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29 Jul

Centre is not discussing Pegasus revelations in Parliament as it has a lot to hide, says Congress

editor0 CommentsIndia, PoliticalBJP, RAHULGANDHI, Trinamul Congress

Both houses of Parliament were adjourned for the day on Wednesday as the opposition got united and demanded a debate on the Pegasus spyware issue in the presence of the prime minister or the home minister. They also asked for a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the matter.Hardening their stance against the government, leaders of 14 opposition parties met and decided to submit similar adjournment notices on the Pegasus spyware issue. Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) was not present in the meeting.Talking to reporters in the presence of leaders of 13 other opposition parties after the meeting, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi…

28 Jul

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets PM Narendra Modi

editor0 CommentsIndia, Political, West BengalMAMATA BANARJEE, Naredndra Modi

On Tuesday West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. This is Mamata's first visit to the national capital since Trinamool Congress returned to power in the assembly polls earlier this year. Her visit has coincided with the Monsoon Session of Parliament in which the Opposition parties are protesting on a range of issues including the allegations of surveillance through Pegasus spyware, price rise. Sharma told the media that he and Mamata Banerjee have worked together for years. I appreciate her for how she fought the recent election and won. She has come to Delhi…

28 Jul

Basavaraj Bommai showers sops in first cabinet meet

editor0 CommentsPoliticalBasavaraj Bommai, Chief Minister of Karnataka

Basavaraj Bommai, the new Chief Minister of Karnataka announced a slew of measures to reach out to people including a scholarship programme for children of agriculturists, on Wednesday at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore. He also underlined that vaccination to face the third Covid wave would be his priority. Bommai, after holding a cabinet meeting, announced that a scholarship scheme for children of agriculturists has been introduced in the state as per his vision. “It’s going to help students from agrarian families to pursue higher education,” he stated. Under Sandhya Surakha Yojana, 35.98 lakh beneficiaries got Rs 1,000 so…

27 Jul

Mamata meets PM Modi: More vaccine for the state, Bengal name change discussed

editor0 CommentsIndia, PoliticalMamata Banerjee, PM Modi

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Earlier in the day, she had met Congress leaders Kamal Nath and Anand Sharma and is also likely to meet Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday. Mamata arrived in Delhi on Monday on her first visit to the national capital after assuming office for the third term. Speaking to the reporters after the meet, the CM said that she has urged the PM for more Covid vaccines for West Bengal. "It was a courtesy meeting with PM today. During the meeting, I raised the issue of COVID & the…

27 Jul

Delhi, Goa CMs cross swords on Twitter

editor0 CommentsIndia, PoliticalDelhi, Goa

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal crossed swords on Twitter, a day after Power Ministers of the two states engaged in a public spat in poll-bound Goa, over the benefits of power tariff models implemented by their respective governments. The online slamming between the two chief ministers started with Sawant accusing the Aam Aadmi Party of indulging in cheap politics and denigrating Goan politicians. “AAP has always indulged in cheap politics through constant protests & theatrics. But to say Goans are third-class politicians is an insult to great sons-of-the-soil like Bhausaheb Bandodkar, Jack Sequeira, Manohar…

24 Jul

Mamata Banerjee elected Trinamool Parliamentary Party chairperson

editor0 CommentsPolitical, West BengalMamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was unanimously chosen as the chairperson of its Parliamentary Party placing her in a pivotal position to coordinate with the other opposition parties. After TMC’s victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections in May this year, the party has been positioning itself as a unifier for all opposition parties, a role that the Congress as the single largest opposition party has been playing so far. The Congress often finds itself constrained since it is a political opponent to many of the regional parties in different States. Party’s Rajya Sabha leader MP Derek O'Brien at…

22 Jul

Mamata Banerjee attacked the government over the tax raids on media houses

editor0 CommentsPolitical, West BengalMamata Banerjee

On Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi when she visits Delhi next week in the first one-on-one encounter after the bitterly-fought state elections that she won in May. "I will go to Delhi for 2-3 days. I will meet the President if I get time. PM has given me time. I will meet him," she said, as she attacked the central government over a range of issues from the Pegasus snooping scandal to the tax raids on media houses at a news conference. Seen by many as the makings of an…

21 Jul

Mamata Banerjee was addressing the people online on Martyr’s Day

editor0 CommentsIndia, PoliticalMamata Banerjee, Martyr's Day

Coming down heavily on the Centre over the ongoing Pegasus controversy, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday called for the opposition to unite against the BJP. "Three things make democracy — media, judiciary and the Election Commission — and Pegasus has captured all three," Mamata Banerjee who was addressing the people online on Martyr's Day, said, adding, "Today, our freedom is at stake. BJP has endangered our liberty. They don't trust their own ministers & misuse agencies." "Our phones are tapped. Pegasus is dangerous and ferocious. I cannot talk to anyone. You are paying too much money for…

20 Jul

Prashant Kishor Hacked by Pegasus, Mamata’s Nephew Also Selected as Potential Snoop Target

editor0 CommentsPolitical, West BengalPOLITICS, west bengal

In the midst of the heated Assembly elections in West Bengal earlier this year, the phone of poll strategist Prashant Kishor was broken into using NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, according to digital forensics conducted by Amnesty International’s Security Lab and shared with The Wire. They were among dozens of Indian politicians, journalists, activists and government critics whose numbers were identified as possible targets for the Israeli company NSO Group’s government clients, a global collaborative investigative project has revealed after examining a leaked database of phone numbers listed by multiple government clients of the surveillance firm. The leaked global database of…

19 Jul

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha, on the first day of the monsoon session of Parliament

editor0 CommentsIndia, PoliticalLok Sabha, PM Modi

On the first day of Parliament’s monsoon session, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood up to introduce the new ministers inducted into the Cabinet after the recent reshuffle, the Opposition began raising slogans on the rising prices of fuel. The Opposition’s sloganeering continued while speaker Om Birla appealed for silence and let the “customary” introduction of the ministers occur. The Prime Minister said that instead of a hue and cry, he had expected that the ministers would be honoured with claps. “But it seems that Dalits, women… OBCs of the country becoming ministers do not go down well with many…