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WBSSC scam: Manik Bhattacharya remanded to 14-day ED custody
Former president of West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE), Manik Bhattacharya will now be presented at the same court on October 25. After arrest, ED officials took him to ESI Hospital at Joka on southern outskirts of Kolkata for medical check-up and from there he was presented at a lower court in Kolkata.
Akali Dal chief warns Punjab CM against negotiating on river water
In a statement here, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President said it was shocking that the Chief Minister had not made the Punjab government's stand clear before holding a meeting with his Haryana counterpart on this issue. He said Punjab had an exclusive right over its river waters and Haryana being a non-Riparian state had no locus standi in the matter. "There is nothing to discuss here with Haryana."
BJP to contest all 60 seats in 2023 Meghalaya assembly polls
Meghalaya BJP President Ernest Mawrie said that the party would contest in all 60 Assembly seats in the state in the assembly election, which is less than five months away from now. "The BJP would do well in Meghalaya in the upcoming polls as the people are very happy for the schemes being implemented by the BJP-led Central Government," Mawrie told the media.
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde's party gets 'Two Swords & Shield' symbol
The EC has made the interim arrangement to enable the party put up a candidate for the upcoming by-polls to Andheri East assembly elections and till the dispute into the matter is resolved. The EC rejected CM Shinde's other option -- a Sun with rays -- as it resembled the symbols allotted to some other parties.
SC refuses to interfere with Bombay HC order granting bail to Anil Deshmukh
A bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Hima Kohli said: "We will not interfere with the high court order granting bail...".
It added since the observations in the high court order were only confined to if he was entitled to bail, it would clarify that these observations will not affect the merits of the trial or any other proceedings.
Switched alliance five times to remain in power: Amit Shah's veiled attack on CM Nitish
"Prime Minister is following Jaya Prakash Narayan's ideology. Due to the efforts of the Prime Minister, the electricity reaches every house of the country. He is providing LPG cylinders under Ujjwala Yojana, health insurance up to Rs 5 lakh and 5 Kg free food grain to poor people," Shah said after inaugurating a 14 feet tall statue of the socialist leader at his birth place Manfar village in Sitab Diara on the occasion of his birth anniversary.
Shiv Sena-UBT has blazed a trail with 'Flaming Torch' in past too
Thackeray had himself campaigned for Bhujbal - who won hands down, becoming the sole party MLA in the 7th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly then. "The 'Flaming Torch' was chosen because it was a symbol of revolution, showing a new path to the people of the state... I became the only candidate to win the polls that time and Balasaheb was very pleased about it," Bhujbal told media persons.
'Patel was not averse to J&K joining Pak', Cong counters PM Modi's claims on Jawaharlal Nehru
Even though PM Modi did not take the name of Nehru, the Congress said he should check the facts first. The party blamed Maharaja Hari Singh, the then ruler of the J&K for not acceding to India soon after Independence, but took the decision only after invaders from Pakistan tried to take over the place.
'Following Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan's footsteps', says Narendra Modi on action against the corrupt
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing a public gathering in Jamkandorna of Gujarat's Rajkot district. He taunted the Congress party without taking its name, "Agencies are investigating corruption allegations of some political leaders and parties, instead of cooperating with the agencies, they are attempting to tarnish the image of agencies. Don't you think we should recover public money from such corrupt people."
WBSSC scam: ED arrests Trinamool MLA Manik Bhattacharya
ED sources said that Bhattacharya was summoned to the agency office at Salt Lake in the northern outskirts of Kolkata on Monday afternoon. There he was grilled throughout the night and finally on Tuesday morning the ED sleuths showed him as arrested.
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