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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Fined Rs 5 Lakh By Court
Though Calcutta High Court Justice Kausik Chanda recused himself from hearing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's plea challenging the Assembly election verdict in Nandigram, the court fined her Rs 5 lakh for the way in which she sought the judge's recusal. ....
No Muslims In Modi Cabinet Revamp, Naqvi Remains Lone Face
The Narendra Modi cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday did not see any Muslim being inducted, despite a few aspirants in the fray, and Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi remains the community's lone representative in the Union Cabinet. ....
PM Modi Begins Work With Fresh Cabinet, Interacts With Institutions
A day after the reshuffle of the Union Cabinet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi started working with the new batch of ministers and initiated the move with Directors of centrally funded technical institutions like IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur and IISc Bangalore. ....
India Adds 42,766 New Covid Cases, 1,206 Deaths In 24 Hrs
India recorded 42,766 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours and 1,206 deaths, said the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Saturday. ....
HC Issues Notice To Suvendu Adhikari On Mamata Banerjee's Poll Petition
Accepting the poll petition of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging the election of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the latter and posted the matter for further hearing on August 12. ....
UP Assembly Secretariat Bans Jeans, T-shirt For Staff
Staff working in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Secretariat have been banned from wearing jeans and T-shirts during office hours. This order was issued by Narendra Kumar Mishra, Joint Secretary in the Vidhan Sabha Secretariat. ....
Free Him On Or Before 5 Pm Today: SC On Activist Held For FB Post
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered for the release of Manipuri activist Erendro Leichombam, on or before 5 p.m. Monday. Leichombam was booked under the National Security Act (NSA) for a Facebook post criticising BJP leaders for advocating cow dung and cow urine as cure for Covid. ....
Pegasus Leaks: Imran Khan Selected As Person Of Interest By India In 2019, Says Report
Imran Khan, Pakistan Prime Minister was selected as a person of interest by India in 2019, the leaked Pegasus database shows, as per The Guardian. ....
Opposition Engaged In 'shoot And Scoot' To Disrupt Parliament: Tejasvi Surya
Calling claims of alleged snooping on prominent citizens using Israeli Pegasus spyware baseless, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morch (BJYM), the youth wing of the BJP, on Wednesday said the opposition engaged in 'shoot and scoot' to disturb the functioning of Parliament. ....
Rajya Sabha Adjourned Second Time Till 2 Pm After Opposition Protest
The proceedings of the Rajya Sabha were adjourned second time on Thursday till 2 p.m. after the opposition members demanded suspension of the Business to discuss Pegasus project, farmers protests and raids on media houses. ....
