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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…

19 Jul

The Political Fix: What can Prashant Kishor bring to the Congress – or the anti-Modi Opposition?

editor0 CommentsIndia, PoliticalINDIA, politicians

Mamata Banerjee’s big win in the high-prestige and high-octane West Bengal assembly election last winter has triggered the possibility of a new federal front against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Regional parties, party factions, small and big political family firms — all seem to be involved in parleys, political intrigue and even publicity-generating photo-ops. Inciting speculation and working across regions, a ‘coalition’ to take on the behemoth that is the BJP’s election machinery seems to be afoot. Weakened states and regional parties in the Modi-Shah era have made the repeat of a 1990s-style anti-BJP coalition at…

17 Jul

Sharad Pawar, PM Modi hold a meeting on ‘issues of national interest

editor0 CommentsPoliticalPM Modi, Sharad Pawar

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar today met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter’s residence. During the meeting which lasted for about 50 minutes, the veteran politician raised concerns about the newly-formed Ministry of Cooperation which is headed by Amit Shah, and farmers’ issues, sources in the NCP said. “Rajya Sabha MP Shri Sharad Pawar met PM Narendra Modi,” the Prime Minister’s Office tweeted, along with a photo of the two leaders meeting. Mr Pawar, who sought an appointment with PM Modi, got one for this morning. Apart from meeting PM Modi, Mr Pawar, 80, also wrote…

15 Jul

Raju Bista appointed as BJYM’s National General Secretary

editor0 CommentsIndia, North Bengal, Political, West BengalThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) has released the list of its new executives. In the new team, special importance has been given to Bengal. A statement issued by BJP on Wednesday said that during a meeting with the party's president JP Nadda, Raju Bista has been appointed as the National General Secretary of the party.Apart from Raju Bista, Anup Saha, MLA of Dubrajpur in Birbhum district, has been appointed as the national vice-president of the BJP's youth wing.

13 Jul

The NHRC on Tuesday submitted a report in High Court related to the West Bengal post-poll violence case.

editor0 CommentsPolitical, West Bengalpost-poll violence

Calcutta High Court's five judges bench while hearing a petition in connection with post-poll violence has ordered a DNA test of the body of BJP trade union leader Abhijit Sarkar to be done in Command Hospital. Police on Saturday night arrested two key accused in the murder of Sarkar on May 2 after poll results were declared. The detective department’s late-night arrests were based on a tipoff that the duo — Sufal Das alias Ruidas and Sanjay Das alias Rana — had been holed up in Hooghly’s Hindmotor. Both are residents of Maniktala Main Road. The NHRC on Tuesday submitted…

12 Jul

Rajinikanth says ‘NO’ to politics,

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Superstar Rajinikanth on Monday announced he has no plans of entering politics in the future and dissolved his outfit Rajini Makkal Mandram. The announcement came after Rajinikanth's meeting with members of the RMM. "I don't have any plans to enter politics in the future,” the 70-year-old actor said after his meeting with RMM functionaries. pic.twitter.com/kaG2L3xil6— Rajinikanth (@rajinikanth) July 12, 2021 The dissolved Rajini Makkal Mandram will be morph into "Rajinikanth Rasigar Narpani Mandram" or the Rajinikanth Fans Welfare Forum. Before the meeting, Rajinikanth had said he will discuss his political entry with members of his political party. On 3 December 2020,…

11 Jul

Amit Shah’s three-day visit to Gujarat

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Home minister Amit Shah will inaugurate many schemes in his there day visit to Gujarat.Shah will also inaugurate online projects in and around Ahmedabad city, including a water distribution project, a community hall and a ward office built by civic officials. According to sources Shah is likely to reach Ahmedabad on Saturday night. The next day, on July 11, he will visit the Bhopal area of the city and inaugurate a library and civic center there. Shah's Lok Sabha constituency falls in Gandhinagar. . Shah is also likely to visit Sanand. He will then visit Nardipur village in Gandhinagar district…