Both led the fight against the Left regime following 2007 violence in the town. The BJP on Saturday released its first list of 57 candidates for the West Bengal Assembly polls.The Nandigram Assembly seat in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district is all set for a mega political contest with the BJP on Saturday nominating Suvendu Adhikari to take on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. This comes a day after Ms. Banerjee announced that she will contest from Nandigram instead of Bhawanipur in Kolkata. The TMC supremo is expected to arrive in Nandigram on March 9 and will file nomination papers on…
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Close to 90,000 fresh applications were received during a short window of five days in Kerala government’s LIFE Mission project With the State government opening a short window of five days for fresh applications for the Livelihood, Inclusion, Financial Empowerment (LIFE) housing project, the total number of applicants in the latest phase of the project has swelled to 9.2 lakh. Close to 90,000 fresh applications were received across local bodies in the State during this short period of time.The government had issued a call for fresh applications in August last year, when as many as 8.32 lakh applications were received.…
The Modi government is not willing to listen to the demands of labourers and farmers who are fighting for their rights The results of the forthcoming Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and other states would herald the downfall of the BJP government at the Centre, D.Raja, General Secretary, Communist Party of India, said in Tiruchi, on Saturday. “The results of the elections in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry will signal the beginning of the end for the BJP regime. In Tamil Nadu, it is apparent that people are eager to usher in a change and vote for…
The report by Kathmandu-based ICIMOD found that a crack had formed prior to the incident at the site where the rock detachment led to a rockslide from the Raunti peak. Heavy precipitation in the Chamoli region from February 4-6 and an overall rise in temperature in Uttarakhand in last four decades could have led to the rock collapse which triggered the deadly flash floods in the State last month, according to a study by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. The report by Kathmandu-based ICIMOD, which was released on Friday, found that a crack had formed prior to the…
The agency is also contemplating to approach the Interpol to get a Red Corner Notice issued against Binay Mishra, who has not joined the probe, they added. The CBI has issued a lookout notice against Bijay Mishra, brother of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Binay Mishra who is a close confidant of party MP Abhishek Banerjee, in a cattle smuggling case, officials said on Saturday.The agency is also contemplating to approach the Interpol to get a Red Corner Notice issued against Binay Mishra, who has not joined the probe, they added.”A lookout notice has been issued against Bijay Mishra, the brother…
Mike Lee, Tom Cotton, Joni Ernst and Todd Young, in a letter to President Biden, urged him to reject the upcoming proposal at the World Trade Organisation Four top Republican senators have urged U.S. President Joe Biden not to accept a proposal by India and South Africa to the WTO to waive anti-Covid vaccine patents, saying that waiving all rights to intellectual property would end the innovation pipeline and stop the development of new vaccines or boosters to address variants in the virus.Mike Lee, Tom Cotton, Joni Ernst and Todd Young, in a letter to President Biden, urged him to…
They urged Muslims in the war-weary Arab nation to embrace Iraq’s long-beleaguered Christian minority Pope Francis and Iraq’s top Shiite cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence on Saturday, urging Muslims in the war-weary Arab nation to embrace Iraq’s long-beleaguered Christian minority during an historic meeting in the holy city of Najaf.Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said religious authorities have a role in protecting Iraq’s Christians, and that they should live in peace and enjoy the same rights as other Iraqis.The Vatican said Francis thanked al-Sistani for having “raised his voice in defense of the weakest and most persecuted” during…
The floor test took place without the Opposition as the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) – an alliance of 11 parties – boycotted the voting. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday won a trust vote in the National Assembly amid a boycott call by the Opposition parties, strengthening his government’s legitimacy after an embarrassing defeat of the finance minister in the hotly-contested Senate elections.Prime Minister Khan secured 178 votes in the 342-member lower house of Parliament during a special session convened on the directives of President Arif Alvi. A total of 172 votes was needed for a simple majority.The floor…
Former CM is among four AGP MLAs denied ticket. Former Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta said he has not wavered from his stand against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). He is among four MLAs of the regional Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) who have been denied ticket for the three-phase Assam election starting March 27.“I stand firmly with the anti-CAA forces,” Mr. Mahanta said after arriving in Guwahati on March 6 from New Delhi, where he had undergone treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The two-time Chief Minister is the founder-president of the AGP, a minor ally…
Biden has made women’s issues a priority, handing top White House jobs and staff positions to women and starting a Gender Policy Council, based in the White House. President Joe Biden will sign two executive orders on Monday related to women’s economic equity, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.Psaki, speaking on Friday during the daily press briefing, did not elaborate on the executive order but promised to provide details over the weekend. Biden has made women’s issues a priority, handing top White House jobs and staff positions to women and starting a Gender Policy Council, based in the White…