Latest 2009 News & Updates

Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has sought the “elevation copy” of the building registered in the name of a company linked to the Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, which will have to be attached to the reply to notice served earlier by the KMC to that property at Harish Mukherjee Road in South Kolkata.Although the same building at 188A Harish Mukherjee Road in South Kolkata, which is close to the residence of …

Jaipur, Feb 5 (IANS) The Rajasthan government has clarified in the Legislative Assembly that there is no proposal under consideration to make educational qualifications mandatory for candidates contesting urban local body elections. However, the process to remove the restriction on contesting elections for candidates with more than two children is currently underway in the Law Department.This information was provided in a written reply to an unstarred question raised by Congress MLA Pusaram Goda…