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  • EC toughens stand, gives ultimatum to WB on transfers

    Toughening its stand, the Election Commission today rejected West Bengal government’s plea for reconsideration of transfer of seven top officials and gave an ultimatum to it for complying with its order by 10 AM tomorrow. Unfazed by the severe criticism of its action by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Commission on Tuesday told […]

    Poll panel transfers eight Bengal officials, Mamata refused to obey

    The Election Commission on Monday ordered transfer of eight West Bengal officials including five district police chiefs and one district magistrate, but a defiant Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refused to carry out the instruction and said she was even prepared to go to jail. The commission’s order, which came a day after the full bench […]

    Nine killed as bus falls into gorge in Srimaur

    At least nine persons were killed and two others injured, five of them critically, when a bus rolled 400 mts deep into a gorge near Milla village in Sirmaur district on Monday. Bodies of all the deceased have been retrieved from the spot and identified, SDM, Paonta, Shrawan Manta said. The injured persons were rushed […]

    Jaya should openly state post-poll strategy: Chidambaram

    Wondering how AIADMK would be part of the Union government unless it aligned with national parties after the Lok Sabha polls, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday asked Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to openly state her post-poll strategy without being dodgy. “How can AIADMK form the government with 30 seats? Whom is it going to […]

    Two Ministers sacked by CM Akhilesh Yadav for anti party activities in UP

    In Uttar Pradesh, CM Akhilesh Yadav today sacked two of his ministers Anand Singh and Manoj Paras. The Samajwadi Party spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary confirmed the removal of two ministers, which, he said, was necessitated on disciplinary grounds. Keertivardhan Singh, son of state agriculrure minister Anand Singh, had joined BJP on Thursday and publicly denounced SP […]

    Allahabad HC orders Judicial probe into alleged attack on UP doctors; State Govt invokes ESMA against striking doctors

    In Uttar Pradesh, the government has today imposed Essential Maintenance Services Act ESMA, prohibiting the strike of protesting doctors in all the medical institutions including SGPGI Lucknow. Principal Secretary Information, Navneet Sehgal said that any strike of doctors has since been banned for six months and the violation of the same will be dealt as […]

    Baichung, Munmun & Indranil figure in TMC list for LS polls; Left Front re-nominates 13 standing MPs from WB

    In West Bengal ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition Left Front have announced candidates list for the coming Lok Sabha Elections today. Announcing the names of candidates the Trinamool Congress Supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Miss Mamata Banerjee said in Kolkata that the party will contest the polls alone in all 42 seats in the […]

    Assam, first Indian state to observe Child Protection Day

    Assam became the first state in the country to observe Child Protection Day with about 1400 children participating in the central function in Guwahati. The day was observed across the state and a central function was organised here under the aegis of Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (ASCPCR) in collaboration with the […]

    Curfew in 25 Assam villages following clash

    Indefinite curfew was clamped on Thursday in 25 villages in Assam’s Darrang district after 13 people were injured in a clash between two groups, officials said. Darrang deputy commissioner MS Manivannan said curfew was imposed in 25 villages to stop any deterioration of the situation. The curfew would be in force till further orders and […]

    Jayalalithaa announces candidates for LS polls on her B’day

     Stealing a march over other political parties, AIADMK supremo and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday announced candidates for 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Addressing a press conference on the occasion of her 66th birthday, she declared that her party would fight the coming Lok Sabha elections on the plank of “peace, […]