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Mamata offered herself to release IC-814 | Kolkata, March 13 (TIWN) Former Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who joined the Trinamool Congress here on Saturday, said that during the IC-814 aircraft hijack in 1999, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had offered herself as hostage to bring back the captive passengers. | 13-Mar-2021 |
Bihar Minister in trouble over illicit l | Patna, March 13 (TIWN) Bihar's Revenue and Land Reforms Minister Ram Surat Rai has landed himself in a soup after framing charges against the Principal of a school in Muzaffarpur district for his alleged involvement in an illicit liquor trade. | 13-Mar-2021 |
Puthupally's 'Kunjoonju' Chandy not goin | Kottayam (Kerala) March 13 (TIWN) A large number of women party workers were among those who took part in a sit-in protest in front of the residence of former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy here on Saturday, raising slogans that he would not be allowed to leave his Puthupally constituency to contest from Nemom in the state capital district. | 13-Mar-2021 |
Maha NCP leader's murder: Fugitive edito | Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), March 13 (TIWN): After remaining on the run for over three months, the Maharashtra Police has arrested a senior journalist, editor and author Dr. Balasaheb J. Bothe-Patil, the alleged key conspirator in the brutal killing of a Nationalist Congress Party leader Rekha Jare on November 30 last year, officials said here on Saturday. | 13-Mar-2021 |
There's total anarchy in Tripura now, sa | Agartala, March 12 (TIWN) The Constitution has ceased to function in Tripura and a total anarchy is prevailing in the BJP ruled state, former Tripura Chief Minister and veteran CPI-M leader Manik Sarkar said on Friday. | 12-Mar-2021 |
As TN parties mull doles, SC & EC views | Chennai, March 12 (TIWN) Doles and freebies are expected to figure in the manifestoes of two major political parties in Tamil Nadu with the precursor being the monthly financial assistance to housewives announced by the AIADMK, DMK and MNM. | 12-Mar-2021 |
SC upholds Bombay HC order on Goa munici | Panaji, March 12 (TIWN) The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a recent order of the Bombay High Court which had postponed elections to five municipal councils in Goa over irregularities in reservation of constituencies for Scheduled Tribes and women. | 12-Mar-2021 |
Trinamool MPs meet EC, demand probe into | New Delhi, March 12 (TIWN) A six-member delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs met the Election Commission on Friday and raised the issue of "attack" on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram where she was injured while campaigning. | 12-Mar-2021 |
Yogi orders removal of illegal religious | Lucknow, March 12 (TIWN) The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh government has ordered the removal of all encroachments in the name of religious structures built along the roads. | 12-Mar-2021 |
Mamata stable, not likely to get dischar | Kolkata, March 11 (TIWN) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is stable, but she is likely to get discharged from the hospital immediately, sources at the state-run SSKM Hospital said on Thursday. | 11-Mar-2021 |
Priyanka to hold training camp in Gorakh | Lucknow, March 11 (TIWN) The Congress will hold a two-day training camp for 155 block presidents of 11 districts on March 13 and 14 in Gorakhpur which, incidentally, is the constituency of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. | 11-Mar-2021 |
AIADMK supporters protest against BJP le | Chennai, March 11 (TIWN) The supporters of AIADMK MLA Amman Arjunan staged protests and blocked roads in Coimbatore after the party allocated the seat to its ally, the BJP. | 11-Mar-2021 |
BJP demands probe into alleged attack on | New Delhi, March 11 (TIWN) The BJP on Thursday demanded a detailed inquiry into the alleged attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram. A BJP delegation met the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal in Kolkata and demanded that video footage be made available in the public domain to clear the air over the alleged attack. | 11-Mar-2021 |
Mamata in hospital with plaster cast on | Kolkata, March 11 (TIWN) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was injured during her campaigning in Nandigram, was seen with a plastered leg lying in a Kolkata hospital after Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee, who is also her nephew, shared the picture on Twitter. | 11-Mar-2021 |
Mamata 'didi', elections have made you d | Patna, March 10 (TIWN) Union Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Giriraj Singh, on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on the opposition leaders without taking any names. He also praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Union Minister said, "Modiji, you have done a great job. Today Mamata 'Didi' (Mamata Banerjee) is reciting the 'Chandi Path' and the Bengal Assembly polls has forced her to desperation." | 10-Mar-2021 |
Tirath Singh Rawat to be next Uttarakhan | New Delhi, March 10 (TIWN) Tirath Singh Rawat, the BJP MP from Pauri Garhwal, has been appointed next Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. | 10-Mar-2021 |
