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Former Union minister PR Kumaramangalam’s wife murdered at Delhi home
07 Jul

Former Union minister PR Kumaramangalam’s wife murdered at Delhi home

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In a shocking incident highlighting a major security lapse, former Union Minister PR Kumaramangalam's wife, Kitty Kumaramangalam, was allegedly murdered by three suspects at her residence in Delhi's Vasant Vihar, which is one of the poshest localities in the national capital. The gruesome incident took place on Tuesday evening at around 9 pm. The police said they suspect attempted robbery to be the motive behind the killing and have apprehended a 24-year-old washerman of the area, identified as Raju Lakhan, in connection with the case. According to a complaint by the househelp, the family’s regular washerman (dhobi) came to the…
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Protests against fuel price rises in Siliguri
06 Jul

Protests against fuel price rises in Siliguri

editor0 CommentsIndia, West Bengal,
On Monday CPIM and Trinamool Congress held separate protest demonstration in Siliguri against the oil price rises. In the Darjeeling hills, petrol is now priced at Rs 101 and while in Siliguri Rs 99.61. Trinamool Congress protested by cutting a cake where it was written that petrol had crossed 100. Even they also burnt a image of PM Narendra Modi as a token of protest against the fuel price . The Darjeeling district Left front has been continuing protest against the price increse for the past few days. On Monday the DYFI staged protest demonstration in front of the Gandhi…
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Mega vaccination camp in siliguri helps over 600 people to get their jab
05 Jul

Mega vaccination camp in siliguri helps over 600 people to get their jab

editor0 CommentsCovid19, Health, India, West Bengal, ,
Over 600 people were vaccinated at the Mega vaccination camp which the Rotary Club of Siliguri organised. The camp was inaugurated by RK Jain and Dr Rajeev Trehan. They said to the media that more and more people should get vaccinated very soon at this difficult hour. Subhomoy Mitra from Neotia Getwel said they are glad to give vaccination to the common people at places that are near heir homes. Rotary Club members Rakesh Garg , Sanjay Sharma, Rajesh Agarwal along with other members were present to make the camp a successful one. After the disastrous effect of covid-19 we…
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05 Jul

Petrol price today

editor0 CommentsBusiness, India
While petrol costs Rs 99.86 per litre in Delhi after a 35-paise increase, one litre of diesel costs Rs 89.36 (unchanged today). On Monday, petrol costs continued to rise, with the price of petrol in Delhi creeping closer to the three-figure level. According to news agency ANI, while petrol costs Rs 99.86 per litre in Delhi after a 35-paise boost, diesel costs Rs 89.36 per litre in the national capital (unchanged today). Petrol prices in other major cities also continued to rise to new highs. It was priced at Rs 105.92 per litre in Mumbai (a 24 paise increase), while…
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In a survey suggest that plastic ban has not been successful across 11 states and two Union territories
05 Jul

In a survey suggest that plastic ban has not been successful across 11 states and two Union territories

editorIndia, Assam, Health, West Bengal
A survey across 11 states and two Union territories across the Himalayan region in the country works on the issue of waste suggests that while most people were aware of the existence of plastic bag ban in their areas, most believe the ban has not succeeded. The report published by Roshan Rai, Priyadarshinee Shrestha and Rajendra P. Gurung, suggests that only 19 per cent felt the ban was highly effective , while 82 per cent of the respondents were aware of the existence of the plastic bag ban in their region. In Bengal, plastic carry bags are banned in Darjeeling…
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Water cannons used to disperse AAP workers trying to gherao Amarinder Singh’s house
04 Jul

Water cannons used to disperse AAP workers trying to gherao Amarinder Singh’s house

editor0 CommentsPolitical, India, ,
Members of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Punjab police clashed outside the farmhouse of Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh in Siswan. The AAP workers were protesting against the frequent power cuts in Punjab. The clash escalated following which police used a water cannon to disperse the AAP workers who were trying to gherao the house of the chief minister. A few AAP leaders have been detained by the police.Punjab AAP chief Bhagwant Mann and his party worker gathered in force outside Amarinder Singh's house in Mohali this afternoon and started shouting slogans. Later, they started marching towards the…
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Pushkar Singh Dhami to be the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
04 Jul

Pushkar Singh Dhami to be the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

editor0 CommentsIndia, Political, ,
Pushkar Singh Dhami will be the new Chief Minister of Uttrakhand. His name was proposed in the legislature party meeting in Dehradun on Saturday. Dhami represents Khatima constituency in Udham Singh Nagar district in the Uttarakhand Assembly. Sources say Dhami will take the oath today itself. The Uttarakhand BJP legislature party met on Saturday afternoon to elect its new leader, a day after Tirath Singh Rawat resigned as chief minister after a less than four-month stint. The name of Mr Dhami, considered close to Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, was declared after the 57 Uttarakhand BJP MLAs met at the…
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Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat offers to resign months after taking oath: Sources
03 Jul

Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat offers to resign months after taking oath: Sources

editor0 CommentsIndia, Political, ,
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat submitted his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya on Friday, as per the news agency ANI. In a fiasco which reached its crescendo in barely four months, Uttarakhand will get its third Chief Minister in one year. Tirath said he had resigned to avoid a constitutional crisis. He had taken oath as the CM on March 10 and had to be elected as MLA within six months to continue on the post. According to Section 151-A of the Representation of the People Act, a bypoll is not held in a state if less than…
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Bengal Govt fixes medical test rates for private labs and hospitals
03 Jul

Bengal Govt fixes medical test rates for private labs and hospitals

editor0 CommentsHealth, Covid19, India, West Bengal, ,
On Friday , Similar to the capping of coronavirus test prices the West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) fixed the charges on five radiological tests and 15 pathological tests which are conducted by private hospitals. The health department has issued an order that all private hospitals with more than 150 beds would follow the order. Among pathological tests, the Procalcitonin test cannot cost more than Rs 4,000, the upper limit for the IL-6 test has been fixed at Rs 3,500, for D-dimer, it is Rs 2,300. According to the commission, Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, many had complained about exorbitant rates of tests…
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Railway connectivity towards NE gets a boost with commissioning of double line
03 Jul

Railway connectivity towards NE gets a boost with commissioning of double line

editor0 CommentsIndia, North East
In both these sections, double lines have been commissioned along with Railway Electrification. Completion of these doubling sections will help operation of more freight traffic to & from Northeast region. The entire work is completed during the Covid pandemic situation by observing necessary safety protocols by the Northeast Frontier Railway. An official of N.F. Railway said that, Jalpaiguri Road – Y Leg section was the only super critical work left to be completed in N.F. Railway. “This section has an important bridge of 970 mt length (20 spans) on the river Teesta. This section was a bottleneck as double lines…
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