Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) Tanushree Chattopadhyay, the mother of dancer-cum-event management professional Sutandra Chattopadhyay, who died in an accident last month allegedly while escaping drunk youths, on Wednesday, approached a single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court seeking a fair probe by the cops in the matter. The single-judge Bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh had … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Jairam Thakur, has strongly criticised the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government, accusing it of seeking funds from temples to finance government schemes. He alleged that while the Congress leaders have been critical of Sanatan Dharma, they are now resorting to using temple trust funds to … Read more
SRINAGAR, Feb 27, KDC: In a significant political move, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has written to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma, Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir, JKPC President Sajad Lone, CPI (M)’s Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, AIP’s Sheikh Khursheed, and several independent … Read more
Bengaluru, Feb 24 (IANS) The Karnataka BJP has filed a petition in the Supreme Court, requesting directions to conduct elections for the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) immediately without further delay. Former mayors Gautham and Narayanaswamy, along with former deputy mayors and district president Harish, have signed the petition, stated state BJP chief spokesperson Ashwath … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The debate surrounding foreign influence on elections in India has drawn attention to the role of USAID funding, particularly its link to NGOs and media outlets with alleged ties to political agendas in the country. According to various sources, the funding patterns and its apparent shift during different governmental tenures … Read more
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) A delegation of Trinamool Congress Parliamentarians, from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, met President Droupadi Murmu, seeking quick approval of the new bill Aparajita Women & Child (West Bengal Criminal Law) Bill, that seeks capital punishment for convicts in rape and murder cases. BJP leaders in West Bengal have ridiculed … Read more
Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has come out strongly against the demand of some states seeking allocation of central funds in proportion to the taxes that they contribute to the Central pool. Criticising this approach as “petty thinking and unfortunate,” the minister highlighted the Prime Minister’s view that if the country … Read more
Guwahati, Feb 7 (IANS) Under the initiative of the Ministry of Defence, a job fair was organised at Narangi cantonment camp in Guwahati on Friday to bring the ex-servicemen seeking re-employment and the employment providers on a common platform, officials said. An official release stated that the event received an overwhelming response from the ex-servicemen … Read more
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday morning rejected the admissibility of the petition by the West Bengal government seeking death penalty for Sanjay Roy, the sole convict in the R.G. Kar rape and murder tragedy. However, a similar petition by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) also … Read more
