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The Trinamool Congress leaders along with Abhishek Banerjee and other senior leaders and hundreds of workers sat on protest at Rajghat demanding the central government to release the funds of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and other housing schemes here.Banerjee arrived at Rajghat during the day and first paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary and then along with the party leaders sat in protest against the Central government.The Trinamool Congress leaders sat on protest at Rajghat with placards reading ‘Release Bengal Funds Now’, ‘Bengal deprived 1 lakh 15 thousand crore families, Rs 15,000 crore…

Police said that the accident occurred when the driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle.”One person died in the accident, while 22 passengers are rushed to a nearby health centre and undergoing treatment,” police said.Sources said that there were more than 30 passengers, all tourists, in the bus. They were rescued by locals from the area.–IANSsbk/vd

Nacho Fernandez and Antonio Rudiger are Real Madrid’s only fit central defenders for their visit to play Napoli, with Eder Militao out for the season and David Alaba suffering a groin strain, Xinhua reports.After their dramatic injury-time win over Union Berlin in their opening group game, the visit to Napoli will be vital to decide which of the two strongest sides in the group is likely to finish top and assure a more comfortable passage in the last-16.Real Sociedad travel to play Salzburg after a 3-0 win in the Basque derby on Saturday night, but that win came at a…

State Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari issued orders appointing retired IAS officer N Sivashankar as PRC Chairman and another retired IAS officer B Ramaiah as the Committee member.The orders suggested that the PRC should submit the report to the government within 6 months.The State Finance department has been asked to provide required funds and staff for the functioning of the PRC.The government decided to pay 5 percent Interim Relief (IR) to state government employees.The decisions come amid the buzz that the Election Commission of India (ECI) may announce the schedule of the assembly elections in the next few days.The elections are…

He was arrested amid high drama from his residence in Anakapalli district. After medical tests at Anakapalli hospital, he is likely to be shifted to Guntur. Two separate cases were booked against the former minister for making derogatory comments against the Chief Minister and the minister. There has been a tense situation around his house since late Sunday with the deployment of police force. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader on Monday sat on hunger strike at his residence to protest against the “illegal” arrest of party chief and former chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in the Skill Development Corporation…

Although no casualties or damage to property have been reported from these two districts, the tremors, which were felt at around 6.15 p.m., created panic among the local people.As per the versions of the local people, first a mild jerk following a vibration was felt which sustained for a few seconds.As per the latest report available, mild tremors could also be felt in certain pockets in other districts of North Bengal like Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, North Dinajpur and South Dinajpur.As the tremors were felt in these districts, people came out of their houses into the open. The women could be…

Talking about the same, he said: “Bullying has been a growing problem especially in past years. While some consider hazing and the abuse to be a typical part of society, people are found to have fallen into depression and the violence has led officials to start taking a hard, zero-tolerance stance on bullying.”Aarush narrated an incident when he was trolled for playing negative roles.He continued, “I enjoy essaying negative roles and this doesn’t go great with my audience I feel. They bully me for being bad on screen. Earlier, I took it as a compliment that I was doing good…

Sources said that from the contents on the diary, it is clear as to what amount of money was paid to three levels of district police — sub-divisional police officers (SDPO), circle inspectors (CI) and officers-in-charge (OC) — at different police stations mainly in Birbhum, Bankuram West Burdwan and Purulia districts. The rates, as per contents of the diary, ranged between Rs 5,00,000 and Rs 7,00,000.Assuming that the rates mentioned in the diary were paid on a monthly basis, the ED is wondering if such were the rates for comparatively lower levels of cops like SDPOs, CIs and OCs, what…

Hangzhou, Oct 2 (IANS) The Indian men’s and women’s chess teams remained in contention in their respective team competitions at the end of the fourth round at the Asian Games here on Monday. The Indian men’s team, with four wins from four matches, was placed in second position with 7 match points, one behind Iran while Vietnam were placed third with 6 match points.The women’s team with three wins and a draw was placed in joint-second position behind top-seeds China, tied on six match points with Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan have a better tiebreak score and therefore has been given the second…

London, Oct 2 (IANS) Tottenham Hotspur on Monday strongly denounced the racist abuse aimed at defender Destiny Udogie on social media following their 2-1 victory against Liverpool at home on Saturday. Udogie posted on Instagram after the 2-1 win at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with several people responding with monkey emojis and racist comments.Tottenham has issued a condemnation of the abuse and pledged to take action against the audacious individuals responsible for it.”We are disgusted at the racist messages directed towards Destiny Udogie on social media following Saturday’s game against Liverpool. We will work with the Premier League and, where possible,…