FEATURE STORY
As Assembly elections draw close, the West Bengal government tabled its Budget on Thursday proposing an increase in their pilot Lakshmir Bhandar Scheme for more than 2.23 crore women in rural households.
Opposition parties in West Bengal have labelled it all a “natak” or high drama. Every BJP leader in the state…
After a long deliberation with central party leaders, the Manipur BJP Legislature Party on Tuesday elected Y. Khemchand Singh as its leader, and thus the Chief Minister. Sources said the swearing-in ceremony of the new government will take place in Imphal on Wednesday. The central leadership has decided to appoint two Deputy Chief Ministers, one likely from the Kuki community, sources said.
The Congress on Thursday said that it will go solo in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls and contest all 294 seats in the state. The decision was taken at a key meeting of the party’s top brass with senior leaders of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee.
