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Raut's arrest a 'political conspiracy', attempt to silence opponents: Priyanka Chaturvedi
Apart from Shiv Sena, other opposition parties also slammed the Centre over Raut's arrest. Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi said, " The message of the 'Raja' (King) is clear- 'whoever speaks against me will suffer'. Efforts are on to break the morale of political opponents and silence the truth by using the government agencies... Well, in the end the 'truth' will win, and the ego will lose."
Rahul to visit Karnataka to discuss key party issues
Rahul Gandhi will visit Karnataka to attend celebrations of 75 years of birth anniversary of Siddaramaiah in Davanagere city on August 3. In fact, the celebration of birth anniversary has become a bone of contention between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar factions. Meanwhile, Siddaramaiah's followers have released an album titled "naane mundina CM" (I am the next CM) dedicated to veteran Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister.
Money seized from Jharkhand MLAs given to them in Kolkata, says Bengal CID
"They checked into a room and soon came out and entered the hotel bar. Soon a fourth person joined them and after some interaction that fourth person left. But soon he returned with a bag which he handed over to the three MLAs. We think that the bag contained the cash that was recovered from the boot of the car the three MLAs were travelling in," a CID source said.
'Partha Chatterjee not cooperating in probe', ED to seek extension of custody
ED sources said that his non-cooperation will be the principal point of argument in seeking extension of Chatterjee's custody in connection with its probe into the multi-crore teacher recruitment scam in the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC).
Uddhav Thackeray meets, comforts Sanjay Raut's family
Thackeray, accompanied by Lok Sabha MP Arvind Sawant and other senior party leaders met Raut's aged mother, wife Varsha, daughter and other family members at their home in 'Maitri' bungalow in Bhandup. Raut's mother became emotional and held onto Thackeray, expressing silent concerns for her son who was arrested by the ED early this morning in an alleged money-laundering case arising out of the Patra Chawl, Goregaon, land scam.
With Bengal Cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, some ministers to lose berths: Mamata
"Lot of speculations are doing the rounds on this issue. I want to clarify that some reshuffling is required in the state Cabinet for the purpose of smooth functioning. We will announce the details of the reshuffle on Wednesday at 4 p.m. In this process, some existing Cabinet members will be relieved of their ministerial responsibilities and their experience will be utilised in party organization. Similarly, four to five new faces will be inducted," Mamata Banerjee said.
Shiv Sena MP gives suspension notice in RS over arrest of party leader Sanjay Raut
Raut was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials around midnight in connection with a money laundering case pertaining to Rs 1,034 crore Patra chawl land scam case. Earlier on Sunday, Raut was taken into custody by the central agency. The probe agency had sent several summons to the Sena leader which he skipped leading to his arrest.
Congress MP gives adjournment notice in LS on alleged toppling of govt in Jharkhand
Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Jharkhand Congress in-charge and party's general secretary Avinash Pandey said that the top leadership of the party has taken this decision in view of the allegations against the three MLAs.
Hemant Soren's media advisor likely to be questioned by ED
According to sources, the ED may record his statements at Ranchi-based office. Pankaj Mishra, another close aide of Soren was sent to the ED custody till August 1. The ED had even recently seized one inland vessel namely M.V. Infralink-III which was allegedly being used Mishra. The ED had on last Tuesday conducted searches in this connection. The estimated cost of the vessel is around Rs 30 crore.
6-yr-old girl complains to PM Modi about expensive pencil, Maggi
The girl, Kriti Dubey, of Chhibramau town in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district wrote in her letter, "My name is Kriti Dubey. I study in class 1. Modiji, you have caused immense price rise. Even my pencil and rubber (eraser) have got costlier and the price of Maggi has been increased, too. Now my mother beats me for asking for a pencil. What shall I do? Other kids steal my pencil."
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