Kolkata, 28/7: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday reacted sharply to his Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee’s remark issuing a warning over law and order situation in other parts of the country after massive protests hit the state following the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and…
New Delhi, 28/7: Congress on Wednesday made it clear that its sitting MPs from Haryana will not be fielded in the Assembly elections, virtually pouring cold water on the aspirations of senior Parliamentarian Kumari Selja who had expressed her desire to contest The decision came amid reports that Lok Sabha MP Selja and Rajya Sabha…
Kolkata, 28/7: An order by the Indian Medical Association on Wednesday suspended the membership of former RG Kar Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh, news agency PTI said. A national doctors’ body had demanded the said action against Ghosh earlier on Wednesday amid a CBI probe into the alleged rape and murder of a medic at the…
Bhubaneswar, 28/7: In a big development, the new BJP government in Odisha will soon replace the existing KALIA scheme with an ambitious CM-KISAN Yojana, informed Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo on Wednesday. Deputy CM said in assembly that farmers will get Rs 4000 annually in two installments while landless farmers will get assistance of…
Sultanpur, 28/7: Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh surrendered before a special court here on Wednesday in connection with a 2001 street-protest case and was granted bail. “Sanjay Singh surrendered in the MP-MLA court here. The court granted him bail on a surety bond of Rs 50,000,” his advocate Madan Singh…
Guwahati, 28/7: Assam CM and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday claimed that former Jharkhand CM Champai Soren was kept under surveillance by Jharkhand police for the past five months. Sarma said this came to light after two sub-inspectors of special branch were caught from a hotel in New Delhi, where Soren was staying….
Thiruvananthapuram, 28/7: A rape case has been registered against Malayalam actor Siddique following a female actor’s allegation that he sexually assaulted her in 2016, police said on Wednesday. An FIR under sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) has been registered against the actor at Museum police station, a senior police officer said. The case…
Beijing, 28/7: The state-sponsored Chinese hacking campaign known as Volt Typhoon is exploiting a bug in a California-based startup to hack American and Indian internet companies, according to security researchers. Volt Typhoon has breached four US firms, including internet service providers, and another in India through a vulnerability in a Versa Networks server product, according…
Dubai, 27/8: BCCI secretary Jay Shah will take over as the next ICC chairman on December 1 after being elected unopposed for the top post here on Tuesday, making him the fifth Indian to reach the pinnacle of global cricket administration. The 35-year-old Shah, who has been the BCCI secretary since 2019, will take over…
Bhubaneswar, 27/8: In a major development, BJP candidate Mamata Mohanta has been declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Odisha in the recent by-poll. As the sole candidate, she received the certificate from the Rajya Sabha election returning officer.She was greeted by CM Mohan Majhi.
