Millennium Post (Kolkata)
Mamata confers Banga Bibhushan on BJP Rajya Sabha MP Anant Maharaj
In a development that sparked a political chatter, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Anant Maharaj — who had been keeping a measured distance from his party for some time — was among the distinguished personalities conferred the Banga Bibhushan, West Bengal’s highest...
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Bengal SIR: SC directs Calcutta High Court to engage judicial officers
In a key move to break the deadlock over West Bengal’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Supreme Court of India on Friday asked the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to deploy serving and retired judicial officers of the...
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Mamata expresses ‘shock’ over PM’s ‘Swami’ prefix for Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
KOLKATA: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for adding what she called an “unprecedented and improper prefix” to Ramakrishna Paramahamsa while paying tributes on his birth anniversary. Accusing...
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Bengal SIR: 1.14L voter docus pending upload; TMC seeks portal reopen
Fresh complications have surfaced in West Bengal’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, with 1,14,772 voter documents still pending for upload even after the hearing period ended on February 14, while a five-member Trinamool Congress delegation...
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Mamata terms EC ‘Tughlaqi’, alleges voter roll manipulation
KOLKATA: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI), calling it a “Tughlaqi” and “torture commission” and alleging that it was no longer functioning as a neutral Constitutional...
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TMC will return to power with a bigger mandate, says Mamata
With the political temperature rising in pollbound Bengal and campaign activity gaining momentum across both the Opposition and the ruling party, Trinamool Congress chairperson and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asserted that her party would...
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Another familiar script
COLOMBO: The biggest match of this World Cup did not simply arrive; it loomed heavy with memory, politics and the familiar ache of rivalry. When it finally passed at R Premadasa Stadium, it left behind a result that now feels almost ritual. India had...
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ECI estimates deletion of 6.61 lakh voters as Bengal SIR hearings end
The Election Commission’s estimation has revealed that names of another 6.61 lakh voters may be deleted, most of them linked to nearly 5 lakh voters who failed to appear for hearings. The hearing process that began on December 27 concluded in Bengal...
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Tarique Rahman-led BNP scripts big win
Making a spectacular return to power after two decades, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday secured a sweeping victory with more than two-thirds majority in the landmark parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. Polling in the 13th...
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Mamata condemns ‘hate crime’ after Bengali worker found dead in Pune
“Shaken, enraged, and sickened beyond words by the barbaric murder,” said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as a 24-year-old migrant worker from Bengal was found dead in BJP-ruled Maharashtra. The deceased, Sukhen Mahato, was a resident of Badhidih in...
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B’desh gears up to hold crucial polls today
DHAKA: Bangladesh will hold crucial parliamentary elections on Thursday, 18 months after an interim government took charge following the collapse of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year regime in massive country-wide deadly protests. The Election...
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Mamata announces special camps to roll out state benefits
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced a statewide schedule of special camps beginning February 15 to ensure benefits under new schemes announced in the recent state Interim Budget reach eligible beneficiaries from April 1, the start of...
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EROs, not micro observers, can take final call on scrutiny: SC on Bengal SER
Clarifying that the final authority in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls lies with the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), the Supreme Court on Monday extended by one week beyond February 14 the deadline for publication of the...
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Bengal govt offers 8505 Group-B officers for SIR
The West Bengal government has informed the Election Commission of India (ECI) that it can deploy 8,505 Group-B officers for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Nabanna sources said the information was conveyed to the apex poll...
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US deal unlocks $30-trn market for India
NEW DELHI: Union Commerce and Industry minister Piyush Goyal said almost every farm commodity that India produces in respectable volumes has been kept out of the India-US trade deal, so farmers and dairy are protected and the pact still opens a sharper...
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U-19 men rule again
Salute the rising Indian teenagers. On Friday, riding on the effulgence of 14-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s breathtaking 175 runs, studded with 15 fours and 15 sixes, India thrashed England by 100 runs to lift the ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup in...
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Bengal tables Rs 4.06L cr Interim Budget with welfare, jobs push
The West Bengal government on Thursday tabled a Rs 4.06 lakh crore Interim Budget in the state Assembly for the 2026–27 financial year, with emphasis on social security and livelihood generation. Presenting the Interim Budget, State Finance minister...
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Justice is crying behind closed doors: Mamata to SC; ‘SIR meant for deletion, not inclusion’
In a historic first, with a sitting Chief Minister appearing in person to argue her own plea, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that “justice is crying behind closed doors,” mounting a sharp attack on the...
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Mamata calls SIR a ‘systemic failure,’ hints at ‘impeachment of CEC’
DELHI/ KOLKATA: In a politically charged broadside likely to have ripple effects ahead of the Bengal polls, Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday escalating her attack on the Election Commission of India...
