Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday that any sort of hooliganism or extortion attempts against any industrialist or investor in the state will be dealt with drastically by the police administration since the state government had adopted a “zero tolerance” approach against any activity that might erode the investors’ confidence in the state. “To improve the industrial infrastructure in the state, law and order needed to be fixed first. That is why th…
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New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, July 14 (IANS) For the first time since the Left Democratic Front’s crushing defeat in the Kerala Assembly elections, the CPI-M national leadership has publicly acknowledged that mistakes were made in the party’s electoral strategy, particularly in the selection of candidates. Emerging from the party’s three-day Central Committee meeting in New Delhi, CPI-M General Secretary M.A. Baby on Tuesday stopped short of naming individuals but made it clear that the party wa…
Guwahati, June 25 (IANS) Assam Finance Minister Jayanta Mallabaruah on Thursday said the state government’s upcoming Budget will lay special emphasis on ensuring complete utilisation of allocated funds while maintaining fiscal discipline and accelerating development works across sectors. Addressing the BJP’s pre-Budget consultation programme, Mallabaruah had said nearly 90 per cent of the current financial year’s budgetary allocations have already been utilised, reflecting the government’s impro…
Lucknow, June 22 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Monday said that the Brahmin community, along with other upper-caste groups, is leaning increasingly towards the BSP in Uttar Pradesh. She said this has led to unease among rival political parties.She said that, like in 2007, the BSP could again be in a position to form a full majority government with the support of the Brahmin community, as upper-caste groups have the highest level of trust in the party’s policies and leaders…
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials on Sunday questioned Trinamool Congress National General Secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee and party MLA Kunal Ghosh face to face in connection with the Assembly signature mismatch case.After around four hours of questioning, Kunal Ghosh came out of the CID headquarters at Bhabani Bhawan and said that he had cooperated with the investigation. It was Ghosh who revealed that he had been questioned …
Guwahati, June 10 (IANS) Congress MP and Assam Pradesh Congress president Gaurav Gogoi on Wednesday said the party has begun an extensive organisational strengthening exercise in Assam following its assessment of recent electoral performances, with a focus on expanding outreach across communities and sharpening its political interventions ahead of the next Lok Sabha elections. The Congress suffered a crushing defeat in the recently concluded Assembly polls in Assam, recording its worst performan…
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) Former Trinamool Congress legislator, Saokat Molla, was remanded to 14 days of NIA custody on Saturday by a special court here, in connection with a bomb blast at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal before the recently concluded Assembly polls. He will be presented at the NIA court again on June 19.After his arrest on Friday night, the sleuths of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) recovered a mobile phone and a pen drive from Saokat’s possession. Th…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 3 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday criticised the UDF government’s policy address, alleging that it was a document prepared to mislead the people of Kerala and accused the Congress-led-UDF government of remaining silent on corruption allegations and the Sabarimala gold theft controversy. Addressing a press conference at the state BJP headquarters, BJP MLAs Rajeev Chandrasekhar, V. Muraleedharan and B.B. Gopakumar said the policy address failed to pres…
Jaipur, June 1 (IANS) In a key organisational move, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday appointed Ajaey Kumar as the new State General Secretary (Organisation) for its Rajasthan unit.The official notification was formally issued on Monday under the authority of the party’s National President, Nitin Nabin, and signed by the National General Secretary Arun Singh. The notification has been issued when Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma is on a visit to Delhi.Ajaey Kumar began his public life as…
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Saturday alleged political vendetta against party General Secretary and Lok Sabha MP, Abhishek Banerjee, by the ruling BJP over an FIR reportedly registered against him for allegedly inciting violence and threatening Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, before the recently-concluded Assembly polls in West Bengal.On Friday, the Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police Station filed this FIR against the Diamond Harbour MP based on the complaint of a person named R…