Kolkata: The West Bengal government will bring out department-wise white papers detailing alleged irregularities, unfinished projects, and financial mismanagement under the previous TMC dispensation, Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta announced in the Assembly on Thursday. Replying to the discussion on the state budget, Dasgupta said the government has decided to place before the public details of…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here amid the buzz over a reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers. The president’s office shared a picture of the meeting in a post on X. “Union Minister for Home Affairs and Cooperation Shri Amit Shah…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Emergency was a direct assault on the Constitution as the period witnessed the suspension of civil liberties, curbs on freedom of expression, and an assault on institutions that are the bedrock of Indian democracy. Paying homage to all those who steadfastly defended democratic values during…
Kolkata: Five workers perished and around 20 others were rescued and hospitalised after a three-storey under-construction warehouse collapsed in Kolkata’s Taratala area on Wednesday, prompting Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari to order a halt to all construction projects approved under the erstwhile TMC regime within the city’s civic body area till July 31. About 15 more…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh authorities on Wednesday intensified inspections of coaching centres, libraries and other educational institutions across the state in the wake of the Aliganj fire tragedy in Lucknow that claimed 15 lives earlier this week. In Lucknow, teams of the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), the fire department and the electricity department continued inspections of…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said a probe has been ordered into an alleged sexual harassment at a Spanish multinational operating in Maharashtra’s Pune district. He was responding to questions in the legislative council. Shiv Sena member Manisha Kayande said that a female employee of a Spanish multinational operating in Pune district…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday handed over appointment orders to 401 persons, of whom 383 were assistant engineers (electrical) selected through the TNPSC. Among them were 18 assistant accounts officers appointed to the Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited. The orders were handed over at a function held at Kalaivanar…
Chandigarh: Amid the video row, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday rejected allegations that the forensic report that gave a clean chit to him was fabricated and lashed out at the opposition parties, alleging that they have joined hands to defame him. Mann’s remarks came a day after the Haryana Police arrested two men…
New Delhi: The CRPF has suspended a senior DIG-rank officer for sharing content allegedly “against” the government during the recent passage of the CAPF bill, which the cadre officers of these forces had called discriminatory. This is the first such case among the approximately 15,000 cadre officers entrusted with leadership roles in the country’s 10-lakh-strong…
Thane: Heavy rains lashed Maharashtra’s Thane and Palghar districts over the last 24 hours, triggering a landslide at the scenic Malshej Ghat and leading to dozens of complaints of tree falls, officials said on Wednesday. A minor landslide was reported on Tuesday evening along the vital Malshej Ghat stretch, which connects Thane and Pune districts,…