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‘Arrogant CEC insulted and humiliated us’, says Mamata
DELHI/KOLKATA: Accusing the Election Commission of India (ECI) of “parroting” the ruling BJP’s line, Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairman Mamata Banerjee alleged that she was “insulted and humiliated” by Chief Election...
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Growth, stability over populism
Medicines for Cancer and rare diseases Personal-use imported medical goods Overseas tour packages Foreign education Footwear and leather goods Textile garments Microwave ovens Lithium-ion cells for batteries Solar glass Critical...
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Mamata again writes to CEC, alleges ‘data manipulation’
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday evening again wrote to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar about the methodology and approach adopted during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state. In the fresh...
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SC directs all states, UTs to provide free sanitary pads, separate toilets in schools
The Supreme Court on Friday delivered a sweeping judgment that places the right to dignified menstrual health within the constitutional guarantees of life and education, directing all states and Union Territories to provide free sanitary napkins and...
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Eco Survey projects resilient growth, low inflation amid rising global risks
NEW DELHI: India’s economy is expected to expand by between 6.8 per cent and 7.2 per cent in the financial year beginning April, according to the Economic Survey 2025–26 tabled in Parliament on Thursday, underscoring the country’s position as the...
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Maharashtra Dy CM Ajit Pawar, four others killed in plane crash
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party president Ajit Pawar was killed on Wednesday morning when a chartered Learjet aircraft carrying him and four others crashed near Baramati airport in Pune district, barely 200 metres from...
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India, EU seal ‘mother of all deals’
India and the European Union on Tuesday announced the conclusion of negotiations on a long-pending free trade agreement, capping nearly two decades of talks and paving the way for one of the most expansive trade pacts ever negotiated by either side....
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Abhishek, Surya blaze fifties as India hammer NZ to seal T20I
Abhishek Sharma produced a breathtaking 12-ball fifty while skipper Suryakumar Yadav continued his sublime touch with another attacking half-century as India waltzed through the chase in just 10 overs to seal an eightwicket win over New Zealand in the...
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Abhishek calls to constitute ‘booth raksha committees’
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee held a virtual meeting with party leaders, MLAs, and MPs on Saturday, calling for the immediate constitution of “booth raksha committees”. Abhishek also slammed the...
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Krump downplays NAKO’s Afghanistan involvement causes
US President Donald Trump provoked outrage and distress among many in the United Kingdom on Friday with his suggestion that troops from NATO countries — other than Americans — stayed away from the front line during the war in Afghanistan. In an...
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Mamata says ‘SIR harassment under guise of verification killed 110 people’
KOLKATA: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday criticised the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the State, voicing concern over what she described as harassment of citizens in the name of document...
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‘Unruly horse’: SC questions EC’s ‘untrammelled powers’ on SIR
The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned whether the Election Commission of India enjoys “untrammelled powers” to depart from statutory safeguards while undertaking the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, warning that such authority...
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EU, India on brink of ‘mother of all deals’, says Ursula von der Leyen
India and the European Union are nearing what could become a landmark free trade agreement that would create a combined market of about two billion people and account for nearly a quarter of global GDP, European Commission President Ursula von der...
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SC tells ECI to publish all names under ‘logical discrepancies’; TMC lauds ‘order’
Ordering the Election Commission (EC) to publish lists of persons who have been served notices citing “logical discrepancies”, the Supreme Court on Monday laid down a detailed set of directions to ensure that the ongoing Special Intensive Revision...
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From Iran unrest to Delhi hugs
As Iran struggles amid growing tension in the aftermath of widespread protests and government crackdown that has so far killed nearly 3,000 people, commercial flights brought back several Indians, including students, who arrived here from...
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Mamata lays foundation stone of ‘world’s tallest Mahakal statue’
SILIGURI: Siliguri is all set to boast the world’s tallest Mahakal statue. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday evening laid the foundation stone of ‘Mahakal Mahatirtha’, a temple complex dedicated to Lord Mahakal at Matigara in...
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I-PAC RAIDS CASE: Cal HC disposes of TMC’s plea
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday told the Calcutta High Court that it did not seize anything during its raid at the office of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) or from the residence of its cofounder Pratik Jain, and alleged that...
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SIR mechanical and flawed, causing harassment, Mamata writes to CEC again
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar for the fifth time, alleging serious procedural lapses in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which are leading to voter...
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Mamata writes to CEC, cites 77 deaths, harassment of eminent citizens in SIR
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wrote again to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, expressing her shock and concern over what she described as the Election Commission of India’s “relentless harassment of ordinary citizens”...
