2 pilots killed as IAF's MIG-21 fighter jet crashes in Rajasthan's Barmer
Jul 29, 2022, at 04:40 am
Barmer/IBNS: An Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jet crashed in Rajasthan's Barmer district on Thursday night leaving both the pilots killed.
Money laundering: BJP holds rally in Kolkata demanding Mamata Banerjee's resignation
Jul 29, 2022, at 04:06 am
Kolkata/UNI/IBNS: Calling for a "corruption-free" and "Trinamool Congress-free" West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday held a huge protest rally in Kolkata, demanding chief minister Mamata Banerjee's resignation and punishment of all those involved in the alleged School Service Commission (SSC) scam.
SSC Scam: After Kolkata's Tollygunge and Belgharia, ED raids Arpita Mukherjee's flat in Chinar Park
Jul 29, 2022, at 03:16 am
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is reportedly raiding another apartment of sacked-Trinamool leader Partha Chatterjee's aide, Arpita Mukherjee, after the central probe agency recovered a fresh lot of cash and valuables from her Belgharia flat in a raid that lasted 18 hours, said media reports.
'In sports, there are no losers': PM Modi inaugurates 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai
Jul 29, 2022, at 02:40 am
Chennai/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 44th Chess Olympiad at JLN Indoor Stadium in Chennai Thursday.
'Nobody knows what really happened': NCP's Supriya Sule on Sonia Gandhi-Smriti Irani spat
Jul 29, 2022, at 01:52 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Supriya Sule, who along with other MPs led away Congress's Sonia Gandhi on Thursday after her heated exchange with Union Minister Smriti Irani, said she had arrived late on the scene and was unaware of what transpired between the two leaders.
Centre using ED as weapon to suppress Opposition: Congress
Jul 29, 2022, at 12:51 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Congress on Thursday accused the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre of using the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as a weapon to suppress the Opposition.
SSC Scam: Mamata Banerjee suspends Partha Chaterjee from TMC, removes from all party posts
Jul 29, 2022, at 12:31 am
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Thursday removed arrested leader Partha Chatterjee from all party posts while suspending him from the party.
'Don't talk to me': Sonia Gandhi rebuffs Smriti Irani in Lok Sabha
Jul 29, 2022, at 12:12 am
New Delhi: Amid a stir in Lok Sabha over Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury calling President Droupadi Murmu 'Rashtrapatni' a scene of dramatic confrontation emerged when Congress President Sonia Gandhi repulsed Union minister Smriti Irani's attempt to talk to her as she approached a woman BJP MP.
Bengal teacher recruitment scam: Mamata sacks Partha Chatterjee from all ministries
Jul 28, 2022, at 10:24 pm
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee has been sacked from all ministries following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the teacher recruitment scam.
Jul 28, 2022, at 09:53 pm
Kolkata: After the fresh recovery of cash amounting to Rs 29 crore, gold jewellery and bars from West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee's close aide Arpita Mukherjee's second residence, actor-politician Mithun Chakraborty has urged Chatterjee to reveal who is the real owner of the alleged ill-gotten money linked to state's teacher recruitment scam, media reported.
Adhir Chowdhury has already apologised for remark on President Murmu: Sonia Gandhi
Jul 28, 2022, at 08:46 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday said her party's Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has already apologised for his comments on President Droupadi Murmu, amid a controversy over remarks made by the politician a day ago.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's remark on President Murmu sparks uproar in RS
Jul 28, 2022, at 08:40 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The issue of alleged derogatory remarks by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary against President Droupadi Murmu sparked uproar in Rajya Sabha Thursday with the government demanding an apology from Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Maharashtra OBC quota: Supreme Court slams poll panel
Jul 28, 2022, at 06:59 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court Thursday pulled up the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) for rescheduling a poll for 367 local bodies to allow for reservation for OBCs (Other Backward Class).
Jul 28, 2022, at 06:20 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has called a meeting at 5 pm after clamour to oust arrested teacher recruitment scam accused West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee grew after a huge cash worth Rs. 50 crore was recovered from the heavyweight's aide Arpita Mukherjee's flats.
Jul 28, 2022, at 05:53 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate probing a teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal in its ongoing raids so far has recovered over Rs. 50 crore cash besides gold jewellery and bars from two flats of Arpita Mukherjee, an aide of now jailed state minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) secretary general Partha Chatterjee.
