Journalist booked for post against Telangana power company’s spat with consumer over outage
Hyderabad, June 19 (IANS) Telangana Police on Wednesday booked a woman journalist for allegedly defaming the state government and power utility with a false claim that there was power interruption for seven hours in LB Nagar area. A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against Revathi at LB Nagar Police Station of Rachakonda Police Commissionerate […]
Trinamool won’t be in power in Bengal forever: Biplab Deb
Kolkata, June 18 (IANS) BJP MP and former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said on Tuesday that if anyone thinks that the Trinamool Congress will continue to remain in power in West Bengal, he or she is mistaken. Biplab Deb was in West Bengal as part of the four-member central fact-finding team of the […]
Chhindwara to witness another electoral contest as BJP’s Kamlesh Shah files nomination for Amarwara bypoll
Bhopal, June 19 (IANS) Congress-turned-BJP leader Kamlesh Shah on Tuesday filed nomination for the bypoll scheduled to be held on July 10 in the Amarwara Assembly segment in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district. Three-time Congress MLA Kamlesh Shah had switched to the BJP after quitting as a Congress legislator ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, necessitating […]
Kerala CM writes to PM Modi on denial of travel permission to Veena George
Thiruvananthapuram, June 19 (IANS) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of the External Affairs Ministry’s non-response to Kerala Minister for Health Veena George’s visit to Kuwait to coordinate relief efforts following the fire incident. At least 24 Keralites lost their lives and several others suffered […]
Bengal LoP rejects police ‘proposal’ to stage protest near Raj Bhavan
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Wednesday said that he has rejected a “conditional permission” from Kolkata Police to stage a peaceful sit-in demonstration in front of Raj Bhavan. The protest is to be held against the reports of post-poll violence surfacing from different […]
Post Allahabad HC nixing NEET aspirants’ plea, BJP accuses Priyanka of peddling ‘fakery’
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The BJP hit back at Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday for allegedly peddling ‘fakery’ after the Allahabad High Court found discrepancies in the claims of NEET aspirant Ayushi Patel regarding a damaged OMR answer sheet. The High Court, terming it as a case of “forged documents,” dismissed the […]
BJP issues show cause notice to Abhijit Das who contested against Trinamool’s Abhishek Banerjee
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) The BJP, on Wednesday, issued a show-cause notice to Abhijit Das a.k.a. Bobby, who was the party candidate from Diamond Harbour against Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls. Das’s membership in the party has also been temporarily suspended. State BJP unit insiders said that […]
Pawan Kalyan assumes office as Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister
Vijayawada, June 19 (IANS) Jana Sena leader Pawan Kalyan assumed office as Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister on Wednesday. The actor-politician took charge at his camp office (official residence) here after performing puja in the presence of ministerial colleagues, leaders from his party and senior officials. Pawan Kalyan, who has been allocated the portfolios of […]
Kiran Choudhry & her daughter join BJP a day after quitting Congress
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Former Haryana Congress leader Kiran Choudhry and her daughter Shruti Choudhry on Wednesday joined the BJP here, saying she would “work tirelessly to ensure the party returns to power in the state for a third time in a row”. Kiran, 69, and her daughter and ex-MP Shruti Choudhry took the […]
J&K Police arrest man who had fled with SPO’s weapon (Ld)
Jammu, June 19 (IANS) Police in J&K’s Doda district have said that it has arrested the man who fled with an SPO’s rifle. The man, identified as Mohammad Rafi, had fled with the AK-47 rifle of SPO, Sardar Hussain, from the Pul Doda area on Tuesday. Police said Mohammad Rafi was arrested on Wednesday. The […]
