Political

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

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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

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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…

04 Aug

Har Ghar Tiranga campaign being run by those who didn’t hoist flag for 52 years: Rahul Gandhi

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In a fresh push for the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Har Ghar Triranga campaign, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, referring to the RSS, said the record shows that those running the Har Ghar Triranga campaign are from an organization (RSS) that has carried the tricolor for 52 years. Did not lift. Rahul was staying in Karnataka's Hubli district on Wednesday. In the pix he posted about her visit to the Karnataka Khadi village industry, he is seen wearing the national flag and ironing. “Today it was a great pleasure to meet all the employees who weave our tricolor at Karnataka…

03 Aug

ED seals Young Indian’s office; police forces deployed outside Sonia Gandhi’s house

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday (August 3) 'temporarily sealed' the premises of the Congress-owned office of Young Indian Private Limited (YIL), a day after the raid at the National Herald newspaper's head office in Delhi. ED officials told PTI that steps have been taken to "preserve evidence" which should no longer be collected as accredited agents were not present at some stages of Tuesday's raid. The rest of the National Herald office remains open, sources instructed the information agency. As per the officials, the ED sleuths had emailed the main officer/incharge of the Young Indian workplace to open the…

02 Aug

SSC Scam: Lady throws CHAPPALS at Partha Chatterjee, says ‘I would have found peace IF…’

editorPolitical, West Bengal

A woman throws CHAPPALS at Partha Chatterjee. The woman throws CHAPPALS at his vehicle as he was leaving Joka ESI Hospital, where Partha was taken for a medical check-up on Tuesday. Although the shoe did no longer hit Partha. It fell on his car. The female identify is Shubhra Gharvi. Her house is in Amtala. The woman's be apologetic about is that her thrown shoe did not fall on Partha, "I would have discovered peace if the shoe had fallen on his head." Later the girl said, "They have crores of rupees. Bought residences in numerous locations in Kolkata. Coming…

02 Aug

Money placed in flat in my absence: Partha Chatterjee aide Arpita Mukherjee on seized cash

editorPolitical, West Bengal

Partha Chatterjee's aide Arpita Mukherjee on Tuesday said, "The money does now not belong to me, it was stored there in my absence". The ED had previously recovered more than Rs 50 crores in money from her homes in Kolkata. Former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee were despatched to ED custody until August 3. Chatterjee is involved in an alleged recruitment scam of Group ‘C’ and ‘D’ staff, Assistant Teachers of training IX-XII and essential teachers. Meanwhile, the probe corporation is conducting raids at four locations in connection with the teacher recruitment scam. According to sources, the…

01 Aug

Former Andhra Pradesh CM NTR’s daughter dies by suicide

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K Uma Maheshwari, daughter of late actor-politician NT Rama Rao and sister-in-law to former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, allegedly died by attempt to suicide on Monday. Uma Maheshwari was found facing health problems and was going through treatment for the final few months. Maheshwari breathed her last moment at her house in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. She was located hanging from the ceiling fan in her bedroom. The police have shifted the physique for autopsy. "According to a preliminary investigation, she used to be below melancholy due to sick health. A case has been registered and the body has…

01 Aug

Smriti Irani, daughter not owners of Goa restaurant, never applied for license: Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court on Monday stated that Union Minister Smriti Irani and her daughter Zoish are not the owners of the Goa restaurant. No license was once ever issued in their favour, the courtroom said. The order of the court was once stated after Smriti Irani filed a civil defamation suit against Congress leaders who alleged that the minister's daughter was once walking an unlawful bar in Goa. Following this, Delhi High Court had issued summons to Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh, Pawan Khera and Netta D'Souza on a civil defamation suit filed by politician Smriti Irani. The BJP leader…