Thiruvananthapuram, June 13 (IANS) Two years after a roadside confrontation that turned into a major political controversy, Kerala State Road Transport Corporation’s former temporary driver, Yadu Krishnan, is set to return to the driver’s seat, this time at the Kerala Legislative Assembly, and through it, the development has acquired a larger political significance. Yadu Krishnan, in 2024, lost his temporary KSRTC job following the controversy involving CPI (M) leaders Arya Rajendran (who wa…
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Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Trinamool Rajya Sabha member Sagarika Ghose expressed scathing criticism of the early morning police raid at the residence of party General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee to track his absconding aide.In a social media statement, shared by the Trinamool Congress on its social media handle, Ghose described the arrival of the police and central paramilitary forces personnel at Abhishek Banerjee’s residence at 3 a.m. as a reflection of the “political vendetta, intimidation and…
Bengaluru, June 12 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday alleged that the about Rs 39,000-crore solid waste management tender was a major irregularity and one of the biggest scams Karnataka had ever witnessed. Responding to questions from reporters in Bengaluru, Kumaraswamy said, “Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka has already spoken about it. Very soon, I will present documents and speak in detail on the matter.”He pointed out that rules prohibit aw…
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court is set to hear on Friday a plea by Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan challenging the rejection of her nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha election from Madhya Pradesh.A vacation Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Atul S. Chandurkar on Thursday assured an early hearing on Friday after senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Natarajan, sought urgent listing of the matter.During the mentioning, Singhvi contended that Thursday was…
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) Bibhas Mukhopadhyay alias Manu, the Trinamool councillor from Ward number 4 of Rajpur-Sonarpur Municipality in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, has been arrested by the police on charges of extortion, police said on Thursday. The police arrested the Trinamool Councillor from a hotel in the Eastern Metropolitan bypass area adjacent to Garia on Wednesday night.After the arrest, Bibhas Mukhopadhyay was taken to his house and office.It is alleged that at that time, a…
Mumbai, June 11 (IANS) Leaders of the Congress and Shiv Sena-UBT on Thursday criticised the rejection of Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination, describing the move as undemocratic and raising questions about the fairness of the electoral process. Speaking to IANS, Shiv Sena-UBT spokesperson Anand Dubey said: “Only God knows when the Supreme Court will deliver its decisions. Many cases related to our party have also been pending for a long time. The rejection of Meenakshi…
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) Former state minister Firhad Hakim on Wednesday found himself in trouble after a complaint was filed against him at Bidhannagar South Police Station in Kolkata’s Salt Lake area for allegedly making obscene and disrespectful comments towards women. According to the complainant, Hakim made the comments one and a half years ago, when he also made remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker named Sanjay Payra filed the complaint on Wedn…
Hyderabad, June 10 (IANS) Amid row over rejection of nomination of Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan for Rajya Sabha in Madhya Pradesh, Congress MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy on Wednesday lodged a police complaint against certain social media accounts for spreading what he called “malicious propaganda” against Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy. In the complaint filed with the Central Crime Station, he named ‘Telugu Scribe’ and other social media accounts for propagating on social media …
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Sushmita Dev on Wednesday resigned from both the Upper House of Parliament and the primary membership of the party, becoming the second such exit from the TMC this week.After tendering her resignation, Dev met Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Delhi, triggering speculation about her possible move to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).She is the second Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member to resign in a week.Earlier on Ju…
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court had asked the West Bengal government to clarify its stand on the ongoing National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the violence and riot-like situation at Beldanga in Murshidabad district in January this year.After the NIA initiated a probe into the matter earlier this year, the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government approached the Supreme Court to challenge the move.Now the question arose that with the change in regime in …