KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee shifted her glare on Monday from the usual suspects like BJP to her own, surprising even her inner circle with a public takedown of some “errant” cabinet colleagues, Trinamool Congress functionaries, and administration officials found wanting in various respects. In her sharpest public criticism to date of ministerial…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court will pronounce a verdict on ED’s plea seeking a stay on the bail granted to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Excise Policy money laundering case on Tuesday. The ED on Monday submitted written arguments to the high court, opposing any relief for Kejriwal and labeling the trial court’s…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a scathing attack on Congress and described the declaration of Emergency as a “black spot” on India’s democracy a day ahead of its 50th anniversaryDuring his address to the media ahead of the first session of the 18th Lok sabha PM Modi said, “Tomorrow is 25th…
NEW DELHI: Barely days after the West Bengal rail accident, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday instructed railway officials to expedite the deployment of Kavach system and take this up in a planned manner in mission mode.Sources said the railway ministry also informed the Cabinet Secretary on Friday that the national transporter will bring 44,000…
CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR/PUNE: OBC activists Laxman Hake and Navnath Waghmare suspended their indefinite hunger strike on its tenth day on Saturday following a written assurance from state govt on the protection of reservations for the community. On Saturday, a second state govt delegation, led by food and civil supplies minister Chhagan Bhujbal, met the agitators at…
NEW DELHI: Central govt on Saturday removed NTA director general Subodh Kumar Singh from his post and put him on “compulsory wait” in DoPT amid recent irregularities in exams including Neet and UCG-NET.Meanwhile, Pradeep Singh Kharola has been given additional charge of the post of Director General, National Testing Agency (NTA) by the ministry. Earlier,…
NEW DELHI: Lashing out at the Bharatiya Janata Party government over the anti-paper leak law for exams that came into effect on Friday, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the bill deals with leaks “after they have occurred” while it is important to prevent the leaks from happening at the first place.Terming the bill as a…
PUNE: The NCP (SP) agreed to contest fewer seats than its Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies during the Lok Sabha elections but the situation would be different in the assembly polls, a party leader has quoted its supremo Sharad Pawar as saying. Pawar held two meetings here on Friday, one with the party’s functionaries from…
MUMBAI: “Two people have lost their lives. There was trauma but the child (juvenile in conflict with law) was also in trauma, give him some time,” said Justices Bharti Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande of the Bombay high court while hearing a plea against teen’s “illegal detention’’ following “public pressure.’’ in Porsche crash case.The teen was…
NEW DELHI: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) took suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna to his house in connection with rape and sexual harassment cases against him.The action by the SIT comes days after a Bengaluru court sent Revanna to 14-day judicial custody (starting from June 18) in a sexual assault and rape case. The order…
