Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday unveiled multiple metro projects across the country, including India’s first underwater metro line in Kolkata. The Rs 4,965-crore Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section of Kolkata Metro’s East-West Corridor, which has the first transportation tunnel “under any mighty river in India”, was inaugurated by the PM. The stretch also has the…
Barasat (WB): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met a group of women from Sandeshkhali, where allegations of sexual abuse against TMC leaders have been levelled. A few buses in which women from Sandeshkhali were travelling to PM Narendra Modi’s rally in West Bengal’s Barasat on Wednesday were stopped at multiple places by the police…
Bettaiah (Bihar): Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled projects worth Rs 12,800 crore in Bihar on Wednesday. The PM unveiled the projects at a programme at Bettiah, the district headquarters town of West Champaran. Governor Rajendra V Arlekar, Deputy CMs Samat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, and state minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary of the JD(U) were…
Shajapur/Ujjain (MP): Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra witnessed a surprise encounter in Shajapur city and Ujjain of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday when BJP supporters cheered “Modi-Modi” as his convoy passed through the area and also when he visited the Mahakaleshwar temple. The Congress leader halted the procession to engage with the chanting Bharatiya Janata…
Kolkata: When Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off a metroll open India’s first under-river tunnel, fulfilling a 53-year-old dream of the city dwellers. Out of the total 4.8-km long tunnel between the two stations – Howrah Maidan and Esplanade – 1.2-km distance is 30 metres below the Hooghly river, making it “the country’s first transportation…
Kolkata: After tendering his resignation on Tuesday, Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay announced that he would join the BJP on March 7. He said he was ready to contest against the TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Slamming the TMC, Gangopadhyay said erosion has already started developing within Bengal’s ruling party…
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday attacked the Centre over the State Bank of India moving the Supreme Court to seek more time to disclose electoral bond details, alleging that the Modi government is using the largest bank of the country as a shield to hide its “dubious dealings”. The State Bank of India (SBI)…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a money laundering probe against Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar. The Congress leader had moved the top court against the Karnataka High Court order that refused to quash the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons issued to him in an alleged case of money laundering. A bench of…
Chennai: DMK MP A Raja has said that India has never been one nation, but is a subcontinent which is home to diverse practices and cultures even as the BJP slammed him and alleged that it was a call for ‘balkanisation’ of the nation. In a video where he is seen addressing a party-organised meeting,…
Jajpur (Odisha): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday slammed the Congress, alleging that the party and its allies only focused on filling their coffers before 2014 when they were in power at the Centre. Addressing a rally here, Modi also said the central government wants Odisha to become the gateway for ‘Viksit Bharat’ (Developed India)….
