A live grenade lying at the entrance to a women’s college in Manipur‘s capital city of Imphal, barely 100m from Raj Bhavan, sparked panic and protests by students on Monday amid growing insecurity over extortion threats received by several educational institutes in the state and a profusion of bomb hoaxes targeting airlines and hotels elsewhere….
Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin appointed as Deputy CM of Tamil Nadu. NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi has approved chief minister M K Stalin’s recommendations for a cabinet reshuffle, which includes the elevation of Udhayanidhi Stalin to the post of deputy chief minister. The swearing-in ceremony will be held on September 29…
West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose, on Thursday, said that he will socially boycott chief minister Mamata Banerjee and will not appear with her at any public events in view of people’s outcry over the RG Kar hospital impasse.“I will not be sharing any public platform with the chief minister. I will take proactive steps…
GUWAHATI: Hundreds of enraged students clashed with police in Imphal Monday following the killing of a retired havildar and a woman the night before in a resurgence of violence that has claimed 11 lives since Sept 1. The unrest in the state escalated into large-scale protests, shifting the epicentre of violence to Manipur‘s Raj Bhavan…
As protests against RG Kar doctor rape-murder case rage on across Kolkata and other parts of the country, the former Raj Bhavan staffer – who had accused Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose of sexual harassment – reminded everyone about her plea for justice while joining the agitation herself. “I did not find much support…
West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose and CM Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose, in an interview on Sunday, expressed his respect for chief minister Mamata Banerjee as an individual and maintained professional relations with her, but clarified that the “politician Mamata Banerjee” is “not my cup of tea.” Bose, who has…
KOLKATA: West Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose alleged on Friday that the sexual assault charges against him by a Raj Bhavan staffer were “engineered by chief minister Mamata Banerjee“.Bose posted on X: “This is a proxy war in which the CM is splurging public money by engaging high paid lawyers. The governor refuses to…
BHUBANESWAR: Naveen Patnaik’s uninterrupted 24-year stint as Odisha CM ended Wednesday, 141 days short of eclipsing Sikkim stalwart Pawan Kumar Chamling’s record of chief ministerial longevity, after he handed his resignation to governor Raghubar Das and told his BJD colleagues that there was nothing to be ashamed of in the party’s poll performance.He will continue…
KOLKATA: The young woman, who alleged molestation by governor C V Ananda Bose earlier this month, told the magistrate that at least three Raj Bhavan personnel had pressured her and actively dissuaded her from lodging a complaint. Kolkata Police registered an FIR against the three Raj Bhavan employees -an officer on special duty (OSD), a…
RANCHI: ED on Friday started interrogation of arrested Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam in a case related to alleged corruption in his rural development department’s tenders and money laundering, with the sleuths claiming the names of several senior officials have cropped up, report Jaideep Deogharia & Sanjay Sahay.Alam’s questioning continued as rumours swirled of his resignation…
