Kolkata: The TMC will go ahead with its planned sit-in here against the alleged attacks on party leaders and workers, and the Railways’ hawker eviction drive, despite the police denying permission for it, party supremo Mamata Banerjee said on Monday. She alleged that while the common people and small traders were living in fear, and…
Chennai: Amid speculations that he was sulking in the BJP and that he may float a new political party, the saffron party leader from Tamil Nadu, K Annamalai, on Monday said he would clarify his stand in two days. Asked about speculations that he may launch a new political party, Annamalai, before leaving for Delhi,…
Kolkata: Sleuths of the West Bengal CID on Monday evening visited the residence of TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee in Kalighat area here for the second time in a little over 48 hours in connection with a signature forgery case, officials said. The development came hours after Banerjee sought 15 days from the probe agency, citing…
Bijnor (UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday hit out at Muslim clerics and organisations for demanding that the cow be declared the national animal, saying the cow is revered as “mother” in the Sanatan tradition and is “not an animal for us”. “Your thinking is animal-like if you describe Gau Mata as…
New Delhi: Amid forecasts of a below-normal monsoon due to El Niño, the Centre on Monday said the agriculture ministry has formed crop weather watch and crisis management groups, and has circulated a crisis management plan to state governments, to mitigate risks to kharif crops. The Inter-Ministerial briefing, held in the context of recent developments…
Mumbai: The BJP on Sunday announced its candidates for 10 of 16 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council from local authorities’ constituencies and named Dr Rajiv Potdar as its nominee for the Nagpur constituency by-election. Out of the total 17 seats, the BJP is contesting 11, ally Shiv Sena 4 and the NCP 2. The…
New Delhi: Authorities on Sunday began demolishing 143 illegal structures in Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh area after the Supreme Court upheld orders permitting the clearance of encroachments from land earmarked for the road widening, officials said. The demolition drive was launched in Haiderpur village, where the structures were found within the designated 30-metre right of way…
Shimla: In a major jolt to the Congress, the BJP won Mandi, Dharamshala and Solan municipal corporation elections, while the ruling party managed to retain its mandate in the Palampur civic body. The elections to the four urban local bodies were held on May 17, and the results were declared on Sunday. The BJP retained…
Kolkata: The attack on TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee might become a defining moment in his political journey, determining whether he is seen merely as an heir to a political legacy or emerges as a mass leader in his own right, according to political observers. For nearly the entirety of his political career, Abhishek Banerjee has operated…
New Delhi: Gen NS Raja Subramani on Sunday took charge as India’s new Chief of Defence Staff and his primary mandate will be to implement the ambitious military theaterisation plan and bolster tri-services synergy. He succeeded Gen Anil Chauhan, who signed off after completing his tenure as the country’s senior-most military commander on Saturday. Gen…
