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India gives new Bangladesh envoy Dinesh Trivedi cabinet minister status

Dinesh Trivedi becomes the first political appointee in decades to head the mission in Dhaka as India seeks to strengthen ties with Bangladesh.
Updated on Jun 26, 2026 06:54 am IST

Dinesh Trivedi appointed India’s high commissioner to Bangladesh amid reset in ties

Dinesh Trivedi, 75, served as railway minister and minister of state for health in the UPA government. (PTI)
Published on Apr 27, 2026 09:17 pm IST

Why a politician, not a career diplomat, may be India’s next envoy to Dhaka

Dinesh Trivedi, who had stints in the Congress and Trinamool Congress (TMC), will be the first political appointee to hold the key post in Dhaka in many decades (PTI)
Published on Apr 20, 2026 04:40 pm IST

Who is Dinesh Trivedi? BJP leader, ex-minister named next envoy to Bangladesh?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP leader Dinesh Trivedi, second left, during a rally at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata, Saturday, March 14, 2026.
Published on Apr 20, 2026 12:00 am IST

Dinesh Trivedi to be India's next ambassador to Bangladesh as nations reset ties

Trivedi was a Union Minister for Railways and Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare during the UPA regime, as a member of the Trinamool Congress.
Updated on Apr 21, 2026 12:00 am IST

‘Golden moment’: TMC ex-MP Trivedi joins BJP

Trivedi is the latest in the list of TMC leaders, including political heavyweight and minister Suvendu Adhikari and state minister Rajib Banerjee, who switched over to the BJP.
Published on Mar 07, 2021 01:00 am IST

Golden moment that I was waiting for, says Dinesh Trivedi as he joins BJP

Dinesh Trivedi quit his Rajya Sabha seat last month, saying he was feeling suffocated in the Trinamool Congress
Updated on Mar 06, 2021 08:05 pm IST

'Now, he is in the right party': Nadda welcomes Dinesh Trivedi to BJP

JP Nadda said, "Dinesh Trivedi was the right person in the wrong party, now he is in the right party."
Updated on Mar 06, 2021 08:09 pm IST

Dinesh Trivedi explains why Trinamool leaders don’t want Prashant Kishor around

Dinesh Trivedi said Prashant Kishor's team, which was given access to his social media accounts, used words against PM Modi and the governor that he would never use
Updated on Feb 17, 2021 01:56 pm IST

News updates from HT: SC allows PIL on priority Covid jabs for legal fraternity

The Supreme Court. (File photo)
Published on Feb 16, 2021 01:29 pm IST

Told not to campaign when I pointed out corruption within TMC: Trivedi

Former TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi said he flagged issues related to violence and corruption several times to the Trinamool senior leaders.
Updated on Feb 16, 2021 01:45 pm IST

Partha Chatterjee slams Dinesh Trivedi for leaving TMC

"He has chosen to resign on the floor of Rajya Sabha. Whether it is a correct process or not, the party functionaries of All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) have taken up the issue and they will see to it that if it. If it is not done in accordance with the law then we will say it is not done in accordance with the law," he added.
Published on Feb 14, 2021 04:50 pm IST

News updates from HT: Speaker calls Budget Session 'highly productive'

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. (ANI)
Published on Feb 14, 2021 08:45 am IST

After BJP’s offer to join, Dinesh Trivedi has a request

Trivedi also took a jibe at Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, saying that no one could hold their heads up high in an environment of fear.
Updated on Feb 13, 2021 06:10 pm IST

TMC MP says feeling ‘suffocated’, quits Rajya Sabha

TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday. (PTI)
Updated on Feb 13, 2021 02:40 am IST

Not a shock, says Trinamool after Dinesh Trivedi announces resignation

Saugata Roy, a senior leader of the Trinamool Congress, said the party will send another 'grassroots’ worker to the Upper House.
Updated on Feb 12, 2021 05:05 pm IST

Welcome to join BJP: Vijaywargiya after Dinesh Trivedi says wants to quit RS

BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya speaks in Kolkata in this file photo.
Published on Feb 12, 2021 03:01 pm IST

Sweepers stop work in Bengal civic body; BJP MP Arjun Singh picks up the broom

Bharatiya Janata Party’s Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh took up a shovel and a broom on Monday to clear a roadside drain.
Updated on Sept 10, 2019 02:04 pm IST

Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: Trinamool’s Dinesh Trivedi aims to get third term from Barrackpore

New Delhi, India-April 23, 2017: A man Ink mark a voter finger during the casting her vote for the MCD election 2017, in polling station no. 50, in East Delhi, India on Sunday, April 23, 2017.
Updated on Apr 29, 2019 02:47 pm IST

TMC leader and four-time MLA Arjun Singh joins BJP

TMC leader and four-time legislator from West Bengal Arjun Singh Thursday joined the BJP, giving a boost to the saffron party’s prospects in the state for the Lok Sabha elections.
Updated on Apr 22, 2020 04:43 pm IST

‘Govt clueless too’: Congress as ministers say no farmer, journo death data

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said in a tweet that it was “pretty ironic” that a government which has “no trouble inventing data for the UPA’s GDP numbers”, says it has no data on farmer suicides or on attacks on journalists.
Updated on Dec 21, 2018 02:59 pm IST

Mamata Banerjee not to attend swearing-in ceremony of Kamal Nath as Madhya Pradesh chief minister

There was, however, no reason cited for Mamata Banerjee not going to Bhopal for Kamal Nath’s swearing-in ceremony on Monday, an official of the Chief Minister’s Office said.
Updated on Dec 17, 2018 10:46 am IST