Uttarakhand BJP CM Trivendra Singh Rawat | NEW DELHI, March 9 (TIWN): After days of speculations about his future amid rumblings among state leaders over his “style of functioningâ€, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat tendered his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya in Dehradun on Wednesday. | 10-Mar-2021 |
T'gana BJP leaders stopped from visiting | Hyderabad, March 10 (TIWN) Telangana police on Tuesday stopped BJP leaders, who were heading towards Bhainsa town, which witnessed communal clashes on Sunday. | 10-Mar-2021 |
Punjab Assembly passes eight Bills | Chandigarh, March 10 (TIWN) The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed eight Bills in the Budget session chaired by Speaker Rana K.P. Singh. | 10-Mar-2021 |
'Toolkit' case: Shantanu, Nikita get rep | New Delhi, March 10 (TIWN) Engineer-turned-activist Shantanu Muluk and lawyer Nikita Jacob got protection from arrest till March 15 in connection with the Greta Thunberg 'toolkit' case. | 10-Mar-2021 |
SC: NCLT can decide disputes related to | New Delhi, March 9 (TIWN) The Supreme Court on Monday held that National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has jurisdiction to decide disputes in connection with the insolvency of a corporate debtor. | 09-Mar-2021 |
Shah enquires about violence in Telangan | Hyderabad, March 8 (TIWN) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday enquired about the violence in Telangana's Bhanisa town and voiced his concern over the incident. | 08-Mar-2021 |
Kerala BJP asks CM to reply to Shah's qu | Thiruvananthapuram, March 8 (TIWN) A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah took on Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, shooting a volley of questions at him in the gold smuggling and reverse dollar hawala cases that have rocked the state for months now, state BJP president K. Surendran on Monday demanded the answers. | 08-Mar-2021 |
Maha Guv called for discussion as BJP su | New Delhi, March 8 (TIWN) Troubles may escalate for Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat as the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership has summoned him to Delhi on Monday. Moreover, many big leaders, including Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari will also be a part of the discussion. | 08-Mar-2021 |
Maha Guv called for discussion as BJP su | New Delhi, March 8 (TIWN) Troubles may escalate for Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat as the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership has summoned him to Delhi on Monday. Moreover, many big leaders, including Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari will also be a part of the discussion. | 08-Mar-2021 |
Punjab assembly salutes indomitable spir | Chandigarh, March 8 (TIWN) The Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Monday unanimously passed a resolution saluting the "indomitable spirit of women in contributing to the progress of the nation", with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh declaring his government's strong and continued commitment to the empowerment of women and the girl child at every level. | 08-Mar-2021 |
SC agrees to re-examine 50% quota cap, i | New Delhi, March 8 (TIWN) After nearly three-decades of the Indra Sawhney judgment, the Supreme Court on Monday said the 50 per cent cap on reservation laid down by a 9-judge bench in 1992, could be re-examined in view of subsequent constitutional amendments and the socio-economic changes that has followed. | 08-Mar-2021 |
Suvendu confident to defeat Mamata, urge | Kolkata, March 7 (TIWN) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday challenged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying that he would defeat the Trinamool Congress supremo in East Midnapore's Nandigram in the Assembly elections. | 07-Mar-2021 |
BJP leader Narayan Rane demands Presiden | Mumbai, Mar. March 7 (TIWN) Upping the ante against the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi government, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Narayan Rane on Saturday demanded President's Rule in Maharashtra alleging the MVA administration has failed on all fronts. | 07-Mar-2021 |
In consensual relationship, no rape case | New Delhi, March 7 (TIWN) The Supreme Court has said if a couple had a consensual relationship, and there was no allegation of a false promise made to the woman at the inception, then it isn't rape. The top court quashed the FIR registered by a woman alleging rape by the accused in guise of false marriage promise. | 07-Mar-2021 |
Cong disrupts K'taka Assembly over 'One | Bengaluru, March 7 (TIWN) The Opposition Congress legislators, under its leader Sidddaramaiah, disrupted the proceedings of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly for the second consecutive day on Friday , over the special discussion on ''One Nation, One Election''. | 07-Mar-2021 |
50% Congress seats in Kerala to go to yo | Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 (TIWN) The Kerala Congress announced on Friday that the list of probable candidates for the coming Assembly polls in the state is ready, and 50 per cent seats would go to the youth and new faces, said the chairman of the party's election committee, Oommen Chandy. | 07-Mar-2021 |
Delhi govt urges RWAs to adopt EV policy | New Delhi, March 6 (TIWN) The Delhi government on Friday sought Residents Welfare Association (RWAs) participation in its ongoing 'Switch Delhi' campaign, launched to encourage people to adopt electric vehicles to make the national capital a clean and pollution-free city. | 05-Mar-2021 |
