Odisha Food Supply and Consumer Welfare Minister KC Patra on Thursday accused the West Bengal government of creating an artificial shortage of potatoes to “tarnish the image” of the BJP government in the state. Odisha is facing high prices A staple meal for months. Recently, the government of Bengal, a major potato supplier to Odisha, … Read more
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on 2 December It has asked Delhi to send a UN peacekeeping force to maintain communal harmony in Bangladesh. His was the latest Indian statement to express concern about the state of Bangladeshi Hindus. Banerjee’s speech was particularly notable given that she, like the Indian Bengali media, has been relatively even-handed … Read more
India believes in the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, which is in line with contemporary international law and resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly. However, this principle has been repeatedly violated in practice. The United Nations itself, despite Article 2(7) of its Charter, on human rights and minority issues … Read more
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur has responded by issuing a show-cause notice to 90 faculty members after allegations of “bias”, “retaliation in faculty selection” and failure to build a hospital on campus surfaced against its director. The rift between administration and teachers deepened. The institute has also issued an order to replace the three … Read more
December 6, 2024 04:30 IST First published: December 6, 2024 at 04:30 IST Share it The attempted murder Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal has been rekindled memories of the state’s dark days by an ex-terrorist who crossed into Pakistan during the height of unrest in Punjab. Ironically, the incident took place at the … Read more
Warning people against dismissing events in Bangladesh as distant or irrelevant, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the “actions” of Mughal emperor Babur’s commanders in Ayodhya and Sambhal nearly 500 years ago and the events unfolding in the neighboring country now share a common underpinning. Nature and Intent”. Speaking at the inauguration … Read more
Days after a seven-month-old girl was raped in North Kolkata, police arrested the prime suspect from Gopiballabpur police station area in Jhargram district on Thursday morning. Based on the evidence obtained from the CCTV footage in the area, the police arrested one Rajiv Ghosh and took him to Kolkata. “During the investigation, we have collected … Read more
Six Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLAs from Nadia district have sent a written complaint to party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee against Krishnanagar party MP Mahua Moitra, accusing them of promoting factionalism in the party. In the complaint, signed by five TMC MLAs from Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency and one MLA from Moitra’s former constituency … Read more
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Thursday ordered a magisterial probe into the death of a Class 6 student at a school in south Delhi earlier this week. The report will be submitted within three days. The Chief Minister also met the boy’s family at his house. A 12-year-old boy died Tuesday morning after an “argument” … Read more
Deregulation, or the process of dropping regulations in certain sectors, will be a big theme for the upcoming Economic Survey of 2024-25, which will be presented in February along with the FY26 budget, Chief Economic Adviser V Ananth Nageswaran said on Thursday. . The CEA also underlined that the growth projection of 6.5-7 per cent … Read more