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SC stays Bombay HC verdict cancelling caste certificate of Amravati MP
In a relief to Lok Sabha MP Navneet Kaur Rana, the Supreme Court Tuesday stayed the Bombay High Court verdict cancelling the caste certificate of the independent lawmaker representing Maharashtra’s Amravati constituency, reserved for scheduled castes. The Bombay High Court had on June 9 cancelled the caste certificate of...
Action initiated against misconduct by Alapan Bandyopadhyay
Following up on it’s show cause notice, the Center has started penalty proceedings against ex-chief secretary of West Bengal Alapan Bandyopadhyay alleged misconduct and misbehavior. A memorandum sent to the newly appointed advisor to West Bengal chief minister by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has asked Bandyopadhyay...
Sebi stops PNB Housing deal with Carlyle
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has directed PNB Housing Finance (PNBHF) to halt its proposed Rs 4,000-crore share allotment to a clutch of companies led by the Carlyle Group. In a stock exchange filing on late Saturday evening, PNBHF said Sebi has restrained the lender from...
Mamata moves SC against HC order in Narada sting case
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court’s denial for filing of affidavits by her and state Law Minister Moloy Ghatak on their role on the day of arrest of four Trinamool Congress leaders on May 17 by the CBI in...
HC turns down Mamata govt plea on NHRC probe
In a major setback for the West Bengal government, the Calcutta High Court has turned down its request to recall or modify its directive where it has asked the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to examine all cases of alleged human rights violations cases during the post-poll violence in...
BJP launches UP poll campaign with free ration, vaccination
The BJP is getting into campaign mode in Uttar Pradesh, impressing upon voters that it is the Narendra Modi and the Yogi Adityanath governments that is sending them free ration under twin schemes, and is also offering them free vaccination in order to save their lives. The party is...
Congress says Udhav Thackeray govt won’t face any problem
Days after saying that the Congress will contest the next Maharashtra Assembly polls alone and not as partners of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance, the party’s state unit chief Nana Patole on Sunday assured that his party stands strong with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray with all its might until...
Former IL&FS chief Ravi Parthasarathy arrested
Former chairman of the bankrupt Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) Ravi Parthasarathy has been arrested by the Economic Offences Wing-II, here, following a complaint given by 63 Moons Technologies. “The kingpin and the mastermind of the several crore IL&FS and ITNL (IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd) financial scam Ravi...
Centre to share 70% GST income from vaccine with states, says FM
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced tax relief on various Covid-19 medicines and equipment. However, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on Covid-19 vaccine to remain same at 5 per cent. Explaining the rationale behind this, Sitharaman said, “5 per cent GST on Covid vaccines will stay. The...
TMC-Congress alliance for 2024 Lok Sabha polls?
West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday said people voted for ‘Didi’ (Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee) because they felt she is the one who can prevent Narendra Modi of being reelected as Prime Minister in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Addressing a press conference in Kolkata...
Traders body seeks probe against Amazon, Flipkart
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Saturday urged the government to revisit the foreign direct investment norms for e-commerce players and start investigation immediately against e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart “without any delay”. The Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed the plea by e-commerce giants Amazon and...
Modi to meet J&K team in move for holding elections
IPA Webdesk Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to meet an all-party delegation of political parties from J&K on June 24 in New Delhi as part of the move towards restoration of electoral democracy in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The meeting, which comes weeks before the...
Chirag Paswan’s counter-move against uncle
LJP leader Chirag Paswan, the son of former Union minister and LJP founder late Ram Vilas Paswan, was caught in a controversy on Friday after an alleged audio conversation of the former LJP chief with a worker was leaked on social media. The audio conversation between Chirag Paswan and...
Pawar-Kishor meet discussed ‘wider alliance’ for 2024
A day after election strategist Prashant Kishor met NCP chief Sharad Pawar, a spokesperson of the party on Saturday said there is a need to have a “wider alliance” of political parties against the ruling BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sbha polls. Kishor met Pawar at the latter’s...
Digvijaya Singh says his critics on Article 370 remark ‘Illiterate’
In a recent conversation with a Pakistan-based journalist on the Clubhouse app, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh hinted at ‘relooking’ the decision of revoking Article 370. During the conversation, Digvijaya said, “Democracy was not there in Kashmir when they revoked Article 370, ‘insaniyat’ was not there as they had put...
Lakshadweep BJP leaders quit over sedition case against Aisha Sultana
As many as 15 leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Lakshadweep have reportedly resigned from the party’s primary membership over a sedition case being filed against filmmaker Aisha Sulthana by Abdul Khader, who heads the saffron camp’s island unit. Khader had filed the complaint with the Kavaratti...
Another BJP turncoat met TMC leaders, but calls it courtesy call
A day after Mukul Roy joined Trinamool Congress leaving BJP, former West Bengal minister Rajib Banerjee, who had moved to the saffron party only months before the assembly elections, met TMC leader Kunal Ghosh on Saturday fuelling speculations of his return to the old party. Banerjee, who unsuccessfully fought...
Shiv Sena Bhavan symbol of Maharashtra identity, says Raut
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said the Shiv Sena Bhavan in Mumbai is not just a headquarter of a political party, but a symbol of Maharashtra’s identity and no one should dare cast an evil eye on it. His statement comes a day after Shiv Sena and...
