Pune: Kumar Saptarshi, socialist thinker, former MLA and founder of Yuvak Kranti Dal, passed away in the city on Saturday. He was 82.The president of the Maharashtra Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Saptarshi followed Gandhian principles throughout his life. He remained actively involved in social movements for several decades, leading and participating in numerous agitations on issues…
Debraj Chakraborty investigation Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Police formed a six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the extortion case against Debraj Chakraborty, arrested former Trinamool BMC councillor, even as investigators launched an inquiry into charges of financial irregularities, undisclosed assets, money laundering and suspicious investments levelled against him.Chakraborty was arrested after the Calcutta High Court…
Kolkata: Less than 24 hours after former Bidhannagar councillor Debraj Chakraborty’s dramatic arrest in Purulia on Wednesday in an extortion case, more complaints piled up against him.Anandapur resident Sekhar Kanti Basu, a retired deputy SP, accused him of using his clout to stop police action in a cheating complaint in 2023 against two directors of…
BJP general secretary and former MLA Preetam Gowda addresses the party activists during a meeting on electoral rolls revision Thursday. Mysuru: State BJP general secretary Preetham Gowda Thursday urged party activists, workers and elected representatives to take the special intensive revision (SIR) of the voters’ list seriously.He was speaking at a meeting organised by the…
Panchkula Congress Raises Issues of NEET Paper Leak, Law and Order, Unemployment, and the Education SystemTimes News NetworkPanchkula: The Panchkula Congress on Thursday raised issues of NEET paper leak, law and order, unemployment, and the education system during a meeting of the party held in Sector 4 here.The meeting was presided over by Panchkula Congress…
Trinamool councillor Shankar Das was severely beaten and stripped by a mob at his Kolkata home, allegedly over land-grabbing accusations. KOLKATA: A mob on Friday stormed the house of North Dum Dum Trinamool Congress councillor Shankar Das and severely assaulted him, leaving him seriously injured. A video that quickly went viral purportedly shows a ‘kangaroo…
TNNKanpur: Cantonment Football Club blanked Super Striker Club 3-0 to win the 7-a-side football tournament at Azad Park. Satyendra Yadav drew first blood in the ninth minute with a blistering strike from 20 yards. Two minutes later, he dodged a couple of defenders to net his second goal. In the second half, Sameer scored the…
Diesel is needed for tractors and other machines as sowing activity approaches for kharif season Pune: The ongoing shortage of diesel supply to growers is set to impact the entire kharif season, farmers’ activists said, ahead of the crucial sowing phase of the process.A couple of days ago, state agriculture minister Dattatray Bharne said that…
Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Hyderabad, has summoned the wife of Vijayawada MP Kesineni Chinni in connection with the Andhra Pradesh liquor scam and asked her to appear on May 27. The summons relate to alleged links between PRYDE Infracon LLP and key accused Kessireddy Rajasekhara Reddy, alias Raj Reddy, in the case.ED sources said…
