Saradha Scam: ED summons TMC candidate for Bengal polls Vivek Gupta
Mar 18, 2021, at 08:50 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday served a notice to former Rajya Sabha MP and Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate in Jorasanko assembly seat for the forthcoming West Bengal election, Vivek Gupta, in connection with its ongoing probe into Saradha chit fund scam, officials said.
BJP, TMC workers clash in Nandigram's Sonachura during Suvendu Adhikari's poll campaign
Mar 18, 2021, at 08:39 pm
Nandigram/East Medinipur/IBNS: Some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists were injured as the workers of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP reportedly clashed in Sonachura area of Nandigram in East Medinipur district of poll-bound West Bengal on Thursday afternoon.
Telangana Finance Minister presents tax-free budget of over Rs 2.30 lakh crore
Mar 18, 2021, at 07:50 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Telangana Finance Minister T Harish Rao presented a Rs 2.30 lakh crore tax-free budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 in the state Assembly on Thursday.
Ashok Chavan backs Uddhav Thackeray's demand of vaccine from Centre
Mar 18, 2021, at 07:38 pm
Aurangabad/UNI: Maharashtra Minister Ashok Chavan on Thursday supported Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's demand from the Centre to give Coronavirus vaccine to all people above 45 years of age.
TMC means Transfer My Commission: PM Modi targets Mamata over corruption in Bengal
Mar 18, 2021, at 07:15 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Cornering the Mamata Banerjee government over corruption, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Trinamool Congress or TMC means "Transfer My Commission" while his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stands for DBT or Direct Benefit Transfer.
Sisir Adhikari to attend PM Modi's rally in Kanthi: Suvendu Adhikari
Mar 18, 2021, at 05:19 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s candidate from Nandigram, Suvendu Adhikari, on Wednesday said his father and Trinamool Congress MP Sisir Adhikari will be attending Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally at Kanthi in East Midnapore on Mar 24.
Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh won't contest in state elections
Mar 18, 2021, at 04:50 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: At a time the saffron party has fielded its union ministers and parliamentarians in the West Bengal election, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Dilip Ghosh on Thursday cleared he would not contest the polls this time.
Bengal Polls 2021: PM Modi to address rally in Purulia today
Mar 18, 2021, at 04:25 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: To bolster the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s campaign for the first phase of election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday address a rally at Purulia in poll-bound West Bengal.
CBI registers corruption case against Cadbury India, ex-govt officials
Mar 18, 2021, at 05:26 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has charged Mondelez India, erstwhile Cadbury India, its top brass and former central excise officials in connection with alleged irregularities and corruption for obtaining a license of chocolate factory in Himachal Pradesh.
Mar 18, 2021, at 04:53 am
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday transferred Howrah Rural Police Chief, IPS officer Saumya Roy, to a non-election related post as his wife, actress Lovely Moitra, has been declared as a Trinamool Congress (AITC) candidate in Sonarpur assembly seat for the forthcoming West Bengal polls, officials said.
Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh removed amid scare over Ambani's security lapse
Mar 18, 2021, at 03:39 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Mumbai's police chief Param Bir Singh was removed from the post on Wednesday and was replaced by Hemant Nagrale.
Mar 18, 2021, at 01:38 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress party on Wednesday wrote to the Election Commission to delete Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikar's name from the electoral roll in Nandigram as he filed false residence details.
Nearly four crores SC, ST students to get scholarship: Centre
Mar 18, 2021, at 01:01 am
New Delhi/UNI: Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ratan Lal Kataria said in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that the government has decided to substantially increase the amount of scholarship for the students belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe category and nearly four crore students now can avail this benefit.
West Bengal Assembly polls: Mamata Banerjee unveils TMC's manifesto
Mar 18, 2021, at 12:21 am
Kolkata: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday unveiled its election manifesto, just days ahead of the first phase of the voting in the crucial assembly elections.
Mujib Borsho: Bangladesh to get 109 ambulances as 'gift' from India
Mar 17, 2021, at 11:37 pm
Dhaka/UNI: India will donate a total of 109 ambulances to Bangladesh on the occasion of the birth centenary of Bangladesh's first President late Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Bangladesh stresses on water-sharing agreement with India
Mar 17, 2021, at 10:56 pm
Mar 17, 2021, at 10:52 pm
New Delhi: The India-Bangladesh Water Resources Secretary level meeting under the framework of the Joint Rivers Commission took place on Tuesday in New Delhi.
Narendra Modi to visit Bangladesh on Mar 26 for two days to attend Mujib Borsho events
Mar 17, 2021, at 10:37 pm
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi will visit Bangladesh on Mar 26, the first nation he will be visiting since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic.
Mamata Banerjee's emotional card will not work in Bengal: Rita Bahuguna Joshi
Mar 17, 2021, at 09:39 pm
Etawah/UNI: Exuding confidence of the party's victory in the West Bengal elections, BJP MP and former Minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi said here on Wednesday that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's emotional card will not work in the Assembly elections this time.
PM Narendra Modi interacts with CMs on COVID-19 situation, urges to stop emerging
Mar 17, 2021, at 09:35 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with the Chief Ministers of various states on Wednesday regarding the COVID-19 situation via video conference.
PM Modi holds meeting with CMs over Covid-19 situation; Mamata, Yogi, Baghel skip
Mar 17, 2021, at 07:57 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a meeting with the Chief Ministers of various states and union territories over the rise in Covid-19 cases.
Covid-19 vaccination campaign should be made smoother: Mayawati
Mar 17, 2021, at 06:40 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Welcoming the meeting with the Chief Ministers of all the states by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in view of the coronavirus situation, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has appealed that the Coronavirus vaccination campaign is simplified under the national policy.
PM Modi to hold meeting with CMs over rise in Covid-19 cases today
Mar 17, 2021, at 06:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday hold a meeting with the Chief Ministers of all states and union territories over the rise in Covid-19 cases.
BJP MP Ram Swaroop Sharma found dead at Delhi residence
Mar 17, 2021, at 05:30 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Himachal Pradesh, Ram Swaroop Sharma, was found dead at his North Avenue residence here on Wednesday, police said. He was 63.
Mar 17, 2021, at 05:17 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain on Tuesday sent a stern letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asking her to refrain from making accusations against the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the Mar 10 Nandigram incident in which the Trinamool Congress supremo was injured.
'Every institution in India is under assault': Rahul Gandhi's fresh attack on PM Modi
Mar 17, 2021, at 05:02 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said every institution in India today is under assault as he scaled up his attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
BJP workers protest outside party's election office in Kolkata over Bengal poll tickets
Mar 17, 2021, at 03:10 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The police on Tuesday used batons to disperse the protesters outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s election office in Kolkata as demonstrators resorted to stone-pelting after being upset with the party's choice of fielding candidates for some seats.
PM Modi's Principal Adviser PK Sinha resigns citing 'personal grounds'
Mar 17, 2021, at 02:12 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Principal Adviser PK Sinha has resigned citing "personal grounds", media reports said on Tuesday.
Rajya Sabha passes Termination of Pregnancy Bill with voice vote
Mar 17, 2021, at 01:36 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 with voice vote.
Arvind Kejriwal, AAP leaders to protest against proposed amendment to Delhi territory act
Mar 17, 2021, at 12:58 am
New Delhi/UNI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Gopal Rai said that party ministers will hold a massive protest here on Wednesday against the Union Government's proposed amendment to the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) Act that gives 'all powers' to the Lieutenant Governor.