Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) A court here on Monday granted bail to five people, including CPI-M leader Srijan Bhattacharya, who were arrested on Sunday night during a protest against a hawker eviction drive in south Kolkata’s Jadavpur area.The court granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 1,000 each. The next hearing in the case has been scheduled for November 3.The Alipore Police Court judge said that Srijan Bhattacharya would have to cooperate with the investigation as a condition of bail.Incidentall…
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New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Ritabrata Banerjee, till now a politician who largely remained in shadows — except when mired in allegations and controversies — has evolved this week as the face of a massive rebellion within the Trinamool Congress. His initial ascent was marked in the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) from becoming the all India General Secretary of Students Federation of India (SFI) to his nomination to Rajya Sabha.His subsequent expulsion over allegations of a “lavish lifest…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 (IANS) The controversy over the alleged use of the BJP’s official seal on a circular issued by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in connection with election procedures in the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency has intensified, with the party approaching the Election Commission of India, alleging a larger political conspiracy.The BJP has strongly objected to the incident, claiming that attempts are being made to pass it off as a mere procedural lapse by an in…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 (IANS) A political intellectual, a film actor, and a street-smart grassroots leader — few constituencies in Kerala offer as compelling a contest as Thiruvananthapuram, where three sharply contrasting personalities are locked in a high-stakes electoral battle.Leading the charge for the UDF is 68-year-old C. P. John, a seasoned political strategist often described as one of Kerala’s “unluckiest” leaders, having narrowly missed electoral success multiple times, i…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) unit of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Tuesday strongly condemned the controversial sloganeering directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah at the university campus, claiming that even the officer-bearers of the student body, led by the Left, were involved in the protests.The ABVP has demanded a police investigation into the incident and strict action against those involved.Several Left-wing…
Alappuzha, Dec 30 (IANS) The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) said on Tuesday that it will approach higher courts to challenge the court order of the Mavelikkara Additional Sessions Court, which acquitted all the 19 accused in the 2012 murder of ABVP activist Vishal, a first-year degree student of NSS College at Konni in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta. Describing the court judgment as “deeply unfortunate and inadmissible”, the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), said it woul…