Hyderabad, July 24 (IANS) Police in Hyderabad foiled an alleged attempt by Youth Congress activists to disrupt a protest by the youth wing of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) at Indira Park over the NEET paper leak issue. The Youth Congress has accused the BRS of showing fake sympathy for the students and youths protesting in Delhi and asked why they were silent on the issue till now.Police detained Youth Congress workers as they gathered at MLA Quarters in Adarsh Nagar to march towards Indira P…
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Thiruvananthapuram, July 24 (IANS) Declaring that no officer, regardless of rank, would be allowed to violate established procedures, Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Friday strongly defended the suspension of senior IPS officer M.R. Ajithkumar, asserting that the Kerala government had merely acted on the recommendation of the State Police Chief after a detailed Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe.”There is nothing unusual in this order. The State Police Chief recommended suspension after …
Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) The “rebel but majority” faction in Trinamool Congress led by expelled legislator Ritabrata Banerjee on Tuesday announced Rs 10,000 monthly compensation for the families of the 13 Youth Congress workers killed in police firing on July 21, 1993, during the Left Front regime in West Bengal under the then Chief Minister Jyoti Basu. Announcing a Martyrs’ Day rally in Central Kolkata, Ritabrata said the compensation would be given if the faction is granted rights over th…
Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) Trinamool Congress leader and former MLA Asit Majumdar was arrested by police on Tuesday while on his way to former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s July 21 rally in Kolkata. The former MLA of Chunchura Assembly constituency and president of the Hooghly district committee of Trinamool Congress led by Mamata Trinamool, has been taken to the police station. The reason for the arrest is not yet known. However, the party alleged that the police stopped the leader as he was go…
Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) The faction in the Trinamool Congress, led by former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday sought the attention of a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court about the alleged vandalism at the stage of the party’s Martyrs’ Day rally scheduled later in the day.Earlier, the Mamata Banerjee-faction sent an email communique to the office of the Calcutta High Court’s Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty complaining about the vandalism on Monda…
Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) Kolkata Police have been on heightened alert since Tuesday morning due to three concurrent July 21 Martyrs’ Day rallies occurring in close proximity to each other. These events are being organised to honour the memory of 13 Youth Congress workers who lost their lives in police firing during a protest rally on this day in 1993, when the Left Front regime was in power, with the late Jyoti Basu serving as Chief Minister.Till last year, there used to be one Martyrs’ Day r…
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced that he would make public later in the day the findings of the Justice Susanta Chatterjee Commission, constituted by the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government to probe the deaths of 13 Youth Congress workers in police firing during a protest rally on July 21, 1993.The Chief Minister announced this while speaking in the Assembly on the opening day of the extended budget session.Incidentall…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Trinamool Congress factions are racing to own “July 21 Martyrs’ Day” for a symbolic claim on political legitimacy and a live test of organisational strength, while Congress party’s invitation to Mamata Banerjee to join its event — on condition that she admits that leaving the party was a “mistake” — is a tactical bid to reclaim the day’s history while exposing the former Chief Minister’s weakened position. The date commemorates the 1993 Youth Congress march, led by Ma…
Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) In another setback to the Trinamool Congress, former state minister and ex-MLA Manish Gupta on Thursday announced his decision to quit the Mamata Banerjee-led party. Although he has not yet officially submitted his resignation letter, he has clearly told the media that he no longer feels he has a role in the Trinamool Congress, which is why he has decided to leave the party.However, new political speculation has started surrounding his announcement.Manish Gupta said that …
Thiruvananthapuram, July 15 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister, V.D. Satheesan’s, handling of the controversy surrounding the delay in initiating action against ADGP M.R. Ajith Kumar reflects the changing realities of governance and the intense scrutiny that accompanies the transition from Leader of the Opposition to the state’s highest executive office.Ever since assuming office, Chief Minister Satheesan has found himself measured against his own words in Opposition.The latest instance concerns the i…