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15 Jul

Raju Bista appointed as BJYM’s National General Secretary

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Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) has released the list of its new executives. In the new team, special importance has been given to Bengal. A statement issued by BJP on Wednesday said that during a meeting with the party's president JP Nadda, Raju Bista has been appointed as the National General Secretary of the party.Apart from Raju Bista, Anup Saha, MLA of Dubrajpur in Birbhum district, has been appointed as the national vice-president of the BJP's youth wing.

15 Jul

Skill, reskill & upskill: Modi’s mantra for ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’

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Underlining the importance of skills in the Indian culture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday exhorted the stakeholders to continuously “skill, reskill and upskill” to achieve ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India) goal, and that India providing smart and skilled manpower solutions to the world should be at the core of strategy of skilling our youth. He said skill development of the new generation is a national need and is the foundation of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ to take India forward from 75 years to 100 years. Taking note of huge demand for reskilling due to fast changing technology, the Prime Minister emphasised that…

10 Jul

Mukul Roy as appointed PAC chairman by the West Bengal Assembly Speaker, and the BJP conduct a walkout

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House Speaker Biman Banerjee has selected Mukul Roy, who recently moved to the TMC, as the chairman of the Assembly's Public Accounts Committee. Speaker Biman Banerjee nominated Mukul Roy, a senior TMC lawmaker who recently moved to the ruling camp in Bengal after winning the assembly elections on a BJP ticket, as the chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee in the Assembly on Friday. In protest of this decision, BJP MLAs, led by Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, staged a walkout in the Assembly. "The PAC chairman is chosen from the opposition party, according to convention. The speaker, on…

08 Jul

Suvendu Adhikari, a BJP leader has asks not to attack Mamata Banerjee

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Staff Reporter: According to the recently concluded assembly election, TMC ministers Rajib Banerjee and Adhikari left the party and joined the BJP. BJP leader Rajib Banerjee on Wednesday (July 7) urged party colleague and West Bengal assembly Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari to stand by people affected by rising petroleum prices rather than targeting Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, who has the people's mandate to rule the state. Before the recent assembly election, Rajib Banerjee and Adhikari, both ministers in the TMC government, left the party and joined the BJP. Adhikari won the election, although Banerjee ran unsuccessfully. "Instead…

08 Jul

Virbhadra Singh,the veteran political leader, passes away at 87

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Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and Congress leader Virbhadra Singh passed away on Thursday July 7, 2021at the age of 87. The veteran political leader was admitted in the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) where he took his last breath. Sources revealed that Virbhadra Singh was admitted in the critical care unit of IGMC after having a heart attack on Monday. Virbhadra Singh served as Himachal Pradesh's chief minister six times and he was a nine-time MLA and five-time MP. He also served as union deputy minister, Tourism and Civil Aviation, minister of state for industries, union minister of steel…

07 Jul

Cabinet Reshuffle: 43 New Ministers Will Take Oath Today

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet is set to get a facelift on Wednesday amid efforts to reinvigorate the administration that has been heavily criticised for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, soaring prices of essentials among a range of issues. The names in the cabinet reshuffle include several new entrants as well as existing ministers who will be reassigned. List of ministers who will take oath on Wednesday 1. Narayan Rane 2. Sarbananda Sonowal 3. Dr Virendra Kumar 4. Jyotiraditya M Scindia 5. Ramchandra Prasad Singh 6. Ashwini Vaishnav 7. Pashupati Paras 8. Kiren Rijiju 9. Raj Kumar Singh 10.Hardeep Singh Puri…

07 Jul

Mamata Banerjee vs. Suvendu Adhikari: The Calcutta High Court fined the Bengal government Rs 5 lakh for portraying the judiciary in a bad light

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Mamata Banerjee had already addressed a petition to Rajesh Bindal, the Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, pleading with him to reassign her Election Petition to a different judge (not Justice Kausik Chanda) in order to avoid prejudice against herself. The Calcutta High Court fined West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Rs 5 lakh on Wednesday for "casting a bad light on the judiciary." The order was issued by a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court led by Justice Kausik Chanda, who recused himself from hearing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's election petition challenging BJP leader…

06 Jul

BJP workers clash with police during a march to the KMC office in Bengal to protest fake vaccines

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Several senior BJP leaders and members were detained by the police as they marched towards the KMC headquarters. They were eventually released. On Monday (July 5), BJP supporters clashed with police during a march to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) offices to protest the city's bogus vaccine fraud. Despite the police denying them permission, saffron party workers and leaders held protests outside the BJP state headquarters and the Hind Cinema. The agitation programme exposed cracks in the saffron camp, as Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and BJP Yuva Morcha president Saumitra Khan were conspicuously absent. The saffron party had…

05 Jul

Pranab Mukherjee’s son Abhijit Mukherjee Joins Trinamool

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Former president Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit Mukherjee today joined the Trinamool Congress, ending weeks of speculation and denial by him. "The way Mamata Banerjee halted the recent communal wave by BJP, I believe that in the future, with the support of others, she would be able to do the same in the entire country," said Abhijit Mukherjee, in his first comments after joining the Trinamool. A former Congress MP from Jangipur and an MLA from Nalhati, Trinamool may offer Mr Mukherjee the Jangipur assembly seat which is due to a poll as a candidate there had passed away just before…

04 Jul

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

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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…