Nadda forms four-member panel to look into political violence in Bengal

Nadda forms four-member panel to look into political violence in Bengal

Sunday, 16 June 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi/Kolkata

BJP president J P Nadda on Saturday formed a four-member committee to look into the alleged political violence in West Bengal, as the party accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of remaining a mute spectator. The committee includes Biplab Kumar Deb, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Brij Lal and Kavita Patidar, all BJP MPs,...

Governor writes to Mamata after cops deny Suvendu entry to Raj Bhawan

Saturday, 15 June 2024 | Saugar Sengupta | Kolkata

A day after Opposition Leader Suvendu Adhikari was prevented from entering the Raj Bhavan along with the victims of the post-poll violence Bengal Governor C.V. Ananada Bose on Friday wrote to Chief Minister asking the reason behind the police action. The police had earlier prevented Adhikari from entering the Raj Bhavan...

AAP leadership pledges to work harder

Saturday, 15 June 2024 | Staff Reporter | New Delhi

Senior AAP leaders on Friday pledged that they would work harder for the next general election following their discussion of the poll debacle in Lok Sabha 2024 elections as the party secured just three seats in Punjab out of the 22 contested. Despite an alliance with the Congress in Delhi, it...

TMC announces names for four Assembly seats bypolls

Saturday, 15 June 2024 | Saugar Sengupta | Kolkata

Trinamool Congress has given tickets to the BJP turncoats even as the party on Friday announced its candidates for the upcoming by-elections to four Assembly seats. The elections will take place on July 10 and results will be declared on July 13. Two former BJP leaders Krishna Kalyani and Mukut Mani...

GNDU signs MoU with AAI for internship programme

Saturday, 15 June 2024 | PNS | Amritsar

The Guru Nanak Dev University of Amritsar entered a MoU with the Airports Authority of India, under the aegis of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India. This partnership marks a significant step towards enriching educational experiences for students of the university through an innovative Student Internship Program.  The...

Church changes tune, starts singing in praise of Modi

Saturday, 15 June 2024 | Kumar Chellappan | Kochi

The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, a numerically powerful sect of Christian community, made a volte-face on Friday and started singing peans at the Narendra Modi Government for its “impressive victory” in the recent Lok Sabha election. Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, the supreme head of the MOSC, said he was happy that...

Sheena Bora murder case: Bones, remains gone missing, CBI court told

Saturday, 15 June 2024 | T N RAGHUNATHA | Mumbai

In a shocking development, the CBI has informed a special court here that the bones and mortal remains purportedly of Mumbai executive Sheena Bora recovered by the Raigad Police 14 years ago after her murder, had reportedly gone "missing”. During his examination before the special CBI court, Dr Zeba Khan, a...

Treat transgenders as special category for employment, education: Madras HC

Friday, 14 June 2024 | PTI | Chennai

Holding that the transgenders should be treated only as a special category irrespective of their caste, the Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to not bring them under either female or male category for education and employment. Justice V Bhavani Subbaroyan in an order passed on June 12,...

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