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Women MPs' clothes torn for asking people's questions, alleges Priyanka Gandhi
"Prime Minister, these MPs have been elected by the people and sent. Questions on the issues of inflation, unemployment are the questions of the public. Tearing the clothes of women MPs for asking questions, dragging them is cruelty to the extreme. In a democracy, you have to listen to questions on issues. Why are you so scared of questions?" she asked, tweeting a video excerpt from the agitation.
WBSSC scam: Cash over Rs 20cr, 3kg gold bars recovered from Arpita's home
"The currencies recovered were in Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations. The counting is still on and we expect that the amount finally will be somewhere near the amount of Rs 21.20 crore from Arpita Mukherjee's residence at Diamond Park Housing Complex at Tollygunge in South Kolkata. At the same time, we have recovered three kg of gold mostly in the form of bars and some in the form of ornaments," said an ED official.
WBSSC scam: Address of firm with Arpita as director claimed fake
The address in question is that of Echhay Entertainment Private Limited, whose registered address is 95, Rajdanga Main Road, LP-107/439/78, Kolkata - West Bengal 700107 as per the records of the Registrar of Companies (ROC) under the Union ministry of corporate affairs. On Wednesday afternoon, while the ED officials, escorted by the central armed forces personnel, reached the above-mentioned address, they were approached by a local resident with valid documents that showed that the flat is registered in the name of his younger brother's cable television company.
Under pressure to expand team, Maharashtra CM again air-dashes to Delhi
Visiting the national capital for at least the 5th time in 28 days since he took office, Shinde is likely to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Bharatiya Janata Party President J. P. Nadda and other leaders in the capital. However, BJP's Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis is not accompanying him on this trip to New Delhi, fueling fresh speculation in political circles.
Karnataka murder: BJP central leadership assures 'strictest action'
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka is facing the anger of its own cadre over the killing of Nettaru. According to sources, anger among cadres ahead of next year's assembly polls, protests by BJP youth wing workers and leaders are turning out to be a concern for the party leadership, as the BJP is trying to retain power for another term.
Democracy in peril due to BJP's 'monstrous' political ambitions: Thackeray
"A conspiracy to eliminate all the opposition and regional parties in the country is going on in full swing... The ruling party (BJP) is scared of the opposition. It indicates their inefficiency," said Thackeray, in the concluding part of a marathon "birthday interview" to Sanjay Raut, Executive Editor of the Sena mouthpieces "Saamana" and "Dopahar Ka Saamana" newspapers.
Delhi: Cong's protest march foiled, several MPs detained
The parliamentarians had planned to give a memorandum to President Droupadi Murmu over the Central government's alleged vendetta politics and no discussion of important issues like price rise in Parliament.
Intense protest outside Congress HQ, several leaders detained
The party workers were protesting against the questioning of their president Sonia Gandhi by the Enforcement Directorate. Several barricades have been placed to prevent the Congress workers from taking out any kind of march towards the ED office. The party workers, raising slogans, attempted to cross the barricades and were subsequently detained by police.
WBSSC scam: Two diaries recovered from Arpita Mukherjee's home may give crucial clues to money trail
The ED sources said that both these diaries have several coded entries, which they believe pertain to the sources of the proceeds collected from the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment irregularities scam. Teachers were recruited against payments of massive sums of money. Some entries, as doubted by the ED sleuths, might be related to making payments to certain individuals to ensure smooth running of the scam process.
'Ailing Sonia being harassed' says Cong
Addressing a press Conference here, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said, "She is not keeping well for many years. When the same things were asked to Rahul Gandhi for five days what was the need for this."
Leader of opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said, "ED is harassing our leader despite her not keeping well."
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