BJP slams Congress over 'toolkit'; latter hits back with police case

New Delhi (IANS) A war of words erupted on Tuesday between the BJP and the Congress after the former accused the latter of using the Covid pandemic to malign Prime Minister Narendra Modi's image.

Hitting back at the BJP, the Congress accused…

Indian Navy, Coast Guard rescue 314 from barges in Arabian Sea

Mumbai (IANS) In one of the biggest search and rescue operations in the Arabian Sea, the Indian Navy (IN) and Indian Coast Guard (ICG) rescued 314 people stranded and struggling for survival on two barges that were engulfed by Cyclone Tauktae, officials…

Mamata wants change of governor, writes to PM, President

Kolkata (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to the President and Prime Minister demanding a change of Governor in the interest of "good governance " in the state.

The letter comes immediately after the CBI arrested…

Nine 'Shilas' installed at foundation of Ram temple

Ayodhya (UP) (IANS) Nine consecrated shilas, silver and copper urns worshipped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ram Janambhoomi during the 'bhoomi pujan' ceremony on August 5 last year, have been placed at the foundation of the temple's…

Calcutta HC stays CBI court order granting bail to 4 Trinamool leaders

Kolkata (IANS) In a rare instance, the Calcutta High Court late on Monday stayed the special CBI court order granting bail to four heavyweight Trinamool Congress leaders, just hours after the lower court granted them interim bail following their arrest…

Allegations fly thick and fast as political drama deepens in Bengal

Kolkata (IANS) Amid allegations and counter allegations being levelled against each other by the leaders of both the ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition BJP inn West Bengal, Trinamool Youth Congress President Abhishek Banerjee on Monday asked…

O2 concentrator case: Navneet Kalra sent to 3 days police custody

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday sent businessman Navneet Kalra, who was arrested late on Sunday night, to three days' police custody in connection with oxygen concentrator hoarding case.

Metropolitan Magistrate Archana Beniwal…

Cyclone Tauktae: Ahmedabad airport shut for 9 hours

Gandhinagar (IANS) With Cyclone Tauktae likely to hit Gujarat in about an hour, the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad shut all its operations for nine hours from 7.30 p.m. on Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday.

Cyclone Tauktae,…

Narada case: CBI arrests TMC's Firhad, Subrata, Madan, Sovon

Kolkata (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested two Trinamool Congress ministers -- Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee, apart from former Trinamool Minister and present MLA Madan Mitra and former Kolkata Corporation Mayor Sovon Chattopadhyay…

Mamata starts dharna at CBI's Kolkata office

Kolkata (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has started a sit-in in CBI's Kolkata office to protest the arrest of four of her Trinamool Congress leaders, provoking an unusual Centre-state confrontation of sorts.

Banerjee rushed…