Congressional Leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote on Saturday to Chief Elections Commissioner Sunil Arora saying that he was subjected to “unprecedented harassment” at Kolkata airport, as he was “detained for hours” due to the arrival of the first Minister Narendra Modi to the terminal. The congressional leader said he had …
Read More »Delhi: 13 students test positive, Stephen toughens rules
Thirteen hostellers and two St Stephen’s College officials tested positive for Covid on Friday, following a ‘chapel trip’ by 40 students to Dalhousie. At night, the director of St Stephen’s said that the “inner perimeter” of the university was “off limits to everyone.” “Thirteen resident students have tested positive for …
Read More »Karnataka announces restrictions on restaurants, movie theaters, temples and physical classes to stop the spread of Covid-19
The Karnataka government announced a series of restrictions on Friday, including suspension from classes for students who do not appear for statewide board or university exams. In Bengaluru and other districts that have witnessed an increase in Covid-19 cases, entry into movie theaters, pubs, restaurants, and other venues has been …
Read More »Constable’s wife ‘hangs herself after trying to kill 2 children’
The wife of a Delhi police officer was found hanging inside her home, while her two children were found injured in the bathroom on Thursday night, in Ghitorni, southwest Delhi. The woman allegedly tried to kill her two children, one three months old and the other three years old, and …
Read More »Agitation in the Karnataka unit of the BJP over the minister’s complaint against BSY
The Karnataka unit of the BJP appeared to be in confusion with the senior minister of state, KS Eshwarappa, writing to the governor and the central leadership of the BJP, criticizing the workings of the prime minister BS Yediyurappa. Eshwarappa, who is the state minister for rural development and panchayat …
Read More »Maharashtra: New Covid-19 Regulations Probably Today
One day after the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray warned of a possible confinement In the state, he held separate meetings with various stakeholders on Saturday to build consensus on the restrictions that he said should be imposed to break the chain of transmission of Covid-19. Maharashtra recorded 49,447 …
Read More »Death of Nandigram 14: In a poll fight, old skeletons
The closest race of this West Bengal election ended, as expected, on an explosive note on Thursday. However, Nandigram tremors can be felt well beyond the day of the result. Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari, former Nandigram comrades turned Nandigram rivals, exchanged charges during the course of the campaign that …
Read More »Waze suspiciously moved to crime scene on March 4: NIA to court
On Saturday, the NIA told a special court that it has evidence to show that it suspended the Mumbai police assistant inspector Sachin waze, arrested in connection with the Mukesh Ambani home bomb scare case, had “suspiciously moved to the scene of the crime” on March 4 when Mansukh Hiran, …
Read More »Four Bajrang Dal Men Arrested for Attacking Interfaith Friends
Four activists from Bajrang Dal of Mangalore, Karnataka, have been arrested in connection with an incident of alleged ‘moral surveillance’ a day after they allegedly attacked a young man and woman, of different religious backgrounds, on a city bus local police said on Saturday. An attempted murder case was recorded …
Read More »Game Over For TMC, Says PM Modi; BJP wants to divide Bengal, responds to Mamata
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing two demonstrations in Bengal on Saturday, said that TMC’s complaints against the Election Commission and EVM show that it is “khela sesh” (game over) for the party led by Mamata Banerjee and ” Didi should accept defeat. ” The TMC supreme responded by stating …
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