Kolkata, 4/8: The TMC on Monday named its national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee as its leader in the Lok Sabha, according to party sources. Banerjee, a three-time MP from Diamond Harbour, will replace veteran lawmaker from Kolkata Uttar Sudip Bandopadhyay, they said. Bandopadhyay was relieved of the responsibility because of his poor health, they added….
Moscow, 4/8: The Kremlin said on Monday that everyone should be careful about nuclear rhetoric, in its first response to a statement by US President Donald Trump that he had ordered a repositioning of US nuclear submarines. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov played down the significance of Trump’s announcement last Friday that he had ordered two…
Oval, 4/8: India won the fifth and final Test at The Oval by six runs as they drew level the five-match Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2-2 . Resuming at the overnight score of 339 for six, the hosts agonisingly fell short of the victory target of 374 by six runs with Mohammed Siraj taking five wickets. England…
Balasore , 4/8: In a big development, three weeks after the shocking self-immolation of a girl student at FM College, the Odisha Crime Branch has arrested two male students — Subhra Sambit Nayak and Jyoti Prakash Biswal — in connection with the case. The two were taken into custody late Sunday night on charges of…
Ranchi, 4/8: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren passed away on Monday after prolonged illness. He was 81. He had been admitted to the Sri Ganga Ram Hospital in the national capital for over a month, and was undergoing treatment for a kidney-related issue. Shibu Soren was the leader of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha for…
Thiruvananthapuram, 3/8: A doctor in Kerala’s Kannur, known for charging a very nominal fee of Rs 2, passed away at the age of 80 on Sunday. Dr A K Rairu Gopal, popularly known as ‘two rupee doctor’, even used to provide free consultation and medicines to financially weak patients at his home clinic. Dr Gopal,…
Patna, 3/8: The Election Commission on Sunday issued notice to former Deputy Chief Minister and current Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, for possessing two EPICs (electors’ photo identity cards). The move comes shortly after the BJP slammed Tejashwi for ranting a “fake” narrative against the EC and “possessing two EPICs which…
Hyderabad, 3/8: Telangana Jagruti president and MLC K Kavitha on Sunday alleged that a senior party leader was behind the “inappropriate remarks” made against her, bringing “internal rifts” within the BRS back into focus. While she did not specify the nature of the comments, Kavitha said the silence of her party colleagues over the issue…
New Delhi: SpiceJet on Sunday said a senior Army officer, who was to board a flight to Delhi, assaulted four airline ground staffers at the Srinagar airport on July 26, and one of them suffered a spinal fracture. An FIR has been registered with the local police, and the airline has initiated the process to…
Bangalore, 3/8: She stood like a rock and was fundamental to the case and trial, said Special Investigation Team (SIT) chief BK Singh, on the brave survivor who was raped and threatened by ex-JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna. Singh addressed a press briefing in Bengaluru shortly after a court sentenced Prajwal to life imprisonment in the…
