Rumita Patel
NEW DELHI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday requested a bank change for the hearing of her petition challenging the victory of Suvendu Adhikari of the Nandigram BJP. Mamata’s petition, filed yesterday in the Calcutta High Court, was assigned to Judge Kausik Chanda and postponed until June 24. In a letter to the…
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NEW DELHI: The Union Interior Minister Amit Shah on Friday reviewed several development projects that are being implemented in Jammu and Kashmir, saying that the comprehensive development and well-being of the people of the Union Territory is the top priority of the Modi government. Shah also appreciated the 90% reach of various central government plans…
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NEW DELHI: The administration of Jawaharlal Nehru University issued a notice of demonstrative cause to the president of the student union, Aishe Ghosh, for holding a demonstration on campus in solidarity with the ongoing farmer agitation in December last year in violation of the Covid-19 guidelines. According to the advisory issued by the JNU supervisor’s…
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NEW DELHI: While the coronavirus mutated and evolved, citizens lowered their guard and all of this led to an increase in cases, reaching the second wave, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Friday. Vardhan made the remarks after distributing masks to front-line workers at the Union Ministry of Health. He stated that although this…
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his wishes to the people on the occasion of Jyeshtha Ashtami on Friday, in particular the Kashmiri Pandit community. Praying for the health and well-being of all, Prime Minister Modi took to Twitter and wrote: “On the auspicious occasion of Jyeshtha Ashtami, greetings and best wishes to all,…
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NEW DELHI: On Friday, the Supreme Court overturned the Punjab and Haryana High Court order dismissing the guilty plea filed by the father of murdered gangster Jaipal Singh Bhullar requesting instructions from the Punjab government to conduct a second autopsy on the body of your son. The higher court, which had declined the guilty plea…
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CALCUTTA: The leader of the Bengal BJP, Suvendu Adhikari, who is the leader of the opposition in the West Bengal assembly, has asked the president to disqualify the leader of Trinamool, Mukul Roy, as a member of the House. Mukul Roy had won the assembly elections with a BJP candidacy from the assembly constituency of…
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NEW DELHI: The Center and state governments took multiple legislative steps in 2020 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, according to a report by an expert group. The central government invoked the Disaster Management Act of 2005 to assume primary responsibilities for addressing the pandemic. State governments amended the central…
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BENGALURU: A third wave of coronavirus infections is likely to hit India in October, and while it is expected to be better controlled than the last outbreak, the pandemic will remain a public health threat for at least another year, according to to a Reuters poll of medical experts. The June 3-17 quick survey of…
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NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party chief JP Nadda addressed party members of parliament and party workers on Friday. and urged them to expose the opposition’s plan to derail attempts to contain Covid-19 in the country. While praising the work done under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership to combat the pandemic, Nadda lashed out at the…
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