Politics

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has composed the theme song for a popular city puja since theme music has become a new trend among community pujas in the metropolis. The song – “Boichitrer muktoy gantha ekotar monihar” (the jewel of unity is stitched with a string of pearls of diversity) – is being played at the ‘Suruchi Sangha’ puja, ...

BJP chief Amit Shah today criticised Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on dynastic politics and said the BJP believes in the politics of performance while the Congress banks on the “politics of appeasement and dynasty”. In his inaugural address at the BJP national executive, Shah said the current president, vice president and the prime minister had reached ...

Taking a U-turn on the CBI probe into NH-74 land scam, Chief Minister TS Rawat has stated that the agency had not accepted the government’s request to take up the investigation. Rawat had during the Assembly session in June announced that the CBI had accepted the state government’s request for a probe. The CM clarified, “At that point in time, ...

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed immersion of Durga idols in West Bengal till 12 am on all days including Muharram, setting aside the state government’s previous decision to not immerse idols on Muharram day. The court also asked the police to ensure that specific routes are designated for immersion and Tazia. The court began hearing the plea on ...

Senior politician ND Tiwari is critical after suffering from brain stroke on Wednesday. He has been admitted to Max Hospital in Saket in New Delhi, his niece Manishi Tiwari was quoted by ANI. Sources at Max Hospital in Saket said the condition of 91-year-old Tiwari is serious and he is under observation in the Intensive Care Unit. A team of ...

Reacting to Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s remark on dynasty, Bharatiya Janata Party national president Amit Shah who is on a two-day visit to Uttarakhand said BJP has ended the dynastic rule in India. “I hail from a non-political background and a party like BJP has chosen me as its national president. It shows the existing internal democracy within the ...

Delhi Congress workers will protest the high petrol and diesel prices in the city by forming a human chain from Mandi House to Parliament Street, on September 21. The chain will make people aware about the hike in prices of the fuels due to the “unprecedented” increase in taxes by both the Narendra Modi and the AAP governments, the party’s ...

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh today again warned of demonetisation and “hasty” implementation of GST adversely impacting GDP growth. Singh, who had previously cautioned against note ban shaving off 2 per cent of GDP, said demonetisation of 86 per cent of the currency in circulation and the hasty implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) have impacted informal and ...

The Congress said today it would launch a nationwide agitation against the “brazen increase” in central excise duty on petrol and diesel, leading to a steep hike in their prices. Accusing the BJP government of “looting” the common people and “profiteering” at their expense, Congress’s senior spokesperson Ajay Maken said the party would continue its fight “until this draconian taxation ...

The Congress today accused the Modi government of meting out “step-motherly treatment” to common man by raising petrol prices even as global crude oil prices were on the decline. Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari wondered whether the central government would qualify for the label of “economic terrorist”, a phrase he said was enumerated by a former BJP spokesperson for the UPA ...