ED questions TMC MLA in Kolkata land-grabbing case; I-T raids home, poll office ahead of Bengal vote NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has intensified its probe into Trinamool Congress MLA Debasish Kumar in an alleged land-grabbing and illegal construction case in Kolkata, questioning him multiple times while the Income Tax Department conducted raids at…
Kolkata: A day after launching “Matrishakti Bharosa card” for women, BJP on Thursday unveiled the “Yuvashakti Bharosa card” for youth, a physical token of the party’s commitment to both sections in its manifesto. Trinamool panned the saffron party for handing a “Matrishakti” card to a youth, alleging “mismanagement before the programme took off”.Tennis legend Leander…
MUMBAI: The Australian Consulate-General in Mumbai on Thursday announced a new initiative aimed at improving school infrastructure in rural Maharashtra through renewable energy and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions.The announcement marked a collaboration between the Australian Consulate-General Mumbai and Swades Foundation to implement the programme in Raigad and Nashik districts.Senior dignitaries attended the event…
NEW DELHI: Four more people have been arrested in connection with the assault on a serving Brigadier and his son in southwest Delhi’s Vasant Vihar last Saturday, taking the total number of arrests in the case to six.The accused have been identified as Surjit Singh (36), Sunil Sharma (53), Ashish (32), and Satender (35), residents…
Chennai: Three more youths have been arrested on Thursday, for attacking a teenage college girl near Minjur after she resisted their burglary attempt, on Wednesday night. The girl, a resident of Vallur near Minjur, was studying on the terrace of her house on Wednesday night. Around 10pm, a gang of five men, who were drunk,…
In a transformative moment for Bihar’s political arena, Nitin Nabin, Upendra Kushwaha, and Ramnath Thakur took their oaths as newly minted Rajya Sabha members. Nabin, who has recently climbed to the role of BJP national president, was greeted with enthusiastic applause. Patna: BJP national president Nitin Nabin, party member Shivesh Ram, RLM chief Upendra Kushwaha…
Daltonganj: Two men were arrested for allegedly shooting at a 42-year-old woman under Ramgarh police station limits of the district on April 13. The assailants, three in total, also robbed Rs 3 lakh and a laptop from Shama Parveen and her husband Israfel Ansari, the police said.DSP Sadar Rajeev Ranjan said the two accused were…
Ranchi: Patients, attendants and staff at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) have raised concerns over persistent infrastructure issues affecting one of the state’s largest govt-run healthcare facilities.From damaged floors and leaking roofs to rusted and broken stair railings, the hospital — serving hundreds of patients from across Jharkhand and neighbouring Bihar — faces…
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday raised serious concerns at the United Nations over threats to commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, urging the immediate restoration of safe navigation and calling for restraint and de-escalation amid continuing tensions in the Middle East.Addressing the UN General Assembly debate under the Veto Initiative on “The Situation in…
Kolkata: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma led a coordinated BJP attack on the Trinamool govt on Thursday, alleging that Bengal was “nurturing infiltrators” and had surrendered to “mafia raj”.Addressing a rally in Phansidewa, Darjeeling, Sarma said Bengal needed to seal its borders the way Assam and Tripura had to…
