Mamata regime rocked by ‘cheat’ funds (West Bengal Newsletter)
byKolkata, April 27 (IANS) With the influential Saradha Group chit fund going bust, the Trinamool Congress government in the state is faced with the…
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Modi may have had the last laugh
byThiruvananthapuram, April 27 (IANS) For a week, the media eagerly lapped up the criticism hurled at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi by Kerala’s rival…
Miffed Akhilesh Yadav, Azam skip Harvard lecture
byWashington, April 27 (IANS) Miffed over the brief detention of his Urban Development Minister Azam Khan at Boston airport, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh…
WWF partners in Russia targeted as ‘foreign agents’
byMoscow, April 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Several environmental groups in Russia have been classified as “foreign agents” by prosecutors for alleged political activity, the World…
Bengal chit fund scam: FIR against Trinamool MP, Assembly to pass fresh bill (Roundup)
byKolkata, April 27 (IANS) Compounding the miseries of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress, employees of a news channel run by the collapsed Saradha Group…
Parliamentary panel briefed on Chinese incursion, Mulayam says government scared
byNew Delhi/Lucknow, April 26 (IANS) A parliamentary panel was Friday told that India and China were trying to resolve through existing mechanisms the row…
Mamata demands centre return depositors’ money
byKolkata,, April 26 (IANS) Blaming the central government’s casual approach and the failure of its agencies for the multi billion chit fund scam, West…
Parliamentary panel briefed on Chinese incursion
byNew Delhi, April 26 (IANS) With opposition members demanding details about the stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh, Defence Secretary Shashi Kant…
Government in deep crisis over CBI affidavit on coal mines
byNew Delhi: The beleaguered Manmohan Singh government yesterday appeared to be in deep political crisis after the opposition demanded Law Minister Ashwani Kumar’s resignation…
Chit fund disaster due to Left’s irresponsibility: Mamata
byKolkata, April 26 (IANS) Assuring people of justice and swift action for relief in the Saradha Group chit fund case, West Bengal Chief Minister…