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Congress holds preparatory meeting ahead of Aug 5 agitation
All the party general secretaries, state in-charges and state presidents were called for the meeting during which they were given directions to stage the protest at all levels in their respective states. They were also told to ensure that the office-bearers of the party connect with the public for the nationwide agitation.
WBSSC scam: Two diaries give crucial hints about inward and outward transactions
ED sources said that some preliminary decoding of the contents in the two diaries had been possible with the help of related experts and what has been initially deciphered is that the contents in the diaries are related to the inward and outward transactions of the proceeds of the scam. "Initially, we thought that the contents were related to only the money collected. But now it seems that these have some details of the payments made to give the scam a smooth running.
Ajit Pawar: Maharashtra govt paralysed sans cabinet, flood victims denied relief
Speaking to mediapersons after a 4-day tour of the flood-ravaged districts, Pawar slammed the Shiv Sena breakaway faction leader Shinde and Bharatiya Janata Party's Fadnavis for neglecting the plight of farmers affected by the recent spell of heavy rains and floods in Marathwada, Vidarbha and others parts of the state.
Lalu Prasad will soon go to Singapore for kidney transplant
Sudhir Kumar Sinha, Lalu Prasad's lawayer has moved an application pertaining to renewal of his client's passport in the special CBI court of Justice Mahesh Kumar in Patna. Earlier, Lalu Prasad, who is convicted in the fodder scam, filed an application for the renewal of passport in the special CBI court of Ranchi and the court had already allowed the same on June 14.
Blame game in AIADMK after OPS representative attends EC meeting
AIADMK spokesman and former minister D. Jayakumar said that he and former Deputy Speaker Pollachi V. Jayaraman were officially representing the party in the meeting convened by the Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo on Monday and that others who had come to the meeting claiming to be AIADMK does not have any validity.
Did Mahua Moitra hide her Louis Vuitton bag in LS?
When Trinamool's Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar was speaking on price rise, Moitra, sitting beside her, was caught on camera moving her bag from the seat next to her to near her feet under the table. Reports suggest that it was a Louis Vuitton bag priced at more than Rs 1.5 lakh. The video of Moitra hiding her bag went viral on social media with many netizens asking as to how could a Trinamool MP cornering the government over the issue of price rise carry such an expensive handbag.
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).
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