GUWAHATI: Congress released Saturday its second list of candidates for the Assam polls, naming nominees for 23 seats and leaving 15 for allies, reports Kangkan Kalita1. The state has a total of 126 assembly seats. Congress came out with its first list on March 3, naming 42 candidates, among them was state unit chief and…
NEW DELHI: Despite having adequate stock of fertilisers for ensuing kharif season, govt has stepped up its efforts to build a buffer even for the winter crops and is trying unconventional methods like ‘spot buying’, which is resorted to for immediate operational needs during unexpected supply disruptions. Besides bringing forward the maintenance of fertiliser manufacturing…
MUMBAI: The director general of shipping, in coordination with MEA and the Indian embassy in Baghdad, has initiated the process to repatriate the body of 54-year-old Mumbai resident Deonandan Prasad Singh, an additional chief engineer (superintendent), who was aboard the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker, MT Safesea Vishnu, which was hit by an Iranian attack on…
GUWAHATI: Union home minister Amit Shah arrived in Assam on Saturday evening, hours after PM Narendra Modi wrapped up his two-day pre-election trip to the state, where BJP is looking to retain office for a third consecutive term, and flew out to Bengal.Shah, who was received by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma at the Guwahati airport,…
SURAT: A proposed event with a member of Nathuram Godse’s family as the chief guest was cancelled on Saturday following criticism from various sections of society. Posters announcing the Sunday event mentioned Godse as “Hindu Hriday Samrat Param Deshbhakt Late Nathuramji Godse (Emperor of Hindu Hearts, Supreme Patriot Nathuram Godse)”. A member of his family,…
KOLKATA: Bengal minister Shashi Panja was injured Saturday when a clash broke out near her home in Girish Park between workers of Trinamool and BJP supporters who were on their way to attend PM Modi‘s rally here. At least eight cops and several Trinamool and BJP supporters were injured in the violence. Bowbazar police station…
KOLKATA: Trinamool mocked PM Modi‘s calls for “poriborton (change)” in Bengal from a Kolkata rally on Saturday, accusing him of prioritising politics over the LPG crisis, forcing people to queue up for cylinders and battle price rise. TMC MP Saayoni Ghosh claimed large quantities of LPG cylinders were used to rustle up snacks for participants…
NEW DELHI: Congress’s Rahul Gandhi alleged Saturday that the BJP-led govt has not honoured promises it made to farmers and is prepared to sacrifice India’s agriculture for its own interests.In a Facebook post, the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha shared the written response to a question he had asked the minister of agriculture in…
PUNE: A group of around 150 people allegedly beat up 14 men who had assembled close to a lake in Pune’s Askarwadi near Bopdev Ghat, for Ramzan Iftar around 7pm on Friday. Police are on the lookout for all the accused. In the FIR lodged on Saturday, complainant Feroz Sayyed (36) said he and his…
