Four ministers, including a new inductee, had expressed dissatisfaction with the departments handed to them, and didn’t attend a cabinet meeting Thursday.
Dalmiya has been publicly speaking against a section of the TMC leadership. Her expulsion came hours after senior leader Rajib Banerjee resigned from the Mamata Banerjee cabinet.
Ashok Gehlot & Anand Sharma scrap over some senior leaders’ demand for CWC elections. Congress general secretary K.C. Venugopal says some clarity is awaited.
The Domjur MLA, who was serving as West Bengal forest minister, had been airing his grievances against a section of ruling TMC leaders over the past few weeks.
ADG, Economic Offences Unit, has asked govt officials to apprise the agency of defamatory social media posts. BJP leaders say people’s right to criticise is still intact.
Shiv Sena emerged as one of the biggest victors of the elections held last week to 14,234 gram panchayats, with the party clinching victory in about 20% of them.
In a significant reshuffle, Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation portfolios have been given to Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai, which was earlier with J C Madhuswamy.
BJP state chief Dilip Ghosh’s name is being pushed by supporters for CM post after TMC rebel Suvendu Adhikari emerges as tough challenger, party leaders say. There is also Mukul Roy.
Congress also calls Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami’s comment on ex-FM Arun Jaitley’s health days before his death an ‘inhumane display of insensitivity’.
By mixing Indian maximalism with Western minimalism, desi influencers are using the hippie Met Gala to bring about a quiet revolution in festival dressing.
The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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