BJP releases first list of 70 candidates | New Delhi, March 5 (TIWN) The BJP on Friday announced the first list of 70 candidates for the Assembly elections in Assam. | 05-Mar-2021 |
Himanta Biswa Sarma likely to contest As | New Delhi, March 5 (TIWN) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to field Assam Minister and senior party leader, Himanta Biswa Sarma, in the upcoming Assembly polls. | 05-Mar-2021 |
14 dead in Afghanistan avalanche | Kabul, March 5 (TIWN) At least 14 people were killed following a major avalanche in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, officials said on Friday. | 05-Mar-2021 |
Mamata to contest from Nandigram, take B | Kolkata, March 5 (TIWN) After announcing Trinamool Congress' list of 291 candidates for the high octane Assembly polls beginning this month, party supremo Mamata Banerjee made her intention clear on Friday that she will only contest from Nandigram in East Midnapore district, considered a stronghold of newly-inducted BJP leader and once close aid to the Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari. | 05-Mar-2021 |
Interest for owning home returns, banks | New Delhi, March 5 (TIWN) People have started buying their dream home again after the Covid-19 induced lockdown and economic disruptions completely dried out new purchases. | 05-Mar-2021 |
Gold smuggling case accused names Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 (TIWN) Hours after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan slammed the Central agencies, a statement given by the gold smuggling case prime accused -- Swapna Suresh to the Customs Department -- surfaced on Friday, which said 'Vijayan had a role in dollar smuggling'. | 05-Mar-2021 |
SC: private hospitals must accord priori | New Delhi, March 4 (TIWN) The Supreme Court on Thursday said that amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, elderly citizens should be given priority in admission and treatment at private hospitals as well as government medical institutions. | 04-Mar-2021 |
Shiv Sena out of Bengal polls, to back M | Mumbai, March 4 (TIWN) The Shiv Sena has decided to opt out of the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, but the party has decided to 'wholeheartedly' support All India Trinamool Congress leader and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, a top official said here on Thursday. | 04-Mar-2021 |
Pinarayi Vijayan writes to CEC over ED's | Thiruvananathapuram, March 4 (TIWN) Hours after State Finance Minister Thomas Issac on Wednesday went hammer and tongs against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan shot off a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) that the model code of conduct which is in force is being torpedoed at the instance of some Union Ministers. | 03-Mar-2021 |
People in Delhi rejected BJP for corrupt | New Delhi, March 4 (TIWN) After winning four out of five municipal seats in Delhi's civic bodies' bypolls on Wednesday, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) attacked MCD ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) which failed to secure even a single seat. The AAP slammed the BJP saying that the people of Delhi were fed up with rampant corruption in civic agencies in the city under its 15 years rule. | 03-Mar-2021 |
4 acre land to Sri M reveals secret pact | Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 (TIWN) The Congress-led UDF expressed concern on the way Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan government decided to give four acres of land in the capital city to the Satsang Foundation, founded by Sri M. | 03-Mar-2021 |
PM ordered clanging 'thalis', but we off | Mumbai, March 3 (TIWN) In a sharpest offensive on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said while the Centre clamped an abrupt lockdown in March year and asked people to clang thalis, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) state government provided full meals at affordable rates to the poor, needy and migrants during the pandemic crisis. | 03-Mar-2021 |
PM stresses on synergy between colleges, | New Delhi, March 3 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday emphasised on the need for better synergy between colleges and universities and directed for the implementation of all the provisions of the National Education Policy from pre-nursery to PhD "quickly". | 03-Mar-2021 |
Digvijaya to lead farmers' protest in MP | Bhopal, March 3 (TIWN) Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh will be spearheading the farmers' agitation against the Centre's contentious farm laws, across various districts in the state, beginning from Wednesday. | 03-Mar-2021 |
Delhi MCD bypoll results: Counting under | New Delhi, March 3 (TIWN) Counting of votes for the bypolls of five municipal wards in Delhi began on Wednesday morning with AAP taking the initial lead. | 03-Mar-2021 |
Raids conducted in Bihar jails | Patna, March 3 (TIWN) The Home Department of the Bihar government conducted raids in all the prominent prisons across the state on Wednesday morning. | 03-Mar-2021 |
SC: motive crucial to prove circumstanti | New Delhi, March 2 (TIWN) Acquitting a man accused of murder of his wife, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said in a case of circumstantial evidence, motive plays an important link to complete the chain of circumstances, especially when death takes within four walls of the house. | 02-Mar-2021 |