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Mamata Banerjee to be sworn in on Red Road

Dignitaries including Nitish Kumar, Arvind Kejriwal, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Farooq Abdullah to attend the ceremony

Congress MLAs in West Bengal sign affidavits swearing allegiance to Rahul, Sonia Gandhi

The Congress emerged as the main opposition party in the recent Assembly elections bagging 44 seats in the 294-member house

Mamata govt may review its stand on IT SEZ

The lack of such a status has been holding back companies like Infosys from investing, especially given the party's policies on land and industry

Jayalalithaa keeps five poll promises on Day 1

AIADMK chief becomes Tamil Nadu CM for the sixth time

Assam tea industry wants a 10-year roadmap from Sonowal govt

Looks at new BJP-led govt to take steps for revival of at least 15 tea estates of Assam Tea Corporation

West Bengal Assembly polls: BJP plays spoilsport for alliance

In this Assembly polls, BJP has not only garnered around 56 lakh votes, but has also made its presence felt in 262 out of 294 Assembly segments

National ambitions

Sonowal unanimously elected BJP legislature party leader in Assam

This paves way for him to assume office of CM of northeastern state

Bangladesh border to be sealed in 2 years: Sonowal

Assam's Chief Minister-to-be Sarbananda Sonowal also denied that anti-incumbency was the reason behind BJP's historic victory in the state

Vijayan meets V S to cool tempers

Pinarayi Vijayan meets VS in a bid for peace, swearing-in ceremony would be held at the Central stadium on May 25 at 5 pm

Jayalalithaa to be sworn in as CM on May 23

28 others, including her trusted lieutenant and Finance Minister in outgoing Cabinet O Panneerselvam, to also take oath

Jayalalithaa stakes claim to form govt, stage set for oath on Monday

AIADMK Supremo hands over a list of 29 legislators who will be appointed as the ministers

Jayalalithaa calls on Tamil Nadu governor, stakes claim to form govt

She is likely to be sworn in as chief minister for a second consecutive term on May 23

Post win, Jayalalithaa meets TN Governor, stakes claim to form govt

This is for the first time since MGR's death in 1987 that a party will return to power for a second straight term in Tamil Nadu

Fewer women candidates make it to Assam Assembly this time

A higher turn out of women was, however, witnessed with 84.81% of the total 92,09,928 female voters exercising their franchise

PM Modi, Sonia Gandhi likely to be invited for Mamata Banerjee's swearing-in

Banerjee will take oath for her second tenure as CM on May 27

West Bengal Assembly polls: Many politicians who switched sides rejected by voters

Ajay Dey, who was previously elected from Santipur in Nadia district on Congress ticket, left the party to join Trinamool. But he was rejected by the voters this time

Vijaykant's DMDK in danger of losing state party status

DMDK's vote share plummeted to 2.4% in the 2016 Assembly polls from 7.88% in 2011, even as the party failed to return a single legislator

Will continue as 'sentinel' of people of Kerala: V S Achuthanandan

Achuthanandan's remarks come a day after the party unanimously nominated Pinarayi Vijayan over him for the chief minister's post

Massive preparations underway ahead of Sonowal's oath ceremony in Assam

The swearing in ceremony of the new BJP led government will take place on 24th of May at Khanapara in Guwahati