POLITICS

Political slugfest over serial killings deepen communal divide in Karnataka
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Alleging partial treatment by the ruling BJP government, prominent Muslim organisations have boycotted the peace meeting organised by the police department in Dakshina Kannada district. Three murders, two of Muslim youth and one of BJP activist in the last 10 days have shaken the state and raised concerns.
Mamata's action against Partha Chatterjee: Moral gesture or act of compulsion?
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In the Saradha chit fund scam those who had to spend time in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody included current Trinamool Congress chief whip in the Lok Sabha, Sudip Bandopadhyay, the then state transport minister and current party MLA, Madan Mitra and former Trinamool Congress parliamentarians, late Tapas Paul and Srinjoy Basu, among others.
Adhir controversy has doused Congress's GST, inflation fire
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Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha, Piyush Goyal, said, "We are ready for a discussion but despite that the opposition members are repeatedly disrupting the House proceedings. We have been saying that we are hopeful that as soon as the Finance Minister comes, the discussion on price rise will take place."
'Operation lotus' exposed in Jharkhand, says Cong
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The Congress has sought a report from its state unit. "The game plan of 'Hum Do' in Delhi is to do in Jharkhand what they did in Maharashtra by installing E-D duo," tweeted Jairam Ramesh. On Saturday, three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand were detained in West Bengal's Howrah district by the police after cash worth more than Rs 48 lakh was seized from a vehicle in which all of them were travelling.
As Cong goes into survival mode in Goa, AAP, TMC rush in to take up its space
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In 2017, Congress was the largest party in the Goa Assembly elections with 17 MLAs, however it couldn't form the government. This forced its MLAs to leave the party and join the ruling BJP. Initially, three of its MLAs resigned and contested on the BJP tickets thereby finding place in the ruling set up after getting elected. This encouraged other ten MLAs who also walked out (more than two-third) to join the BJP on July 10, 2019.
3 Jharkhand Cong MLAs held in West Bengal with cash worth over Rs 48L
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The vehicle belonged to one of the three Congress legislators who was arrested on Saturday evening along with the other two party MLAs. Howrah Rural Police sources said that all the three Congress MLAs claimed that they represent tribal-dominated constituencies in Jharkhand, especially Khijri and Kolebira.
IMA demands Punjab Health Minister quit for misconduct with Baba Farid varsity VC
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The IMA said that the shocking incident wherein Vice Chancellor Raj Bahadur was made to lie on a patient's "dirty" bed sheet was absolutely uncalled for. "Indian Medical Association strongly condemns the derogatory action by the Punjab Health Minister who humiliated Raj Bahadur, Vice Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences on July 29. It is not only humiliation for the Vice Chancellor Raj Bahadur, but the entire medical fraternity across India has been insulted," the IMA said in a statement.
Partha squeals, says money was even collected for railway jobs
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"He claims that he was just the custodian. He never asked for any money neither accepted any from candidates. There was a party diktat and he was following orders. He was supposed to sign documents prepared by others. The money was also collected by others and sent to him. He had been instructed to keep the money in safe custody. Hundreds of crores were later taken away for 'party' use. Only a fraction of the sum was confiscated. This is what he has revealed so far," an official said.
WBSSC scam: Land at Santiniketan purchased jointly by Partha, Arpita in 2012
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Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths, probing the multi-crore West Bengal Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment scam, have accessed documents of a luxurious mansion in the name of Mukherjee at Fuldanga area in Bolpur-Santiniketan. The name of the mansion is "APA" - deemed to be derived from the first letter of her name and first two letters of his name. Residents of Fuldanga area have also confirmed that they have seen Chatterjee and Mukherjee coming together to 'APA' several times.
Fear of jail led to roll back of AAP govt's new excise policy: Manoj Tiwari
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The BJP leader, while addressing a media briefing, said, "The Delhi LG recommended for probe into the new excise policy, it created a havoc and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal started seeing Manish Sisodia going into the jail." The AAP government on Friday rolled back the policy within four hours of the Delhi Lokayukta's decision to initiate a probe into the construction additional classrooms, Tiwari claimed.
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