Conrad is banking on the legacy of his father P.A. Sangma. Mukul, on whom the Trinamool Congress has pinned its hopes, is trying to take back the CM's post. Meghalaya votes Monday.
TMC chief’s three-day visit is first since 12 Congress MLAs joined her party in Northeast state in November last year. BJP says its rival will not make any headway in state polls.
After 12 of its 17 Congress MLAs joined Trinamool Congress last November, the party got another shock when 5 remaining legislators pledged support to state's BJP-backed govt.
TMC forayed into Meghalaya’s political landscape with the induction of 12 Congress MLAs, including ex-CM Mukul Sangma. But its success in creating a base there will depend on many factors.
Now Congress has 21 MLAs in the 60-member Assembly, one more than the NPP, which is leading the coalition government with the support of the regional parties and the BJP.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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