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28 Aug

ED summons WB CM’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee, his wife in money laundering case

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned MP Abhishek Banerjee, nephew of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, and his wife for questioning in a money laundering case linked to an alleged coal scam in the state, officials said on Saturday. Abhishek Banerjee represents the Diamond Harbour seat in Lok Sabha and is also the national general secretary of the Trinamool Congress (TMC). He has been summoned to appear before the investigating officer of the case here on September 6 while his wife Rujira has been sent a similar summons under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for September 1.…

25 Aug

UP Govt Withdrew 77 Muzaffarnagar Riots Cases ‘Without Giving a Reason’, SC Told

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The Uttar Pradesh government withdrew 77 cases related to the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots without providing reasons, senior advocate Vijay Hansaria, an amicus curiae in the matter, informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The submission was made in connection with a plea seeking the quick disposal of the cases against MP and MLAs. A bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant will soon hear a petition filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking quick disposal of cases against MPs and MLAs. Sixty people had died in communal riots in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts in Uttar…

24 Aug

Union minister Narayan Rane arrested over ‘slap Uddhav’ remark: Who said what

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Union Minister Narayan Rane was arrested by the police at around 2.25pm on Tuesday for threatening to slap Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Rane is currently touring the state for the BJP’s ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ from Mumbai to Sindhudurg and the comments were made during a rally in Chiplun, Ratnagiri district, on Monday night. The BJP leader had claimed that Thackeray forgot the year of independence during his August 15 address to the people of the state and had to check the detail with his aides midway during the speech. Nashik Police Commissioner Deepak Pandey issued orders for Rane’s immediate…

22 Aug

PM Pays Tribute To Kalyan Singh In Lucknow, Says He Lived For “Public Welfare”

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh was a valuable personality and a capable leader who became a "symbol of faith" for the common people.PM Modi was speaking to reporters after paying his last respects to the veteran BJP leader at his residence here. Kalyan Singh died at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) in Lucknow on Saturday night. He was 89. "The country has lost a valuable personality and a capable leader. To fulfill the void left by him, we should do maximum hard work for his ideals,…

20 Aug

Apni Party member shot dead in J&K, 4th politician to be killed in 10 days

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Terrorists shot dead a senior Apni Party member outside his residence at Devsar in south Kashmir's Kulgam on Thursday, making him the fourth political functionary to be killed in J&K since last week after a husband-wife panchayat duo and a constituency in-charge of BJP.The terror attack that claimed Ghulam Hassan Lone's life – and the three other political killings that preceded it – appeared to trigger at least one fear-induced resignation by a BJP constituency in-charge from Noorabad in the same district. Mubarak Ahmad Bhat quit both his post and primary BJP membership with a statement that had a familiar…

19 Aug

Bengal post-poll violence: Calcutta HC orders court-monitored CBI probe

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The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed a court-monitored CBI probe into the incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal. The high court has also directed the state government to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the cases related to violence following the Assembly elections results declared on May 2. The five-judge bench presided over by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal had earlier ordered the NHRC chairman to constitute an inquiry committee to probe accusations of human rights violations during the "post-poll violence". The panel, in its report, indicated the Mamata Banerjee government, as it recommended handing over the investigation…

16 Aug

Former Congress MP Sushmita Dev Quits Party, To Join Trinamool Congress

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Former MP and the Congress’ women’s wing chief Sushmita Dev has resigned from the party, ANI reported on Monday. In a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, dated August 15, Dev did not mention any reason for her decision. Dev, however, said that she was going to begin “a new chapter in my life of public services”. She also updated her Twitter bio which now describes her as a former member of the Congress. Meanwhile, she is likely to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee later in the day amid speculations that she might join the Trinamool Congress, reported…

14 Aug

Twitter Unlocks Rahul Gandhi Account. “Satyameva Jayate,” Says Congress

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Twitter on Saturday unlocks the official handles of the Indian National Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi, day after the latter lashed out on Twitter for locking his and his party's official accounts and termed the micro-blogging site 'biased', 'which only listens to the government'. Shortly after the Twitter handle of Congress was unlocked, the grand old party tweeted 'Satyameva Jayate', to mark its comeback. Gandhi's account was temporarily suspended last week after he tweeted pictures of the family of a nine-year-old victim of alleged rape and murder in Northwest Delhi. Twitter deemed it a violation of its rules. In…

12 Aug

According to party leaders The official Twitter handle of the Congress party has been locked for ‘violating rules’

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According to party leaders The official Twitter handle of the Congress party has been locked for ‘violating rules’ on August 12.This comes a day after several party leaders said that their handles were suspended tooCongress had earlier accused Twitter of acting against Rahul Gandhi's account under pressure from the government which resulted into temporary suspension of his twitter account. The party on August 11 said that Twitter suspended accounts of its media in-charge Randeep Surjewala, AICC general secretary and former minister Ajay Maken, party's whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore, Assam in-charge, and former Union minister Jitendra Singh and Mahila…

10 Aug

‘Wake up soon’: SC fines parties for not complying with its order on criminal candidates

editor0 CommentsIndia, PoliticalSUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that political parties must publish criminal records of their election candidates within 48 hours of selection, Live Law reported. The court modified its judgement from February 13 last year, which said that the criminal history of election candidates must be made public either within 48 hours of selection or two weeks prior to the first date of filing of nomination papers for an election. The Supreme Court had added that political parties must publish the records in one regional and one national newspaper and also on Twitter and Facebook, PTI reported. In November 2020,…