The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday morning left the Belgharia residence of Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee after filling 10 trunks with cash amounting to approximately Rs 29 crore that was found there.ED sleuths on Wednesday began its searches at the premises linked to aide Arpita Mukherjee. The ED […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld stringent provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act in relation to expansive definition of proceeds of crime, search and seizure, power of arrest, attachment of properties and tough bail conditions. The verdict delivered by a three-judge bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravi Kumar is likely […]
Punjab Advocate-General Anmol Rattan Sidhu resigned from his post on Tuesday.In his resignation sent to CM Bhagwant Mann, Sidhu said he was resigning from the post with immediate effect owing to personal reasons. He thanked the party for giving him the chance to represent the office.Sidhu was appointed the advocate-general in March this year.The name […]
Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday defended the ‘citizen-first policies of the (Narendra) Modi government amid opposition fire over increase in prices of essential goods like LPG (liquified petroleum gas) cylinders. Puri, the petroleum minister, shared a graphic that said ‘LPG prices in India continue to be among the lowest in the world’, and […]
All eyes are on the auction for the 5G spectrum which is underway, generating immense curiosity about who will win the righs for 72 gigahertz of radiowaves worth ₹4.3 lakh crores on offer. The bidding process began at 10 am and go on till 6 pm, PTI reported. Four players Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone […]
Sixty-four-year-old Droupadi Murmu on Monday took oath as the 15th President of India flagging “everyone’s efforts, everyone’s duties” (Sabka saath, sabka kartavya) as central tracks for building a self-reliant, glorious India.Delivering her first address after being administered the oath of office by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana in the Central Hall of Parliament here, […]
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra bags a historic silver medal with his massive fourth-attempt throw of 88.13m. Neeraj is India’s first ever track and field athlete to take the silver medal in the World Championships, and second to bag a podium-finish after the legendary long jumper Anju Bobby George had finished third in the Paris Worlds […]
A challan for littering was issued to officials at Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s residence in Sector 2 here on Saturday morning.MC officials said garbage was being dumped outside on the footpath daily, marring the beauty of the area. Councillor Maheshinder Singh Sidhu said, “I was repeatedly getting complaints from locals about littering by the staff […]
West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress secretary general Partha Chatterjee was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday after being questioned for around 26 hours in connection with an alleged scam in recruitment of teachers in state-run schools. Chatterjee, being taken to the ED’s office, will be produced in court later in the day. […]
Online Joint Prospectus of Government and Privately Managed Aided Colleges 2022-2023 for the Undergraduate and Post Graduate classes was launched today by Adviser to the Administrator, Dharam Pal, Chandigarh Administration. The portal to fill the admission form will be open from 23rd July 2022 to 3rd August 2022 for the applicants seeking admission in first […]