Lalthanhawla, who steered the Congress to a landslide win in the Mizoram elections after a ten year gap, was today sworn in as Chief Minister for a record fourth time along with two ministers.

Governor Lt General M M Lakhera administered the oath of office to 68-year-old Lal Thanhawla him, R Lalzirliana, Senior Vice-President of Congress in the state and H Liansailova, a former bureaucrat and party treasurer, at the Raj Bhavan at Aizawl.

Lal Thanhawla was sworn in as the sixth chief minister of the state. None other before him has ever been chief mnister four times in the state.

Ashok Gehlot was chosen to be the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan.

57-year-old Gehlot, a former chief minister, was unanimously elected leader by the Congress Legislature Party after intense consultations with MLAs, AICC observer Digvijay Singh, said.

The chief minister-elect said later that he would work to provide an "able, transparent and competent" government that will cater to all the sections, castes and communities.

Gehlot had spearheaded the Congress campaign to reinstall its government defeating BJP in Rajasthan.

A Congress MLA was suspended from the Orissa Assembly for seven days for allegedly throwing a headphone towards the Speaker on Thursday.

Speaker Kishore Mohanty suspended legislator from Koraput Tara Prasad Bahinipati for seven days when the Government Chief Whip Bikram Keshari Arukh moved a resolution in this regard.

Though the Speaker asked Bahinipati to leave the House, the Congress MLA refused to do the same.

Sheila Dikshit will be the Chief Minister of Delhi for a third time.

The Congress Wednesday chose Sheila Dikshit to be Delhi’s chief minister for a third term, with party president Sonia Gandhi coming out in her support.The newly elected 42 Congress legislators, Dikshit included, passed a resolution authorising Gandhi to name a chief minister.

New Delhi, Dec 11: Newly elected Congress MLAs from Rajasthan will meet here today to elect their new leader.

According to party sources, all 96 Congress Legislature Party (CLP) members are meeting here. Former Chief Minister and AICC General Secretary Ashok Gehlot has emerged as the front-runner for the post of Chief Minister.

The meeting will be attended by three central observers - AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh, Madhusudan Mistry and Chaudhary Virender Singh.

New Delhi, Dec 10 : The Delhi Congress Legislature Party (CLP) will meet here today to elect its new leader.

According to party sources, all 42 Congress legislators are expected to attend the meet which is scheduled to he held at the Delhi Congress office.

The meeting will be chaired by Congress General Secretary Mohsina Kidwai and Union Minister of State for Finance P. K. Bansal.

The Congress won 42 seats in the 70-member Delhi Assembly while the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had to be content with 23 seats.