and Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev resigned from Congress, she flew to Kolkata and joined Trinamool Congress after a one-hour meeting with Trinamool Congress All India General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee. Later she went to the state secretariat at Nabanna to meet chief minister Mamata Banerjee. In the morning, after […]
Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Deb resigns from party
New Delhi | In yet another jolt to Congress, former MP and Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Deb has reportedly resigned from the party, party sources said on Monday. Party sources said that she has sent her resignation to Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi. Meanwhile, party leaders remained tight-lipped on the recent developments. The resignation comes two […]
Congress leader Sushmita Dev tests Covid positive in Assam, tally 14,032
Guwahati/Silchar: While former Congress Lok Sabha member Sushmita Dev has tested positive for coronavirus, the Assam government refuted the media reports that Akhil Gogoi, jailed top farmers leader, tested Covid-19 positive. On Thursday, Covid-19 death toll rose to 24 and number of cases jumped to 14,032 in the state. All India Mahila Congress (AIMC) chief […]
Women Congress stages protest over LPG price hike
New Delhi: The Women Congress activists staged a protest at Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan’s office, here on Thursday, against the steep rise in liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder prices and demanded its immediate rollback. They also submitted a memorandum addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Women Congress chief Sushmita Dev along […]
Congress fact finding committee to submit report on JNU
New Delhi: A day after the Congress fact finding team visited Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus, the four-member team will submit its report to party interim chief Sonia Gandhi. The report will also be discussed during the party’s top decision making body CWC meeting on Friday. The four-member fact finding team led by former Congress MP […]
Rightly or wrongly, EC has taken a call, says SC on Sushmita Dev’s plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to look into the factors leading to the Election Commission clearing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah of charges of allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct in their speeches during the ongoing Lok Sabha poll campaign. Dismissing the writ petition filed by Congress […]
Rightly or wrongly EC has taken a call: SC junks Sushmita Dev’s plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to examine a writ petition filed by Congress MP Sushmita Dev against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah for breaching the Model Code of Conduct during the ongoing polls after it came across an order already passed by the Election Commission on the same […]
Sushmita, Gogoi, Pala in Congress third Lok Sabha list
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday released its third list of party candidates fielding its sitting MPs Sushmita Dev from Silchar, Gaurav Gogoi from Kaliabor and Vincent H Pala from Shillong. The third list of candidates has 18 names including five from Assam, two from Meghalaya, one from Nagaland, one from Sikkim, eight from Telangana […]
J&K Deputy CM must be sacked for remarks on Kathua rape: Congress
New Delhi : Attacking Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta for his remarks that the Kathua rape-murder case was a “minor issue”, the Congress on Tuesday said it is “absolutely blasphemous” and demanded that he be sacked. The party also attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not reacting to Gupta’s remarks. “This is […]