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According to the complaint lodged by Mahila Congress President Mira Barthakur Goswami at the Dispur police station, Sarma allegedly challenged former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath to set fire to 10 Janpath in Delhi, just as Lord Hanuman did to Lanka in the Ramayana.10 Janpath happens to be the official residence of former Congress Presiden Sonia Gandhi.Addressing a Jan Ashirwad rally in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidhisha district on September 19, Sarma had said that members of the opposition INDIA bloc made statements comparing the Hindu religion (Sanatan Dharma) to malaria.“I want to challenge Kamal Nath who…

A senior CBI officer said that the agency received a complaint from Shipra Tiwari, General Manager of IDBI Bank in Mumbai, against the Bhopal-based firm and its officials, namely Hemangi Bharat Patel (guarantor and independent director), Smita Bharati Patel (director), and Noopur Bharat Patel, Bharat Surendra Patel, Bharati Surendra Patel and Deepak Jagdish Chandra Shah (all promoter directors).The complaint alleged that all the accused, along with others, conspired to cheat IDBI Bank and, in furtherance of this conspiracy, misappropriated sanctioned credit facilities through cheating, breach of trust, fund diversion, circular transactions between related sister concerns, and misrepresentation of income and…

Hailing from District East Midnapore, the West Bengalian girl had a huge day on Saturday as her three goals gave India a victory and three points to round out the season. Sulanjana, though, made it apparent she was not strolling in the sunshine shortly after the game was finished.India’s campaign so far has been defined by two heavy losses to oppositions far ahead in their development cycle and ranked higher than the Young Tigresses. What the scorelines did not reflect, though, was the psychological brunt of those defeats.It’s often noted that what separates the elite from the rest is their…

TMP supremo Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barman said that the party will continue to fight for its core demand of ‘Greater Tipraland’ for the tribals, who according to him are deprived of basic facilities in education, health and other areas.He said that the dawn-to-dusk strike in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) areas has been called to convey a clear message to the Central government that the patience of the indigenous people is exhausting, and they are in urgent need to resolve their constitutional demands and concerns.Deb Barman appealed to all individuals who believe that justice has not…

Delivering the Laxmanrao Inamdar Memorial Lecture organised by the University of Mumbai and Sahakar Bharti, Shah focused on the cooperative sector Amul, and said that inspired by the model, over 3.60 million women are now engaged in milk-related businesses across India worth Rs 60,000 crore by just investing around Rs 100 each.After the cooperative movement started in India in 1904, in no time it spread to Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and central India, he said.Post-Independence, cooperatives, which were in “everyone’s interest” made a good effort to strike a balance between the socialist and capitalist models, which envisaged…

The torrential rains accompanied by thunder and lightning, poured over the city and surroundings, and many areas woke up to between one and four feet of waterlogging.Thousands of citizens were left stranded in their homes or buildings, unable to step out as waters flooded the ground floors of housing complexes and in large areas power was switched off as a precaution, hitting even water supply.A 70-year-old woman identified as Mirabai Pillay is among three who have died in flood-related incidents and over 400 people in different parts were evacuated to safer locations, even as more than 10,000 homes were inundated…

“Five-time Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has had a long political career. Being a former Union minister, he has all the qualities to become the next Prime Minister of the country. Every socialist leader wants to make Nitish Kumar the Prime Minister,” said Hazari, who on Saturday went to the CM’s residence to attend a meeting held under Nitish Kumar’s chair which was attended by JD-U spokespersons and officials of different wings.JD-U national President Lalan Singh, Finance Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, JD-U state unit chief Umesh Kushwaha, JD-U MLCs Neeraj Kumar, Abhishek Jha, Manjeet Singh and others were also present at…

Viacom18 recently bagged BCCI’s television and digital rights after a three-way bidding war also involving Sony and Star. As a result, for the next five years, all bilateral matches involving the Indian cricket team to be played in India, along with domestic cricket, shall be broadcast/streamed by Viacom18 on its television and OTT properties.The court ordered the blocking of eight websites named by Viacom in its suit, and directed Domain Name Registrars (DNRs) and the Centre to block any other offending website that Viacom may communicate to them in the future.These rogue websites were streaming and broadcasting cricket matches, infringing…

Hangzhou, Sep 23 (IANS) Indian athletes and members of the delegation that participated in the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games here in Hangzhou as “spectacular” and a resounding success.Spectators were treated to a feast of ethereal beauty, art, colour and light, as the performance celebrated China’s cultural heritage, eastern aesthetics and the power of modern technology.”China always produces such spectacular opening ceremonies,” said India’s deputy chef-de-mission and legendary archer Dola Banerjee.”I was there at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the Guangzhou Asian Games in 2010 and both those ceremonies too were memorable. We enjoyed it a lot…

In a post on X, Shah said: “Hearty congratulations to all the workers of the Council on the landslide victory of the ABVP in the Delhi University Students Union elections.””This victory reflects the faith of the young generation in the ideology that puts national interests first. I have full confidence that the workers of the Council will continue to work with determination to keep the ideals of Swami Vivekananda and the spirit of nationalism alive among the youth,” he added.His remarks came after the ABVP on Saturday won the three posts including that of the President, Secretary and Joint Secretary,…