Politics
Bengal CID teams ‘detained’ in Delhi, Guwahati
West Bengal CID claimed that two of its teams in New Delhi and Guwahati were restrained on Wednesday morning by the local police in the respective places from carrying out investigations into the cash seizure from three Jharkhand MLAs. A senior officer of the probe agency alleged that their...
Partha claims he is victim of conspiracy
Sacked Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee’s aide Arpita Mukherjee told Enforcement Directorate that she had no idea about the money and valuables in two of her apartments as Chatterjee would never allow her to enter the “locked rooms.” In the latest raid, cash and Rs 4.3 crore of jewellery were...
Alva gets boost with AAP, JMM support, but not enough
The Opposition camp Wednesday got a boost with the Aam Aadmi Party and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha announcing support to their joint vice presidential candidate Margaret Alva, but number are still firmly in favour of NDA nominee Jagdeep Dhankhar. The vice presidential poll to elect the successor to M...
Maharashtra CM Shinde says ministry expansion soon
The much-awaited expansion of the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra cabinet is expected to take place in the next four days, a spokesperson of the Shinde camp said on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Shinde himself had said it would happen “soon.” At present, Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister...
Govt denies plans to bring census into concurrent list
The government has no plans to bring the census into the concurrent list and allow state governments to conduct the census, Union Minister Nityanand Rai said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Rai, Union minister of state for home, also said that due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic...
Sena slams BJP on Sanjay Raut’s arrest
The Shiv Sena on Tuesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the arrest of Sanjay Raut by the Enforcement Directorate, saying such targeting of the Opposition did not happen even during the Emergency imposed by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi. In an editorial in the party mouthpiece...
TMC guns for BJP with ‘Guwahati link’ in Jharkhand MLAs case
Politics has picked up after three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand — Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachchap, and Naman Bixal Kongari — were arrested by the West Bengal Police and remanded to 10 days’ CID custody after a huge sum of money was seized from a vehicle with the three legislators...
Koshyari apologises over his Gujarati-Rajasthani remarks
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, facing flak over his “Mumbai will have no money if the Gujaratis and Rajasthanis were to leave remarks, on Monday apologised for the same. Koshyari made the controversial comments during a function to name a chowk (intersection) in suburban Andheri on Friday evening. ”I...
AAP looks set to be BJP’s main challenger in 2022 Gujarat poll
Come August, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) commander-in-chief Arvind Kejriwal will launch a blitzkrieg campaign in Gujarat, the home turf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. The onslaught of charges by central agencies against two of his close lieutenants — Manish Sisodia and Satyendra Jain —...
‘Money not mine, time will tell,’ claims Partha Chatterjee
Arrested Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, who is at the centre of a multi-crore school job scam, on Sunday claimed that the money recovered during Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids does not belong to him, and only time will tell who all have “conspired” against him. As he de-boarded a vehicle...
Cong says ‘Operation Lotus’ in Jharkhand exposed
The Congress on Saturday alleged that the BJP’s “Operation Lotus” in Jharkhand has been exposed after police stopped a car ferrying three MLAs of the grand old party with a huge amount of cash in West Bengal’s Howrah. The Congress has been accusing the BJP of trying to topple...
Cong plans ‘PM house gherao’, march to Rashtrapati Bhawan
The Congress on Saturday announced that it has planned to gherao Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence and march to Rashtrapati Bhawan from Parliament as part of massive countrywide protests against price rise and unemployment. The protest, which will be held on August 5, comes amid multiple disruptions in...
Shinde says there will be earthquake if he starts speaking
In a veiled warning to Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday said there will be an “earthquake” if he started speaking. Questioning Thackeray’s decision to join hands with the NCP and Congress, Shinde also said he knew what happened to late Sena leader...
Teesta, Sreekumar accused of ‘fabrication’ denied bail
Activist Teesta Setalvad was denied bail in the 2002 Gujarat riots case on Saturday. The sessions court in Ahmedabad also denied bail to former DGP RB Sreekumar. Both were arrested for allegedly fabricating documents to frame innocent people in the 2002 riots cases. Additional principal judge DD Thakkar said...
Massive row over Maha Governor’s comments on Mumbai
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s comments that “Mumbai will have no money” if the Gujaratis and Rajasthanis were to leave triggered a massive controversy on Saturday, forcing Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to state that he disagreed with the governor. As Opposition leaders slammed Koshyari and sought an apology from...
Chowdhury apologises to Prez Murmu for ‘Rashtrapatni’ remark
After facing a massive backlash over his ‘rashtrapatni’ remark, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday apologised to President Droupadi Murmu and said that he mistakenly used an incorrect word for her. A major political row broke out over his objectionable remark in the Lok Sabha with the ruling...
Naveen Patnaik demands special status for Odisha
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik demanded special status for Odisha during the meeting with NITI Aayog Vice Chairman. Ruling BJD said that the demand for special status will be intensified further. BJP said that the issue should be raised in the proper forum. Congress has said that both BJJ-BJP has merged. That’s...
One month in office, no sign of Shinde Cabinet expansion
The Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government, which came to power after a high-voltage political drama, is completing one month in office on Saturday, but there is still no clarity on when the cabinet expansion will take place. Shinde took oath as chief minister on June 30, a day after Uddhav...
