Kolkata, 28/7: The West Bengal government on Thursday removed Partha Chatterjee, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a school jobs scam, from the ministry with immediate effect. Partha Chatterjee, minister in charge, department of industry, commerce and enterprises, department of information technology and electronics, department of parliamentary affairs and department…
New Delhi, 28/7: Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury faced BJP’s ire for referring to President Droupadi Murmu as ‘Rashtrapatni’. In a video clip circulated on social media, Chowdhury could be heard referring to Murmu as ‘Rashtrapatni’. “India’s ‘Rashtrapatni’ is for everyone,” he said, adding that the Opposition MPs will again try to march…
Kolkata,28/7: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday again found a large amount of cash in another flat of Arpita Mukherjee, considered a close associate of West Bengal Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee who was arrested in connection with the school recruitment scam, an official said.The central agency also arrested Mukherjee on July 23, a day after unearthing…
New Delhi, 28/7: Violence erupted in Bellare town of the communally sensitive Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday as the ruling BJP faced the ire of Hindu nationalists after a Yuva Morcha member was hacked to death on Tuesday night. Police had to resort to lathicharge after protesters resorted to stone-pelting when the body…
Washington DC, 27/7: The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday advised men at risk of catching monkeypox to consider reducing their sexual partners “for the moment” following the UN health agency declaring the escalating outbreaks in multiple countries to be a global emergency. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 98 per cent of…
Bhubaneswar,27/7: Everyone is equal before law. This should not just remain a maxim. The poorest of the poor should experience it and should have absolute faith in our justice delivery system. Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik today said this while addressing an orientation programme for newly recruited Assistant Public Prosecutors on virtual platform….
Kendrapara, 27/7:Today in the morning at about 9AM ,Sri Sanjib Kumar Singh , Dist. Education Officer, Kendrapada has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while accepting bribe Rs 20,000/- from a Complainant( Govt employee) for cancelation of his transfer order and modification of the same to another place as per choice of complt. The entire bribe…
New Delhi, 28/5: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered SpiceJet to operate 50 per cent of approved flights for the 8 weeks, following multiple snags. On July 5, a SpiceJet freighter aircraft, which was heading to Chongqing in China, returned to Kolkata as the pilots realised after the take-off that its…
New Delhi, 27/7: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday said the suspension of Opposition MPs can be revoked by the Chair if they apologise and assure they would not show placards in the House. As many as 24 opposition MPs – 20 from the Rajya Sabha and four from the Lok Sabha – have…
New Delhi, 27/7: Suspended Rajya Sabha MPs will hold a relay protest for 50 hours in the Parliament complex, Trinamool Congress party leader Dola Sen said on Wednesday. We will eat and sleep here but won’t let the government rest till a debate on price rise is held,” said TMC MP Sushmita Dev. 20…