Rs. 20 crores cash, gold bars recovered from Partha Chatterjee aide Arpita Mukherjee's house
Jul 28, 2022, at 06:09 am
Kolkata/IBNS: At least Rs. 20 crores in cash and gold jewellery, as well as gold bars, have been recovered from the Belgharia house of Arpita Mukherjee, the close aide of arrested Bengal Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee- days after the Enforcement Directorate found Rs. 21 crores from her house in Tollygunge.
Team Uddhav Thackeray files fresh plea in SC against LS Speaker over MPs removal
Jul 28, 2022, at 05:26 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The faction led by Uddhav Thackeray has filed another petition in the Supreme Court against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over the removal of their MPs from Lok Sabha posts.
'38 MLAs of TMC in good ties with us': BJP's Mithun Chakraborty
Jul 28, 2022, at 03:22 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mithun Chakraborty Wednesday claimed that 38 MLAs of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress are in touch with his party and 21 of them are in "direct contact" with him.
More cash recovered from Partha Chatterjee aide Arpita Mukherjee's house
Jul 28, 2022, at 02:10 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Another stack of cash has been recovered from an apartment of Arpita Mukherjee-close aide of arrested Bengal Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee- days after the Enforcement Directorate found Rs. 21 crores from her house in Tollygunge.
Puri: IDCO team visits proposed area for Sri Jagannath International Airport
Jul 28, 2022, at 01:52 am
Puri/UNI: A three-member team from the Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) on Wednesday visited the proposed Sri Jagannath greenfield international airport in the Giral village area located alongside the Puri-Brahmagiri road.
DGCA asks SpiceJet to cut 50 pct of flights for 8 weeks, airline says won't affect ops
Jul 28, 2022, at 01:19 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday ordered budget airline SpiceJet to operate 50 percent of its flights for eight weeks after an unusually high number of safety incidents involving the airline.
Cabinet approves a project for saturation of 4G mobile services in uncovered villages
Jul 27, 2022, at 11:33 pm
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a project for saturation of 4G mobile services in uncovered villages across the country at a total cost of Rs. 26,316 Cr.
Cabinet approves revival package of BSNL amounting to Rs 1.64 Lakh Crore
Jul 27, 2022, at 11:28 pm
New Delhi: To make state-run BSNL financially viable, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the revival package of BSNL amounting to Rs 1.64 Lakh Cr.
Intoxicated man slain mother to death in Shimla
Jul 27, 2022, at 09:37 pm
Shimla: In a horrific crime, an intoxicated man killed his mother to death brutally slaining her with a sword at Thund village of Junga, Police Officer confirmed.
'ED unleashed terror in country, working at behest of Modi govt': Congress
Jul 27, 2022, at 07:44 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Congress Wednesday accused the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of working at the behest of the Modi government saying the central probe agency has "unleashed terror" across the country.
S Jaishankar to visit Uzbekistan tomorrow
Jul 27, 2022, at 07:18 pm
New Delhi: Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar will visit Uzbekistan on July 28-29 at the invitation of Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Vladimir Norov to take part in the meeting of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers.
Opposition leaders hold strategy meet
Jul 27, 2022, at 06:07 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Tiruchi Siva and TR Balu from DMK, CPI-M's E Kareem, PR Natarajan, RJD's Manoj Jha, Vandana Chavhn from NCP, Sanjay Raut and Priyanka from Shiv Sena, NK Premchandran of RSP, and ET Mohd Basheer from IUML were among the leaders who attend.
Supreme Court upholds ED power, says money laundering arrests 'not arbitrary'
Jul 27, 2022, at 05:51 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a crucial judgement, the Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the power of Enforcement Directorate (ED) trashing all objections raised against the investigating agency, media reports said.
S Jaishankar to visit Tashkent for SCO Foreign Ministers’ meet
Jul 27, 2022, at 04:54 pm
New Delhi/UNI: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar will visit Uzbekistan on Jul 28-29 to take part in the meeting of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers.
National Herald case: Sonia Gandhi to appear before ED for third day today
Jul 27, 2022, at 04:44 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi will be appearing before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the third day Wednesday to get quizzed in connection with a money laundering scam linked to the National Herald newspaper.