Political

08 Aug

Ambulance stopped to make way for DMK minister’s convoy in TN

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An ambulance is considered ready to make way for a minister’s convoy in Tamil Nadu’s Kumbakonam in a video that has been shared a couple of instances on social media. In the video, a lady police officer is considered stopping an ICU ambulance as DMK minister, Anbil Mahesh, drove by with over 15 vehicles to review the flood scenario in Kollidam. Authorities, in a brazen show of apathy, did now not hassle to alert these in cost of the convoy’s movement as the ambulance stood still, blasting its siren. The minister was once accompanied via the Collector and other officials.…

07 Aug

AAP Blames Delhi’s Ex Lt Governor For Huge Loss Under New Liquor Policy

editorBusiness, PoliticalDelhi

The Delhi authorities today accused the countrywide capital's former Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal of corruption in the new excise coverage -- which has been rolled lower back following a CBI probe into its implementation -- causing a loss of thousands of crores" to the country government. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia hit out at the former LG, recommending a CBI probe into his alleged surprising change of thinking which the Aam Aadmi Party claimed was executed to benefit a few liquor shop owners. "Due to alternate of choice in LG office, some shopkeepers received profit of lots of crores and…

07 Aug

BJP MLA Among 40 Accused Of Illegally Selling Land In Ayodhya

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Ayodhya's mayor, a nearby BJP MLA and a former party legislator are among the 40 human beings whom the Ayodhya Development Authority has accused of illegally promoting plots and building infrastructure in such land.Mayor Rishikesh Upadhyay and MLA Ved Prakash Gupta have, however, claimed innocence and alleged conspiracy in the listing of alleged offenders launched by the authority. "A listing of forty people who illegally bought and sold land and received building work in the authority vicinity used to be issued via the authority on Saturday night," the authority's vice chairman Vishal Singh instructed PTI on Sunday. He said action…

07 Aug

PM Narendra Modi chairs NITI Aayog’s governing council meeting

editorPoliticalPM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the seventh meeting of the Niti Aayog governing council in the cultural middle of Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi on Sunday. The Prime Minister, at the meeting on Sunday, said that India's federal structure and cooperative federalism emerged as a mannequin for the world for the duration of Covid crisis. He additionally asked the states to focus on crop diversification.NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman, after the governing council assembly on Sunday, mentioned that the Prime Minister desires India to grow to be self adequate in safe to eat oil. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday entreated the…

06 Aug

S Jaishankar pays respect to former foreign minister Sushma Swaraj on death anniversary

editorPoliticalS Jaishankar

On Sushma Swaraj's 3rd death anniversary, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar paid tribute and said that she is fondly remembered. Jaishankar had served below Sushma Swaraj as India's Foreign Secretary in the first Modi government. Tributes poured in from the political fraternity. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh additionally remembered and wrote on Twitter, "Sushma Swaraj ji used to be a stalwart of Indian politics, who used to be regarded for her easy-going and mild behaviour along with being an effective orator. She has contributed a lot in taking the us of a and the party forward. On the occasion of…

05 Aug

Convince us there is no ‘setting’ between you and CM Mamata: Former Meghalaya Guv to PM Modi

editorPoliticalMamata Banerjee, PM Modi

Ahead of the Modi-Mamata rally in Delhi, former Meghalaya Governor and former BJP state president Tathagata Roy took to Twitter to ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi to convince mankind that there is no 'setting' between him and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. “Kolkata is agog with the apprehension of a ‘setting’. Which skill a secret appreciation between Modiji and Mamata, whereby the thieves of Trinamool and/or the murderers of BJP workers would go scot-free. Please persuade us that there wud be no such ‘setting’ @narendramodi @PMOIndia,” Roy tweeted. Mamata Banerjee used her meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to…

05 Aug

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi dragged into police van while protesting

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Congress leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor were detained on Friday as they marched towards Rashtrapati Bhavan to protest against inflation, rate hike, GST and unemployment issues. Congress is holding massive protests even when the Delhi Police is there Denied permission for this. Paramilitary forces and Delhi Police blocked Vijay Chowk Avenue and the way from Parliament to Rashtrapati Bhavan with the help of barricades. Women paramilitary personnel lined up on the other side of the barricade to prevent Congress MPs from protesting. They plan to surround the Prime Minister's house. Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, addressing…

05 Aug

Teaching posts on sale, under-qualified people given jobs: Ex-TMC leader’s attack on Partha Chatterjee

editorPolitical, West Bengal

Former Trinamool Congress chief Baisakhi Banerjee has leveled fresh allegations against sacked Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, who is being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate over the trainer recruitment scam. Banerjee, who served as general secretary of the West Bengal College and University Professors' Association (WBCUPA), claimed that candidates who were ineligible during Partha Chatterjee's tenure as education minister were given direct entry to educational institutions. In an interview with news enterprise ANI, she cited that every instructional post in the state-run universities was "for sale" and if the small print on university and college recruitment was published, it should be…

04 Aug

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana recommends Justice UU Lalit as his successor

editorPoliticalNV Ramana

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana tenure ends on August 26, he advocated Justice Uday Umesh Lalit as his successor on Thursday. This event comes hours after the official verbal exchange from the Ministry of Law and Justice used to be acquired by way of the CJI to endorse his successor. The CJI personally exceeded over the replica of his letter of advice to Justice Lalit. He additionally forwarded it to the Ministry of Law and Justice for in addition consideration. CJI Ramana, who succeeded his predecessor SA Bobde as the forty eighth Chief Justice of India on April 24,…

04 Aug

Partha Chatterjee-Arpita Mukherjee Santiketan farmhouse ‘Apa’: Enforcement Directorate officials examine loose soil

editorPolitical, West Bengal

Enforcement Directorate officials carried out a raid at a farmhouse in Santiniketan -- around 150km from Kolkata -- which is believed to be owned at the same time via sacked Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and his shut aide Arpita Mukherjee, accused in the trainer recruitment scam. Here are 10 updates on the case: ED officers confirmed that Parth and Arpita jointly bought the plot in 2012. Mutation was done in 2020 titled Arpita Mukherjee. The identity of the farmhouse is believed to be an abbreviation of 'Apa' Arpita and Partha. Some reviews claim that the farmhouse was sold in 2012…