Ex-West Bengal CM Siddhartha Shankar Ray’s house to get heritage tag

Kolkata, 12/3: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to include former West Bengal chief minister Siddhartha Shankar Ray’s south-Kolkata residence on its list of heritage buildings, councillor Sandip Ranjan Bakshi said on Sunday.   Built in 1900, Ray’s residence, a two-storey red brick structure, is considered to be a landmark in Hazra area.  …

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Delhi L-G replaces AAP government nominees from power discom boards

New Delhi, 11/2: Government nominees’, including AAP leader Jasmine Shah, appointed to the boards of power discoms in Delhi by the Arvind Kejriwal-led dispensation have been replaced with senior officials, sources at the Lieutenant Governor’s office said on Saturday. Besides Shah, a spokesperson of the AAP, those removed from the boards include Naveen Gupta, son…

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Pakistan: Blast at Peace Committee Office kills seven in South Waziristan

South Waziristan: At least seven people were killed and more than a dozen others injured after a blast struck a peace committee office in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan tribal district on Monday, police and health officials said. The explosion, which targeted a meeting inside the peace committee premises, has once again highlighted the deteriorating security situation…

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Chief Minister  Naveen Patnaik congratulates Odisha FC on winning the Super Cup and qualifying for the AFC 

Bhubaneswar, 2 /5  :Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday congratulated  the Odisha FC Team for their phenomenal performance in the 2022-2023 season.    The Odisha FC team met the Chief Minister along with the Super cup trophy, which they won for the first time.   Raj Athwal, President, Clifford Miranda, Head Coach, Amrinder…

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Operation Sindoor: BSF targeted 76 Pak posts, 42 FDLs, destroyed three terror launch pads in retaliatory action

Jammu, 27/5: The Border Security Force on Tuesday said it targeted 76 Pakistani border outposts and 42 forward defence locations (FDLs) and destroyed three terrorist launch pads in strong retaliation to unprovoked firing and shelling by Pakistani Rangers along the International Border (IB) in the Jammu frontier during Operation Sindoor.. The BSF action came after…

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Akhilesh Yadavto contest Uttar Pradesh elections after permission from Azamgarh people

Lucknow, 19/1:Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said that he will contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections “after taking permission from the Azamgarh people.”     His statement comes amid media reports claiming that he has decided to contest the Uttar Pradesh elections.   Akhilesh Yadav, who is the Lok Sabha MP from…

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Pakistan govt halts clearance of bills, salaries amidst economic crisis

Islamabad, 25/2: The cash-strapped Pakistan government has directed the accountant general to cease the clearing of bills, including salaries, owing to the current economic crisis, according to a media report on Saturday.     The Ministry of Finance and Revenue also instructed the Accountant General of Pakistan Revenues (AGPR) to halt the clearing of all…

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