Author: Joymala Bagchi

KOLKATA: Following claims of Lokpal directing the Central Bureau of Investigation to conduct inquiry into the cash for query scandal, Trinamool Congress finally breaks their silence on Mahua Moitra’s future. Upon leaving the CGO complex after submitting 6,000 pages of documents in relation with an Enforcement Directorate registered cash-for-jobs scam, TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee […]

MP Abhishek Banerjee has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to appear before it on Thursday in connection with the alleged school job scam in West Bengal.

KOLKATA: With both the parties of Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party slamming one another regarding the ‘Cash for query’ scam, Trinamool Congress’ Krishnanagar MP Mahua Moitra demanded an investigation into the alleged Adani scams, following which they can “count” her “shoes”. Moitra took to her X handle to challenge the Central Bureau of […]

NEW DELHI: With Delhi’s pollution breaching ever-hazardous records of reaching the 999 mark at a certain place in the national capital, the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital introduced ‘pollution’ Outpatient Department dedicated to helping patients with pollution-related health problems, on Wednesday.  While speaking with The New Indian Dr Ajay Shukla, Medical Superintendent at the hospital, said, […]

KOLKATA: The National Commission for Women has submitted a letter to the Bihar assembly speaker, Awadh Bihari Choudhary, demanding the expungement of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s sexist comments on women, on Wednesday.  “The Commission strongly condemns and protests the use of such derogatory, vulgar statement made by persons holding responsible position which shows extreme disrespect […]

NEW DELHI: As the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the National Capital deteriorates to hazardous levels, the Supreme Court has issued a directive to states to halt stubble burning immediately, identifying Punjab, Haryana, and Western Uttar Pradesh as the primary contributors to air pollution. In its order, a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu […]

KOLKATA: As Chhattisgarh reached 70.87 per cent of voter turnout in its first phase, while Mizoram’s assembly elections reached 77.04 per cent, on Tuesday. It was also the first time that 126 villages in Bastar district went for polling since independence.  “126 new polling stations in Left Wing Extremism-affected areas of Bastar division reflects the […]

KOLKATA: Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has penned a letter to President Draupadi Murmu, raising concerns about the selection process for the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) on Monday. Chowdhury alleged that he was completely left in the dark regarding the selection meeting. In his letter, he expressed his disappointment, stating that “all democratic norms, customs, and […]

KOLKATA: West Bengal’s ruling All India Trinamool Congress questioned the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government’s silence on the saffron party’s members being left unscathed by the central investigating agencies on Monday. In a press conference conducted by TMC leader Partha Bhowmick said, “The BJP has six members, in particular, Rameshwar Teli, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Saumitra Khan, […]

KOLKATA: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress leader in the Lok Sabha, has come to the defence of fellow parliamentarian Mahua Moitra, stating that her only fault is asking questions about Adani. Addressing the media in his constituency, Chowdhury expressed his view that the situation reflects political vindictiveness. He drew attention to the Ethics Committee formed during the […]