Another controversy hits RG Kar, irregularities in house staff appointment

Another controversy hits RG Kar, irregularities in house staff appointment

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) State-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, where a woman doctor was raped and murdered last year and multi-crore financial irregularities were detected, is in the midst of a fresh controversy again. This time, the controversy is over the irregularities in the appointment of … Read more

SC to hear two key pleas in Justice Varma cash row controversy

SC to hear two key pleas in Justice Varma cash row controversy

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear two key petitions on Monday related to the sensational cash-discovery episode involving Justice Yashwant Varma — against whom an impeachment notice has been moved in the Lok Sabha. As per the causelist published on the website of the … Read more

Chhattisgarh: Jug controversy spills over into political blame game

Chhattisgarh: Jug controversy spills over into political blame game

Follow Us on Google News Raipur, July 16 (IANS) As political tempers flared and social media lit up with images and memes of the so-called golden jug, which was allegedly purchased at a whopping Rs 32,000 per piece. The Chhattigarh government has not only issued a clarification but also flayed the main Opposition Congress for … Read more

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta’s bungalow tender cancelled by PWD amid mounting controversy

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta's bungalow tender cancelled by PWD amid mounting controversy

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Public Works Department (PWD) of the Delhi government has cancelled the controversial Rs 59.40 lakh tender floated for the renovation and electrical works at the official residence of newly appointed Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. The tender, which was scheduled to be opened on July … Read more

No party satisfied with current status of electoral rolls: CEC Gyanesh Kumar amid SIR controversy

No party satisfied with current status of electoral rolls: CEC Gyanesh Kumar amid SIR controversy

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Amid the swirling allegations of systemic conspiracy to deprive a large section of people of voting rights in Bihar, the Chief Election Commissioner sought to set the records straight on Sunday, as he stated that the current voter ID cards remain a ‘source of concern’ … Read more

Amid controversy over Kerala’s healthcare, CM Vijayan leaves for treatment in US

Amid controversy over Kerala's healthcare, CM Vijayan leaves for treatment in US

Follow Us on Google News Thiruvananthapuram, July 4 (IANS) At a time when the Kerala healthcare sector is being projected as one of the leading states in the country by the ruling Left government, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is scheduled to leave for the US as part of his medical treatment and follow-up. He will … Read more

Youth wings of CPI-M, Congress call Zumba controversy ‘needless’

Youth wings of CPI-M, Congress call Zumba controversy ‘needless’

Follow Us on Google News Thiruvananthapuram, June 28 (IANS) A day after a section of Muslim clerics raised objections to the Kerala government’s decision to introduce Zumba — a dance-based fitness programme — in schools, the youth wings of both the CPI(M) and the Congress came out in strong support of the initiative, dismissing the … Read more

Bengal govt’s circular to keep CM Mamata’s books in school libraries creates controversy

Bengal govt's circular to keep CM Mamata's books in school libraries creates controversy

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) A circular from the West Bengal School Education Department, directing all state-run schools to keep 19 books penned by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has created a major controversy. In the circular, the Commissioner of School Education directed all District Inspectors (DIs) of schools to ensure that … Read more

‘Unnecessary controversy’: Digvijaya Singh on installing Ambedkar’s statue at MP HC

'Unnecessary controversy': Digvijaya Singh on installing Ambedkar's statue at MP HC

Follow Us on Google News Gwalior, June 17 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has said that the proposal of installing B.R. Ambedkar’s statue at the Gwalior bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court premises was unnecessarily made controversial. The former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister said that he could not understand why Ambedkar’s statue at the … Read more