Kolkata: An FIR has been registered against former West Bengal chief minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee for allegedly making provocative remarks during the last assembly poll campaign, a senior officer said on Friday. A person lodged a complaint at the Netaji Nagar Police Station, alleging that Banerjee’s comments at a party programme at the…
New Delhi: Dissident Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs will meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday to seek recognition as the “real TMC”, rebel MP Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia said on Friday. The Cooch Behar MP claimed that 19 Lok Sabha members are currently backing the breakaway faction and would be part of the move…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the NDA government’s efforts are rooted in dignity, opportunity and empowerment, and these have helped create an environment where women can realise their full potential and contribute even more strongly to nation-building. Modi said that over the last 12 years, the NDA government has worked to…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee left the West Bengal CID headquarters here on Thursday night after he was questioned for nearly six hours in the signature forgery case over the party’s choice of Leader of Opposition in the state assembly. Banerjee reached the CID headquarters at around 5.50 pm after the Calcutta…
New Delhi: Mallikarjun Kharge, Pawan Khera, Satish Poonia, Tarun Chugh, and others were among 24 candidates elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha. Elections for two Jharkhand seats and one Mizoram seat will be held on June 18, with competitive races expected. The NDA secured 19 seats and Congress five, underscoring strong party control in several…
Bhopal: Three BJP candidates from Madhya Pradesh were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, days after Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination was rejected by the Returning Officer. Polling for three Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh was scheduled for June 18. Given the BJP’s strength in the 230-member state Assembly, the election of…
Kolkata: Senior TMC leader and MP Kalyan Banerjee on Thursday urged party chief Mamata Banerjee to choose between her nephew Abhishek Banerjee and senior leaders like him. He also accused the party’s national general secretary of arrogance and having a fluctuating mindset. Kalyan, also a senior advocate, declared he would remove himself from all legal…
New Delhi: The expanding West Asia war has placed thousands of Indian seafarers in severe danger, with numerous commercial vessels attacked or stranded near the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman. Tragic strikes on merchant shipping have left severl Indian sailors dead or missing, prompting urgent rescue operations and diplomatic pushback from New Delhi….
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress leader Prakash Chik Baraik on Thursday resigned as a Rajya Sabha MP. He told ANI that he was “accepting the opinion” of the people of West Bengal, referring to the Assembly elections in which the Bharatiya Janata Party defeated the TMC in May. It was unclear if Baraik had also quit the…
New Delhi: As China expands its underwater presence in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and Pakistan moves closer to inducting advanced Chinese-built submarines, the Indian Navy has received 21 of the 24 MH-60R ‘Romeo’ multi-role helicopters contracted from the United States to strengthen its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities. Of the 21 helicopters delivered so far,…
