Bengal LoP threatens violence against Muslim MLAs

Bengal LoP threatens violence against Muslim MLAs

Thursday, 13 March 2025 | Saugar Sengupta | Kolkata

Rank communal and inflammatory invectives hitherto unknown to the Bengali society were hurled and traded with impunity even as senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) ministers and legislators threatened Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari with “physical consequences” hours after the latter vowed to throw the Muslim MLAs out of the state Assembly if...

BJP loses Manesar Municipal Corporation polls

Thursday, 13 March 2025 | Parvesh Sharma | Gurugram

The results of the Manesar Municipal Corporation (MMC) were interestingly shocking for the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) after the party's mayor candidate and 13 Councillor candidates failed to secure their victory in the civic polls.  The party also failed to get the necessary majority number out of 20 wards of...

Defence Ministry inks contract with BEL

Thursday, 13 March 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

In effort to strengthen indigenous defence capabilities of the country, Ministry of Defence on Wednesday here inked a capital acquisition contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Ghaziabad for the procurement of Low-level Transportable Radar, LLTR (Ashwini) at a cost of `2,906 Crore. The radar is indigenously designed and developed by Electronics...

CBI, Kerala police arrest founder of cryptocurrency exchange

Thursday, 13 March 2025 | Press Trust of India | New Delhi

The CBI and Kerala Police have arrested Lithuanian national Aleksej Besciokov, who was wanted by the United States for setting up cryptocurrency exchange Garantex allegedly to launder the proceeds of criminal activities, including ransomware, officials said Wednesday. He was arrested when he was allegedly plotting to escape from the country, officials...

Concerns against child marriage raised in Rajya Sabha

Thursday, 13 March 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Issues including child marriage, agents duping people to travel to foreign countries and duplicate voter ID cards figured in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Raising the issue of child marriages during Zero Hour, Babubhai Jesangbhai Desai (BJP) made a demand for effective implementation of child marriage act across the country. He...

IIT-G launches meta platform for schools

Thursday, 13 March 2025 | Press Trust of India | New Delhi

Learning concepts of maths and science in local languages using virtual reality will soon be possible for students at PM Shri Adarsh Vidyalayas in Assam with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati developing the country's first VR-enabled metaverse platform for schools. The project called "Gyandhara" in collaboration with Ministry...

2000 kids awaiting adoption in WB

Thursday, 13 March 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Over 2,000 children are awaiting adoption, with West Bengal topping the list among states, the Women and Child Development Ministry said on Wednesday. Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Women and Child Development Savitri Thakur said the majority of the Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) prefer...

Government to ensure fair conduct of examinations

Thursday, 13 March 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

The government is committed to ensure fair conduct of examinations and trying to strengthen the system to prevent any malpractice, Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar said on Wednesday in the Rajya Sabha. Replying to queries during Question Hour related to irregularities in the NEET (UG) exam held last...

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