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Kejriwal denied clearance for Singapore trip as speaker
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has missed the chance to participate in the “World Cities’ Summit” in Singapore, where he was one of the speakers. The Chief Minister has missed the deadline for travel formalities — not only was he refused clearance for the visit, it came too late,...
Another 20 cr cash, gold bars seized from minister’s aide
At least Rs 20 crore in cash and gold jewellery and bars have been recovered from another house of Arpita Mukherjee — the close aide of Bengal’s arrested minister Partha Chatterjee — days after a huge pile of notes was found in one room of one of her houses,...
Suspended MPs begin 50-hour relay protest
Twenty suspended Rajya Sabha members Wednesday started a 50-hour relay protest inside the Parliament complex, with sources saying the Opposition declined the Chairman’s offer that they express regret over their members’ behaviour in the House to get the suspension revoked. They were later joined by four Congress MPs who...
No data on attacks against individual minority communities
Law and order is a state subject and specific data on attacks against any individual community is not maintained centrally, the government said today in response to questions by Rajya Sabha member Abdul Wahab on attack on minorities. Mr Wahab, who belongs to the Indian Union Muslim League, had...
Mamata says BJP trying to repeat Maharashtra in Bengal
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today launched a vigorous attack on the BJP, questioning why her arrested minister Partha Chatterjee had to be taken to the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences in Bhubaneswar. This, she announced, is also an “insult” to the people of Bengal, which the BJP is...
Khattar says Pak, Bangladesh, India can unite like Germany
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday said that Bangladesh and Pakistan’s merger with India is possible just like the unification of East Germany and West Germany. “When eastern and western can unite, the merger of Pakistan and Bangladesh with India can also be possible. Not long ago but this...
Arrested Bengal minister, aide sent to ED custody
West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee have been sent to the Enforcement Directorate’s custody till August 3. The two were arrested on July 23 in connection with a teacher recruitment scam. Earlier today, Chatterjee was taken to Kolkata airport from SSKM hospital in the city...
Karnataka Cong leader earns rebuke over Muslim remark
A Congress leader in Karnataka, belonging to the Siddaramaiah camp, has been strongly reprimanded by the party leadership for his “Muslims outnumber Vokkaligas” comment, which had stirred up a huge political controversy in the state ahead of next year’s assembly elections. Zameer Ahmed Khan, reacting to Siddaramaiah’s arch-rival DK...
Row over Speaker attributing to TN progress to Christians
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker and DMK leader M Appavu’s month-old statement attributing the development of the state to Christians and that Tamil Nadu would have been Bihar if Catholic Christians were not there has sparked a controversy. Last month on June 28, Appavu and DMK LMA Inigo Irudayaraj...
Droupadi Murmu sworn in as 15th President
Droupadi Murmu took oath to head the highest constitutional post of the country at 10:15 am, followed by a 21-gun salute. Chief Justice of India NV Ramana administered the oath of office of the President to her. The President-elect visited Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, early in the...
SC to hear plea against Aadhaar-voter ID linking
The controversial law to link Aadhaar and Voter Identity Card has been challenged in the Supreme Court, with Congress’s Randeep Singh Surjewala demanding that it be scrapped. In his petition, Mr Surjewala has called the law “unconstitutional” and a violation of the rights to privacy and equality. The top...
Calcutta HC wants arrested Bengal minister shifted to Odisha AIIMS
Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, arrested in connection with the school jobs scam, should be taken to the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences tomorrow by air ambulance, the Calcutta High Court has said. The court also remarked that given his “immense power and position” as the senior-most cabinet minister, it...
ED seizes Rs 20 cr cash in raid at house of Bengal minister’s aide
The Enforcement Directorate recovered Rs 20 crore in cash from the house of an associate of West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee. The ED raided Arpita Mukerjee’s house in connection with an alleged teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal. “The said amount is suspected to be proceeds of crime of...
Lt Governor wants CBI to probe Kejriwal’s liquor policy
Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena today recommended an investigation by probe agency Central Bureau of Investigation into the Arvind Kejriwal-led government’s contentious new excise policy. A July 8 report by the Chief Secretary established several violations of established law “in addition to deliberate and gross procedural lapses to...
TMC says it can’t be taken for granted for opposition unity
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress “cannot be taken for granted” for Opposition unity, said party leader Derek O’Brien today. Speaking to NDTV on why the party has chosen to abstain in the Vice-Presidential election on August 6, he said that the TMC — which has 35...
Lanka security forces raid main protest camp
Hundreds of Sri Lankan soldiers and police raided the main anti-government protest camp in the capital early Friday and began tearing down tents of unarmed activists, an AFP reporter said. They swooped in on the protesters blocking the Presidential Secretariat in the capital hours before demonstrators were due to...
PM says Murmur win ray of hope for citizens
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated Droupadi Murmu on winning the presidential election. “India scripts history,” PM Modi tweeted after the National Democratic Alliance candidate – now the first tribal President of India – defeated the joint opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha. “At a time when 1.3 billion Indians are...
Sonia Gandhi’s questioning today, Cong plans protests
The Congress has planned another show of strength as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questions party chief Sonia Gandhi today in an alleged money laundering case connected to the National Herald newspaper. Mrs Gandhi’s questioning had been deferred earlier after she tested positive for Covid and was hospitalised. After being...