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Files in hand, fury on the street: Mamata confronts ED raids on I-PAC
Kolkata witnessed a day of extraordinary political theatre on Thursday as Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee raced from one raid site to another, stepping directly into Enforcement Directorate (ED) searches...
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EC using BJP IT-cell App illegally for SIR: CM
KOLKATA: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of conducting the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in an illegal, unconstitutional,...
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‘Flawed & arbitrary’: Mamata warns EC to halt SIR if lapses persist
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar expressing grave concern over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, warning that it could lead to “mass...
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US invades Venezuela for oil
The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and said its president, Nicolas Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country, President Donald Trump announced later in the day as he insisted that the US would tap...
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TMC WILL WIN MORE SEATS THAN 2021 POLLS: ABHISHEK
Launching the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) month-long ‘Abar Jitbe Bangla’ campaign from Baruipur in South 24-Parganas on Friday, party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee asserted that the ruling party would improve its 2021 Assembly tally by at...
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‘Will not bow before malevolent forces’
On Trinamool Congress (TMC) Foundation Day on Thursday, party supremo Mamata Banerjee and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee reiterated their commitment to the people of Bengal, stressing that protecting human rights remains paramount. While...
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‘Vote chori’ is happening in electoral rolls not in EVMs, says Abhishek
KOLKATA/DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, who led his party’s delegation to the Election Commission of India (ECI) in Delhi on Wednesday, raising 10 issues before the poll body, including the 58 lakh...
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Mamata questions Shah on terror claims, demands his resignation
After Amit Shah alleged the presence of terror networks in the poll-bound state and further mounted a sharp attack on the state government, accusing it of allowing “infiltrators”, Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata...
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Mamata lays foundation stone of ‘Durga Angan’, calls it ‘historic day’
KOLKATA: Calling it a ‘historic day’ Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday laid the foundation stone of ‘Durga Angan’, a cultural complex dedicated to Goddess Durga, at New Town, asserting that the project will not only serve as “another...
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ECI violating electoral norms, says TMC, submits memorandum
Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of defying norms laid down by the Representation of People Act 1950 and Electoral Registration of Electors Rules 1960, in an attempt to delete two crore voters from the...
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MEA cites over 2,900 attacks on minorities, seeks justice for recent lynching in Bangladesh
India on Friday strongly condemned the recent lynching of two Hindu men in Bangladesh, voicing serious concern over what it described as a sustained pattern of hostility against religious minorities in the neighbouring country. The Ministry of External...
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Kolkata drenches in Christmas cheer; Mamata extends greetings
Kolkata witnessed an overwhelming surge of festive crowds on Christmas Eve and on Christmas as the city soaked in lights, carols, and celebration, reaffirming its reputation for embracing the spirit of Christmas with unmatched fervour. From Park...
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‘KAAL’ FOR MY FAMILY: Unnao rape survivor to move SC against suspension of Sengar’s jail term
The 2017 Unnao rape survivor on Wednesday said the Delhi High Court’s decision to suspend the sentence of former BJP legislator Kuldeep Singh Sengar had pushed her family into fear and uncertainty, describing the ruling as “kaal”, or death, for those...
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Trinamool questions ECI survey by private agency in 81 Assembly seats
Questioning the basis on which the Election Commission of India (ECI) has been conducting a survey through a private agency in 81 Assembly constituencies out of the state’s total 294, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation submitted a memorandum to the...
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Russia: Talks on Ukraine peace plan ‘proceeding constructively’
A Kremlin envoy said peace talks on a US-proposed plan to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine were pressing on “constructively” in Florida, while the Ukrainian president said they were moving ”quickly.” The talks are part of the Trump...
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COLD, FOG SLOW NORTHERN LIFE
As the year draws to a close, mercury hovered around its wintry lows and normal life was affected across northern states due to foggy conditions, with a red alert warning issued in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. The hilly state and UT of Himachal Pradesh...
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B’desh: Violence erupts after death of youth leader; media houses, missions targeted
Bangladesh interim government on Friday urged citizens to resist violence by “a few fringe elements” as the body of a prominent July Uprising leader, who died in Singapore six days after he was shot, reached the capital. Various parts of the country...
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CM: Bengal’s ‘Karmasree’ scheme to be renamed after Mahatma Gandhi
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday reiterated her commitment to upholding Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy, announcing that the state’s rural job scheme ‘Karmashree’ will be renamed after the Father of the Nation. The announcement came close on...
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Bengal has emerged as commercial capital of eastern & northeastern India, says Mamata
KOLKATA: Asserting that Bengal has emerged as the commercial capital of eastern and northeastern India, driven by strong MSME-led growth and its strategic geographic location, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced that two trade and...
