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Ghosh says foundation laid for Mamata-mukt Bengal
The arrest and subsequent sacking of Partha Chatterjee — former minister in the Mamata Banerjee government — after his name surfaced in the SSC scam is too little and too late, BJP MP and former Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh told News18.com in an interview. Hitting out at the chief...
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,...
‘Hang me… don’t involve madam’: Adhir on ‘Rashtrapatni’
Rajya Sabha was adjourned for almost an hour on Thursday as the Opposition stuck to its demand for a discussion on price rise and the treasury benches sought an apology from Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury over his “rashtrapatni” remark on President Droupadi Murmu. Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu took...
Badal dissolves Shiromani Akali Dal party structure
Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday dissolved the entire organisational structure of the party as per the recommendations of a poll review committee formed to analyse the drubbing the party received in the Punjab assembly elections as well as the recently held Lok Sabha bypolls. All...
Suspended MPs continue symbolic protest on second day
Braving mosquitoes and rain, suspended Rajya Sabha MPs, including CPI’s Santosh Kumar and AAP’s Sanjay Singh, spent the night near the Gandhi statue in Parliament complex as part their 50-hour protest. The entrance to the Parliament has now been chosen as the site of the Opposition protest as it...
No-trust motion against Baghel govt defeated
The no-confidence motion moved by the opposition BJP against the Congress government in Chhattisgarh where Assembly polls are due next year, was defeated by voice vote in the state Legislative Assembly on Thursday. The House witnessed a stormy debate over the no-confidence motion as the opposition members targeted the...
Amid Maha cabinet expansion delay, Governor dashes to Delhi
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari is on a one-day visit to Delhi on Thursday amid the current political situation in Maharashtra. Though there is no official word about his schedule in Delhi. He left Raj Bhavan in the morning to reach Delhi by a commercial flight. He will return...
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...
Mithun Chakraborty claims 38 TMC MLAs in touch with BJP
Actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty, who had joined the BJP ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections last year, on Wednesday claimed that 38 Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLAs are in touch with the saffron party and of these, 21 legislators are directly in touch with him. “Do you want to hear...
Assam Cong chief to send list of ‘Gaddaar MLAs’ to AICC
After massive controversy on the ‘Gaddaars’ in opposition parties, the main opposition party of Assam, the Assam State Congress Party (APCC), identified its Gaddaars. APCC president Bhupen Kumar Borah made a confidential list of the cross-voters, who had voted in favour of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee...
Bal Thackeray’s daughter-in-law meets ‘old-timer’ Shinde
Last Updated: July 26, 2022, 22:09 IST ‘ Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray’s daughter-in-law and film producer Smita Thackeray on Tuesday met with Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde who she said is an “old-timer” Sena activist. Smita became the first member of the Thackeray clan to meet Shinde,...
Meghalaya BJP leader held in UP for ‘running sex racket’
Meghalaya BJP vice-president Bernard N Marak, accused of operating a sex racket at his farmhouse in Tura in West Garo Hills district, was arrested in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. The police, earlier in the day, issued a look-out notice against Marak, a former militant leader, who was absconding following...
ED finds Arpita about to break down, Partha unyielding
After the first day of full-fledged questioning on Tuesday by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials probing the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment irregularities scam, the central agency officials are getting a different set of responses from former state education minister, Partha Chatterjee and his close aide,...
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...
