Mamata Banerjee and Rahul Gandhi (File photo/PTI) On May 2, 2021, Rahul Gandhi congratulated Mamata Banerjee and the people of West Bengal for “soundly defeating the BJP.”“I’m happy to congratulate Mamata ji and the people of West Bengal for soundly defeating the BJP,” he wrote on Twitter (now called X).However, the irony was hard to…
Cleared Electors To Be Informed By BLOs: CEO KOLKATA: Election Commission will add the names approved by SIR tribunals to Bengal’s electoral roll till Tuesday midnight and issue an updated list on Wednesday for the 152 assembly seats that will go to the polls in the first phase on Thursday, chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal…
Bombay High Court has permitted four individuals accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts to challenge charges under the UAPA and other offenses MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Wednesday allowed appeals filed by four accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case to challenge the charge framed against them under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA (Unlawful Activities…
NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old woman was murdered in South Delhi’s Amar Colony on Wednesday. Police suspect the involvement of a former house help in the case.The victim was the daughter of an IRS official. Investigators believe she was strangled to death, likely with a mobile phone charging cable found at the scene.A senior police officer…
Chennai is on high alert with 23,000 state police and 31 CAPF companies deployed to ensure peaceful elections. CHENNAI: At least 23,000 state police personnel besides 31 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) have been deployed at polling stations to maintain law and order and prevent poll-related offences in the city.Commissioner Abin Dinesh Modak…
During a recent press conference, Jharkhand Minister Deepika Pandey Singh condemned the central government, claiming they are intentionally dragging their feet on the women’s reservation bill. She referred to it as a ‘strategic ploy’ aimed at undermining the integrity of the constitutional framework. Patna: Jharkhand Congress minister Deepika Pandey Singh said here on Tuesday the…
2 killed, including minor, in elephant trample in Koderm (Image used for representational purpose only) KODERMA: Panic gripped parts of Jharkhand’s Koderma district in the early hours of Wednesday after a herd of elephants entered the area, leaving two people, including a minor, dead in separate incidents, a forest department official said. The incidents took…
RANCHI: An armed man, wanted in a land dealer’s murder case, was arrested after a gunfight with police in Jharkhand’s Ranchi district on Wednesday.The incident took place around 7.30 am in the Pandra outpost area.The accused, identified as Satyam Pathak (35), sustained bullet injuries in both legs during the encounter. An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday indicated that New Delhi may play its role in initiating peace in the West Asia amid the ongoing crisis between Iran and United states.When asked if India has any role to play in the West Asia crisis, Rajnath said, “It is possible that tomorrow, the time may…
KOLKATA: In poll-bound Bengal, Khargosh and Uchchhe have found themselves in a new address – behind bars.The detective department of Kolkata Police, acting under orders from Election Commission to ensure peace ahead of the assembly elections and on the poll day, launched raids on Monday night and Tuesday and picked up 12 potential troublemakers from…
