PATNA: Former Bihar minister and Janshakti Janta Dal (JJD) chief Tej Pratap Yadav has lodged a police complaint against his personal assistant, alleging theft of Rs 20 lakh in cash from party funds along with gold jewellery and other valuables.Yadav, the elder son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, filed the complaint at Sachivalaya Police Station,…
Amid rebellion, TMC send fresh list to EC, asserting Mamata Banerjee remains the party leader (Picture credit: ANI file photo) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress under Mamata Banerjee has reconstituted its national working committee amid a major rebellion within the party at both the assembly and Parliament levels.The move came as a strong assertion of Mamata…
2nd airport for Kol region | page 1The state budget unveiled plans for a 2nd airport for the Kolkata region and new airports at Purulia, Balurghat and Malda. It also announced plans for the expansion of the airport in Cooch Behar.Govt hunts for 1k acres for airport near Kalyani | page 3Kolkata: Signalling a major…
Mumbai: The city is witnessing increasing anxiety as water reserves fall due to the absence of rain, and the BMC enforces strict water cuts as lakes dry up. A comparable situation occurred in 2009. That year, after the monsoon’s delayed arrival, the civic body first introduced a 10% water cut on June 9. When the…
NEW DELHI: In a harrowing incident that has shocked the national capital region, an 11-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped, brutally raped, and murdered after being abducted from a footpath in South Delhi’s Mehrauli area.The local police have arrested one suspect in connection with the heinous crime following a swift investigation.According to police officials, the harrowing…
CHENNAI: Another worker died on Tuesday, the death toll from Sunday’s ammonia gas leak at a seafood processing unit in Tiruvallur district to nine, all of them women. The identity of one of the deceased is yet to be confirmed.By 7 am, one more person from Assam, Anjila Soren, had died, and the number of…
Buxar: A video from Bihiya in Bhojpur district showing workers cutting and filling holes on NH-922 has gone viral on social media. The video was shared by the Congress party, raising questions about the quality of road construction.Reacting to the viral video, Arvind Kumar, an official of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in Patna,…
TN CM Vijay speaks in state assembly NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay on Tuesday pushed back against critics who had dismissed the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) as merely an “actor’s party”, arguing that its rise to power was built on years of activism and public engagement. In a wide-ranging assembly speech, Vijay brushed…
KOLKATA: Former Tarakeswar municipality chairman and senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sapan Samanta was allegedly humiliated by local residents in West Bengal’s Hooghly district over allegations of corruption.According to news agency ANI, an angry group of locals garlanded Samanta with shoes and forced him to perform sit-ups while holding his ears.The locals also pelted him…
Six Lok Sabha MPs, including Sanjay Jadhav and Bhausaheb Wakchaure, have joined the Shinde-led Shiv Sena, bolstering the party’s strength MUMBAI: Among the six Lok sabha MPs who have switched allegiance to Shinde Sena are Sanjay Jadhav (Parbhani) and Bhausaheb Wakchaure (Shirdi). The crossing over of the 6 came eight days after they skipped a…
