Day: February 18, 2021

Puducherry Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan today ordered a floor test in the Assembly on 22 February for the Union Territory’s Congress government headed by Chief Minister V Narayansamy.

2021 IPL auction is now just around the corner. Although it’s a ‘mini auction’, a lot still hangs in the balance for the the 8 different franchises, who will be focussed on bolstering their squads for the upcoming season.

A head-to-head political battle will play out today in Kolkata neighbouring South 24 Parganas district where Union Home Minister Amit Shah and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are scheduled to address independent rallies separated by some distance.

The possibility of a conspiracy against former Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi cannot be ruled out, the Supreme Court said today, closing an inquiry set up after he was accused of sex harassment.

Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, the man behind India’s expansive and ambitious metro rail project in Delhi, is set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The bomb attack on West Bengal Labour Minister Jakir Hossain was part of a conspiracy because some people were pressuring him to join their party, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today.

Climate activist Disha Ravi, arrested for alleged involvement in sharing a toolkit backing the farmers’ protest, today moved the Delhi High Court seeking to restrain police from leaking to the media any probe material in relation to the FIR lodged against her.

VK Sasikala, the sacked AIADMK chief released from jail last month, has taken a legal step towards reclaiming her position in Tamilnadu’s ruling party months ahead of polls.

Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, who took additional charge of Puducherry as Lt Governor today, said that she will take care of both the places as two children.