Ok to slap slack officials, says Goa minister
byPanaji, April 8 (IANS) It is OK to slap government officials who do not work efficiently, according to Goa Civil Supplies Minister Dayanand Mandrekar….
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SC issues notice to centre on curbing hate speeches
byNew Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the government on a petition seeking framing of guidelines to curb elected…
Mamata’s Delhi visit to get closer to Congress: Left
byKolkata, April 8 (IANS) Ahead of her two-day visit to Delhi, West Bengal’s Left Front Monday accused Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata…
BJP general secretary Amit Shah gets relief from SC
byNew Delhi, April 8 (IANS) In major breather for BJP general secretary and Gujarat’s former minister Amit Shah, the Supreme Court Monday quashed the…
India should think big, reap demographic dividend: Modi
byNew Delhi, April 8 (IANS) India should think big and devise ways to reap its demographic dividend, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said here…
Margaret Thatcher was a transformative figure, PM
byNew Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Condoling the death of Britain’s first woman prime minister Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said she was a…
Congress dubs WikiLeaks on Rajiv baseless, BJP says come clean
byNew Delhi, April 8 (IANS) An explosive Wikileaks cable that claimed the late Rajiv Gandhi may have been a middleman for a Swedish firm…
800 businessmen will attend Modi meet in Kolkata: Organisers
byKolkata, April 8 (IANS) With Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi set to address Bengal industry honchos at a special session Tuesday, the organisers said…
Mamata wants Gen Y to replace ‘corrupt’ contractors
byKolkata, April 8 (IANS) Threatening to blacklist corrupt contractors, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday urged the young generation to come up as…
Mamata says 50 political prisoners freed; lies, says rights group
byKolkata, April 8 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said she has freed 50 political prisoners since coming to power, but a…