KS Alagiri has been appointed as the President of Tamil Nadu Congress, while H Vasantha Kumar, K Jayakumar, MK Vishnu Prasad & Mayura Jayakumar have been appointed as the Working Presidents.
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02 Feb, 22:08 (IST)
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a manager of Punjab National Bank (PNB) from Dehradun for demanding & accepting a bribe.
02 Feb, 20:32 (IST)
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath today interacted with officers from the State Education Board via video conferencing in Lucknow over the conduct of High School & Intermediate Examinations in the state
02 Feb, 19:12 (IST)
IMD: Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter Scale hit Pakistan at 17:34 pm today.
02 Feb, 17:32 (IST)
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of IPS Rishi Kumar Shukla as the new CBI Director for a period of two years from the date of assumption of charge of the office.
02 Feb, 17:08 (IST)
West Bengal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Matua Community's 'Boro-Maa' Binapani Devi Thakur in Thakurnagar, earlier today.
02 Feb, 16:41 (IST)
Bhima Koregaon case: Pune Sessions Court orders to release Anand Teltumbde, an accused in the case.
02 Feb, 15:34 (IST)
Air Intelligence Unit at Chennai International airport has seized a one-month-old leopard cub from the baggage of a passenger. The cub will be rehabilitated in the Aringar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai; Passenger handed over to Tamil Nadu Forest Dept for further action.
02 Feb, 14:32 (IST)
Delhi's Patiala House Court grants interim protection to Robert Vadra till 16th February.
02 Feb, 13:57 (IST)
Gujarat: Congress Unjha MLA Asha Patel has submitted her resignation to Rajendra Trivedi, Speaker of legislative assembly.
02 Feb, 12:44 (IST)
Rajasthan: Tiger killed a 40-year-old woman in Sawai Madhopur today. SDM Laxmikanth Katara says, rescue team & police is present at the spot. Body is being sent for postmortem."
02 Feb, 10:22 (IST)
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has declared the Students Islamic Movement of India or SIMI as an "unlawful association".
02 Feb, 09:30 (IST)
An FIR was registered against Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan for allegedly defaming RSS and Shia Cleric Kalbe Jawwad. The complaint was filed by one Allama Zameer Naqvi, reports ANI.
02 Feb, 09:05 (IST)
A criminal, identified as Kundan Singh, was killed in an encounter with the police in Bihar's Muzaffarpur on Friday. Two other criminals managed to escape. An AK-47 was recovered from their possession.
02 Feb, 08:13 (IST)
Delhi Metro services on Magenta line were disrupted on Saturday morning. Due to a faulty train, there was a minor delay in services from Okhla NSIC to Kalindi Kunj.
New Delhi, February 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal today to kick start BJPâs campaign for the coming Lok Sabha election. According to the BJP, PM Modi will address rallies in the border district of North 24 Parganas and the industrial town of Durgapur. The rallies are being held at a time when the ruling Trinamool Congress has been at loggerheads with the BJP and has called to oust the Modi government at the centre.
Meanwhile, the Pune Police on Saturday arrested activist Anand Teltumbde from Mumbai in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence case. Anand Teltumbde's anticipatory bail application was rejected by Pune Sessions Court on Friday. Last month, the Supreme Court dismissed Teltumbde's plea seeking quashing of an FIR registered against him. One person died and several were injured in clashes that erupted during the 200th-anniversary celebrations of Bhima-Koregaon battle on January 1 last year.
Posters depicting Congress president Rahul Gandhi as Lord Rama in Bihar's Patna were vandalised by unidentified miscreants on Friday. The posters were put up by locals showing Rahul Gandhi as the living embodiment of Lord Rama. Targeting the ruling government, the text on the posters read âWe Ram Naam Japte Rahen, Tum Banker Ram Jiyo Reâ (Let them chant the name of Ram while you live and act as Lord Ram).
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