Guwahati, July 27 (IANS) Former Assam Assembly Speaker and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Hitendra Nath Goswami on Monday defended his foreign visit during the recent flood crisis in Upper Assam, saying he remained in continuous contact with the district administration, party workers, and local representatives throughout the period and closely monitored the situation in his constituency from abroad. Goswami, who defeated Congress state President Gaurav Gogoi in the Jorhat Assembly seat in this…
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Bhubaneswar, July 27 (IANS) The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Odisha Assembly, Naveen Patnaik on Monday demanded the resignation of Odisha School and Mass Education minister Nityananda Gond over the extensive publication errors found in new textbooks for Class I to VIII in the state.Speaking to media persons, Patnaik said, “As you know, there have been a number of mistakes in textbooks of the students in our state. He (Education Minister Nityananda Gond)…
Bengaluru, July 25 (IANS) BJP State President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra on Saturday participated in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Maha Sampark Abhiyan, a statewide outreach campaign aimed at creating awareness about the ongoing revision of electoral rolls. As part of the campaign, Vijayendra visited households in the Hebbal Assembly constituency and interacted with party workers and residents about the significance of the SIR exercise.He said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is conducting t…
Patna, July 24 (IANS) The Patna Police have launched a major identification drive after violence erupted during a student protest over the alleged NEET paper leak in the Bihar capital on July 22. Photographs of 117 individuals suspected of involvement in stone‑pelting and other acts of violence have been released on the social media platform X, with authorities seeking public assistance in identifying them.The protest had been organised to demand the resignation of Union Education Minister Dha…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court’s refusal to stay the restrictions imposed by the Kerala High Court on the functioning of the Kerala State Waqf Board has prompted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to claim that its legal challenge against the Board has been substantially upheld. BJP State Vice-President Shaun George, who had challenged the constitution of the Board before the Kerala High Court, said on Tuesday that the apex court had granted only limited relief to the Waqf …
Bengaluru, July 21 (IANS) The Special Court for MPs and MLAs in Bengaluru has issued summons for a second time to Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge, directing him to personally appear before the court in connection with a private complaint over his alleged remarks against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The court, presided over by Judge Sandeep Patil, also issued summons to Congress leader Mohammed Nalpad and directed both leaders to appear on August 1.The fresh summons were issued o…
Bengaluru, July 20 (IANS) The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka has reached an advanced stage, with 99.38 per cent of Enumeration Forms (EFs) distributed across the state and over 61 per cent digitised, according to the latest data released by the Chief Electoral Officer’s office on Monday. According to official figures, a total of 5,50,87,922 Enumeration Forms have been distributed, accounting for 99.38 per cent of all electors in the state. As many as 54,149 po…
Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) The Union government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will do whatever is necessary to revive the lost industrial glory of West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Sunday. Speaking at the virtual inauguration of a curd factory at Sankrail in Howrah district, the Union Home Minister criticised the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government for making industrialists and investors averse to investing in the state.He said West Bengal once had…
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) Police on Saturday arrested the main accused, Mohammad Shamim alias Salim, in connection with the explosion at a house in Rajarhat last night, even as the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the investigation of the case. According to the police, Shamim was arrested in Sodepur, North 24 Parganas district, and is being brought to the Narayanpur police station in Rajarhat. Three people, including the residents of the house, are being questioned. The owner of the h…
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) The district administration in South 24 Parganas in West Bengal started demolishing the allegedly illegally-constructed party office of Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, at Amtala from Saturday afternoon.At the time the report was filed, the demolition of the five-story party office, reportedly constructed illegally without proper building sanction plan, using bulldozers, was in full swing.The demolition team is be…