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SIR: TMC says ECI–BJP plotting to intimidate 2 cr Bengal voters
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday once again accused that the Election Commission of India (ECI) in “collusion” with the BJP hatched a “sinister” plot to drag 2 crore voters of Bengal into hearings under the socalled ‘SIR Process’. Raising a...
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Chief organiser of ‘Messi event’ sent to 14 days of police custody
Satadru Dutta, the main organiser of Argentine footballer Lionel Messi’s event, was remanded to 14 days of police custody on Sunday as investigators visited the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan, popularly known as Salt Lake stadium, and launched...
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Unable to see Messi, irked fans vandalise stadium; CM orders ‘mismanagement’ probe
Kolkata, the city that has a prominent history of love and craziness for football, witnessed mayhem on Saturday with the event featuring football superstar Lionel Messi descended into unrest, prompting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to...
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Cabinet clears Rs 11,718 cr for Census 2027; headcount to begin from April
The Union Cabinet on Friday approved Rs 11,718 crore for conducting the Census of India in 2027, marking the first time caste enumeration will be incorporated into the country’s official decadal count. The exercise will also be India’s first fully...
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Mamata calls Shah ‘dangerous’, claims ‘pressure’ to drop voters from rolls
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday called Union Home minister Amit Shah “dangerous”, accusing him of directly guiding attempts to remove “1.5 crore names” from Bengal’s voters’ list. She warned she would sit on a dharna if even one eligible...
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Mamata ‘tears Centre’s MGNREGA note’, calls it ‘valueless’ & ‘insulting’
SILIGURI: Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee warned on Tuesday: “If the BJP wins Bengal, the state will be destroyed. Our identity, language and culture will be wiped out. Their plan is to turn the entire...
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Zelenskyy in London holds talks with European allies
LONDON: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met French, German and British leaders in London on Monday amid what Kyiv’s European allies described as a “decisive time” in the US-led effort to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. Prime Minister Keir Starmer...
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Fire at nightclub in Goa kills 25
A weekend gathering at a popular North Goa nightlife spot turned catastrophic late Saturday when a major fire swept through the packed Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora, killing 25 people and injuring six. The scale of the tragedy and the...
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IndiNo: Flight mayhem prompts fare caps
NEW DELHI/ NEW DELHI: Private carrier IndiGo cancelled over 800 flights on Saturday, the fifth day of the ongoing crisis, even as the government imposed a cap on airfares and directed the airline to process all refunds by Sunday evening. The airline’s...
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Govt eases duty norms, orders probe as IndiGo cancels over 1,000 flights
IndiGo’s nationwide flight disruptions deepened on Friday, triggering widespread chaos at major airports as more than 1,000 flights were cancelled, prompting the aviation regulator to step in with temporary relaxations to flight duty norms and launch a...
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Centre would’ve imposed President Rule if SIR was refused, says Mamata
Launching a scathing attack on the BJP-led Centre over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the “real objective” behind the SIR was to pave the way for...
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Cal HC sets aside single-judge order, restores jobs of 32K primary teachers
A Calcutta High Court division bench on Wednesday set aside a previous single-judge order that had cancelled the appointment of 32000 primary teachers recruited through the 2014 selection process. Welcoming the court’s decision, Bengal Chief Minister...
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‘Unnayaner Panchali’: Mamata showcases 14 years of her government’s performance
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday released her government’s 14-year “Development Report Card” (Unnayaner Panchali) and renewed her attack on the Centre for allegedly withholding funds and interfering with the functioning of the state. The CM...
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Abhishek hits back at PM, says seeking answers on SIR deaths ‘not drama’
Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee on Monday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s allegation that the Opposition was turning Parliament into a stage for “drama”, arguing that seeking...
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EC extending schedule shows SIR planned in haste, claims TMC
After the Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs met the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) in Delhi over several issues, including the excessive workload of BLOs and suicides allegedly linked to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the Election Commission of...
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Winter Session: All-party meet today
Ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament, the government has convened an all-party meeting on Sunday. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju will meet the floor leaders of political parties of both the Houses of Parliament. The government,...
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SIR: Another BLO dies in Bengal
A Booth Level Officer (BLO), Jakir Hossain, from Khargram, Murshidabad, died on Thursday after reportedly suffering a heart attack, with his family alleging that relentless work pressure linked to the ongoing Summary Revision process may have triggered...
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Will abide by Constitution, not BJP’s guidelines: Mamata
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on the occasion of Constitution Day, slammed the BJP-led Centre for attacking democracy and religion, raising questions on citizenship and voting rights. She also pledged to “protect democracy”, reaffirming her...
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