| Contempt plea against Mamata on judiciary remarks |
Kolkata, Aug 16: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday admitted a contempt of court petition against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her remarks alleging corruption in the judiciary.
On the petition filed by Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, the court ordered four media houses, which telecast or published Banerjee’s statements, to file affidavits within three weeks.
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| Mamata defends her remarks on judiciary |
Kolkata, Aug 16: Facing criticism, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday defended her remarks on corruption in judiciary and said she was talking about reforms.
“My speech in the assembly is recorded, you can take a copy of that. I have talked about electoral reforms, judicial reforms and administrative reforms. If talking about our country’s drawbacks is a ... |
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| Haryana not protecting Kanda: Hooda |
Chandigarh, Aug 16: On the defensive over the actions of Gopal Goyal Kanda, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said his government was not protecting the former minister, accused of abetting the suicide of Geetika Sharma.
Kanda, who was Haryana’s minister of State for home and urban local bodies till earlier this month, has been in hiding for the last nearly ... |
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| Communal harmony is highest in Karnataka: Veerappa Moily |
New Delhi, Aug 16: Union Corporate Affairs Minister Dr M Veerappa Moily on Thursday termed rumours of attack on Northeastern people in Bangalore as extremely unfortunate, saying Karnataka is a secure place where people are highly cosmopolitan in nature and communal harmony is the highest in the country.
Dr Moily said the development, which is taking place at Bangalore particularly with ... |
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| Court frowns on ministers over Kudankulam launch date |
Chennai, Aug 16: With the protest against Kudankulam nuclear power plant entering its second year, the Madras High Court hearing two petitions against the project on Thursday came down on union ministers, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB).
“Hearing the two petitions, the Madras High Court came down heavily on the union min... |
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| President calls BJP leaders over seating at I-Day reception |
New Delhi, Aug 16: President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday called senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders after they expressed their displeasure over seating arrangements during the Independence Day ‘At Home’ reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Mukherjee called LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, the president’s office said. “He called the opposition leaders. They we... |
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| Kanda's anticipatory bail plea decision on Friday |
New Delhi, Aug 16: The Delhi High Court on Friday will decide the anticipatory bail plea of Haryana’s former minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma. Justice PK Bhasin is likely to pronounce the order three days after he reserved the order on Kanda’s plea on Tuesday. The former minister was booked for abetment to Geetika&rsq... |
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| Karnataka is safe: Gadkari |
New Delhi, Aug 16: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday that Karnataka remained a safe place for people from the Northeast. “Karnataka is totally safe. Not a single incident has happened there, but because of fear a lot of Northeast students are leaving Karnataka,” he said here. “I have discussed this issue with my BJP chief minister. We will prot... |
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| BJP chief ministers, leaders to meet in Delhi |
New Delhi, Aug 16: Chief ministers of the States ruled by the BJP, and key party leaders will be meeting here on Saturday to discuss the present economic situation in the country, party leader Yashwant Sinha said on Thursday. Sinha said the meeting will focus on three issues: impact of economic crisis on the States, impact of drought-like situation, and the “step-motherly treatment” by... |
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| Ramdev's aide Balkrishna granted bail in fake passport case |
Dehradun, Aug 16: The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday granted bail to yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s aide Balkrishna in connection with a fake passport case. The high court granted him bail on two personal bonds of Rs five lakh each. A CBI court had earlier on July 21 rejected Balkrishna’s bail and remanded him to nine-day judicial custody. The CBI had registered a case of cheating and cri... |
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| Protect Northeast people, says CPI-M |
New Delhi, Aug 16: The CPI-M on Thursday called for immediate steps to protect the safety of people from the Northeast in other parts of India in the wake of ethnic violence in Assam. “Immediate steps should be taken to assure the people of Northeastern origin of their safety and security wherever they are residing,” the CPI-M said in a statement. “The State governments and... |
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| Maharashtra cabinet mourns Deshmukh, Kunte |
Mumbai, Aug 16: The Maharashtra cabinet on Thursday condoled the deaths of union minister and former chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and Congress leader and former minister Prabhakar Kunte, an official said. The cabinet, meeting for first time since Deshmukh’s demise in a Chennai hospital on Tuesday, passed a resolution recalling his services to the State and Centre. Moving the resolution, ... |
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| Leave BJP, Lalu tells Nitish |
Patna, Aug 16: Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday dared Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to snap ties with the BJP if he really cared for secularism and secular politics. “I challenge Nitish Kumar to leave NDA (National Democratic Alliance) or snap ties with the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) if he is serious about secular politics,” Lalu told the media here. He was reac... |
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