SIR in Bengal: TMC miffed after 58 lakh names removed; set to carry out door-to-door scrutiny | India News

SIR in Bengal: TMC miffed after 58 lakh names removed; set to carry out door-to-door scrutiny | India News

NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress is miffed over the deletion of around 54 lakh names from electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal.The political climate is set to heat up in West Bengal as the All India Trinamool Congress has instructed party workers to carry out fresh door-to-door scrutiny of…

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'Jhukta wahi hai …': TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s ‘Kumbh’ retort to chaos at Messi’s Kolkata event; takes dig at BJP | India News

‘Jhukta wahi hai …’: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s ‘Kumbh’ retort to chaos at Messi’s Kolkata event; takes dig at BJP | India News

NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday defended the West Bengal government’s actions after chaos erupted during football legend Lionel Messi’s appearance at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.Banerjee said West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee apologised within an hour of the incident, while other state governments had not owned responsibility for incidents…

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No entry for non-Delhi private vehicles below BS-6 till Grap 3 in force: Sirsa | India News

No entry for non-Delhi private vehicles below BS-6 till Grap 3 in force: Sirsa | India News

NEW DELHI: Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Tuesday announced that all private vehicles below BS-VI standards and not registered in Delhi will be barred from entering the capital from Thursday. This restriction will continue till stages III and IV of the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) are in force.No vehicle without a PUC…

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'India will teach them lesson': Assam CM slams Bangladesh leader; remark on NE states in focus | India News

‘India will teach them lesson’: Assam CM slams Bangladesh leader; remark on NE states in focus | India News

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma (File photo) NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday warned that India would not remain silent and teach a “lesson” if politicians in Bangladesh continued to make remarks about India’s northeastern region.His comments came a day after Hasnat Abdullah, a senior leader of the newly formed National…

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'Fatherly affection': Minority affairs minister Zama Khan defends Nitish Kumar in hijab video row; slams opposition for condemning act | India News

‘Fatherly affection’: Minority affairs minister Zama Khan defends Nitish Kumar in hijab video row; slams opposition for condemning act | India News

NEW DELHI: Bihar minority affairs minister Zama Khan on Tuesday defended Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after a row erupted over an incident in which he was seen removing the hijab of a woman doctor during a public function.Addressing the issue, Khan said, “The CM is, perhaps, older than the father of the woman in question….

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