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Photo: IANS/X/@SamikBJP)West Bengal Budget 2026: Samik Bhattacharya Praises CM Suvendu Adhikari for ‘People-Oriented’ Budget
Kolkata: BJP’s West Bengal president and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya on Monday welcomed the state budget presented by Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta, describing it as a “comprehensive” and people-oriented document aimed at strengthening the state’s economy and improving the lives of people, particularly women. Speaking to reporters after the budget was tabled in the…
Photo: IANSNimbalkar murder case: CBI to challenge acquittal of Padamsinh, 7 others, says Eknath Shinde
Mumbai: The CBI will challenge the acquittal of former Maharashtra home minister Padamsinh Patil and seven others in the 2006 murder of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar and his driver, state Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Saturday. Shinde said that after the verdict, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, and he himself discussed the issue with…
Photo: PTINEET re-test conducted under tight security across 5,440 centres in India
New Delhi: Lakhs of medical aspirants took a second shot at the NEET (UG) examination on Sunday after the original May 3 test was cancelled due to paper leaks. From Drones to CCTV : NTA’s Anti-Malpractice Crackdown The controversy, which had triggered widespread protests and turned into a political hot potato, prompted unprecedented security…
Photo: AI Image/ChatGPTGunshots fired at office of Haryana Cong MLA in Rohtak
Chandigarh: Unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants on Saturday opened fire at the office of Congress MLA Balram Dangi in Haryana’s Rohtak, police said. The incident occurred in Rohtak’s Meham at around 1 a.m., they said, adding that efforts are on to trace the assailants. No one was hurt in the firing incident, they said. Four rounds were…
Photo: AI Image/ChatGPTFive killed in lightning strikes in Bihar
Patna: Five people were killed in lightning strike incidents in three districts of Bihar, officials said. According to a statement issued by the chief minister’s office (CMO) on Friday, Vaishali reported three deaths, and Nawada and Jamui one each. Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary expressed condolences over the deaths and announced an ex gratia of Rs…
Photo: AI ImageCrores in Assets, 32 Plots, and Luxury Farmhouses: Odisha Vigilance Cracks Down on Kotpad Executive Engineer
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance on Friday discovered assets worth crores of rupees, including 32 high-value plots, two farmhouses, gold jewellery, and cash, during raids on the properties of a government engineer in Koraput district, officials said. The raids were conducted in connection with allegations that Satyanarayan Sethy, Assistant Executive Engineer of Kotpad block, possessed assets disproportionate…
Photo: PTIAbhishek Banerjee to meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee will meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday evening to present his case on the split in the party and oppose the recognition of a rebel faction, sources said. According to sources, Banerjee will meet Birla at 5 pm in the Speaker’s Parliament Chamber. The meeting comes…
Photo: Twitter/@telegramTelegram CEO claims Reliance, WhatsApp’s role behind efforts to ban company’s app in India
New Delhi: Messaging app Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has alleged that Reliance Group, in which Meta has a partial stake, may have lobbied, along with its competitor WhatsApp, to impose a ban on the company’s app in India. He also accused Reliance of sabotaging access to Telegram for millions of users outside India (including the…
Photo: IANS6 killed, 20 injured as bus crashes into truck on highway in Vadodara
Vadodara: Six persons were killed and nearly 20 others injured after a private bus rammed into a parked truck on a highway in Gujarat’s Vadodara district in the early hours of Wednesday, police said. The accident occurred near Kotambi village on the Vadodara-Halol highway at around 4 a.m. The luxury bus, heading from Rajasthan to…
Photo: IANSBMW Rolls Out Locally Produced MINI Countryman C
Chennai: BMW Group Plant Chennai Managing Director Thomas Dose speaks during an interview PTI at the launch of the all-new MINI Countryman C, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu The latest-generation MINI Countryman is being locally produced at BMW Group Plant Chennai and will be available in a petrol variant in India.
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