BJP's appeal to hold polls in 112 civic bodies together is pending before Calcutta HC, but State Election Commission has gone ahead and declared the dates for KMC polls.
Opposition TMC and CPI(M) told a Supreme Court bench that its candidates and supporters are allegedly not being allowed to cast votes in the Tripura municipal polls Thursday.
BJP's Bhoumik, Lok Sabha MP from Tripura West, also claimed that 'violence came to Tripura this August when the Trinamool Congress came here', and called Mamata Banerjee a 'gunda'.
Saayoni Ghosh, who began her acting career as a character artiste in Bengali TV serials, is Trinamool’s Youth Wing chief. She was arrested on charges including attempt to murder.
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Santanu Sen, Kalyan Banerjee and Derek O’Brien were part of TMC MPs' delegation that met home minister Monday regarding alleged police violence in Tripura.
Actor-turned-politician Ghosh was arrested after she raised TMC’s ‘khela hobe’ slogan to allegedly disrupt a street-corner meeting being held by Tripura CM Biplab Deb.
A three-member bench, involving CJI N.V. Ramana, also issued a notice to the Agartala police against filing an FIR against the civil society members including a journalist.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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