Bhubaneswar, Nov 23 (IANS) The BJD Sunday said the CBI’s probe into the multi-thousand-crore-rupee chit fund scam was politically motivated. The accusations came a day after a close aide of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was interrogated. Saroj Sahu, the coordinator of the chief minister’s programmes and political secretary of the ruling Biju Janata Dal […]
Kolkata, Nov 23 (IANS) With Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of not taking any action against her party leaders involved in ponzi schemes, the Trinamool Congress Sunday hit back seeking to know the source of BJP’s massive funds spent during the elections. In a statement, Trinamool Rajya Sabha […]
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Sunday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her reactions to the arrest of leaders of her Trinamool Congress in the Saradha chit fund scam as well as her statements in the Burdwan blast case. In an article posted on Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) […]
Chandigarh, Nov 23 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) troopers recovered five kg of heroin along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab, a BSF spokesman said Sunday. He said that the heroin, in five packets, was found near the border outpost (BoP) Barreke in Ferozepur sector. The packets were recovered after BSF troopers, on observing suspicious movement […]
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Ahead of the winter session of parliament beginning Monday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Sunday warned that the Congress party was planning strategies to block official business and legislation in parliament, “The Congress Party had damaged the national economy while in power and wants to pursue the same destructive direction while […]
Gurgaon, Nov 23 (IANS) In order to strengthen India’s coastal surveillance, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar Sunday dedicated the National Command Control Communication and Intelligence Network (NC3I) and Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) here. The NC3I, which interlinks 20 naval and 31 Coast Guard monitoring stations to generate a seamless real-time picture of India’s nearly […]
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Ahead of next week’s Saarc summit, Home Minister Rajnath Singh Saturday said India was open to talks with Pakistan but Islamabad should take the first step to resume dialogue. “If not today then tomorrow, one side will have to take the first step. We have always spoken of friendship but […]
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Shaban Bukhari, the son of Jama Masjid Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari, was Saturday formally anointed the Naib Imam (deputy Imam) of the 17th century mosque at a ceremony here. “I announce Shaban Bukhari as the Naib Imam of Jama Masjid. I hope that he will live up to the […]
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) To ensure housing for all, the government needs to focus on identifying locations facing shortage, figuring out how to provide housing there and prioritising Public Private Partnership (PPP), a conference said here Saturday. The All India Institute of Local Self Government (AIILSG) in association with Urban Update magazine organized a […]
Bhubaneswar, Nov 22 (IANS) Odisha Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy Saturday apologised in the legislative assembly for a derogatory remark made to BJP’s woman legislator Radharani Panda. After an all-party meeting held to resolve the deadlock continuing for the last two days over the issue, Speaker Niranjan Pujari informed the house that the minister apologised to […]