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New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee said on Tuesday that his “fight against the BJP” would continue after Kolkata’s civic authorities began an inquiry into the “legality” of the properties he owned.During a press conference, Abhishek launched a diatribe against West Bengal Chief Minister Subvendu Adhikari and said that he will not bow down…

KOLKATA: ‘Shantiniketan’ on Harish Mukherjee Road, where a notice was slapped on Monday alleging unauthorized construction, is among 17 properties “owned or co-owned by Abhishek Banerjee, his companies and family” that are under investigation by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, a KMC official said. Officials said notices under Section 400(1) of the KMC Act, 1980 –…

New Delhi: The government has notified a new standard for higher ethanol-petrol blends – E22, E25, E27 and E30 fuels – paving the way for blending ethanol in petrol beyond the current 20% level. The government’s push to increase ethanol blending comes amid reports of reduced crude imports due to the availability of surplus ethanol…

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman On Tuesday, the Leader of the Opposition hit out at Rahul GandhiAnd dismissed the charge of ‘crony capitalism’. In X, he listed several welfare schemes and policies of the Modi government and underlined that farmers, the poor, women, youth and MSMEs are at the “core” of the governance structure….

LUDHIANA: Punjabi singer Yashinder Kaur alias Inder Kaur, 29, was found murdered in Ludhiana on Tuesday, six days after she was kidnapped at gunpoint, Payal Dhawan reports. The suspect is an alleged ‘suitor’ who lives in Canada and is believed to have come to India via Nepal to kill her and returned on May 13,…

India and Vietnam on Tuesday stressed the importance of maintaining peace, stability and freedom of navigation in the Indo-Pacific region and resolved to work closely in line with their “enhanced comprehensive strategic partnership”.Defense Minister Rajnath Singh met his Vietnamese counterpart General Phan Van Giang as part of his visit to Hanoi. “Both ministers reviewed the…

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay will on Thursday expand his cabinet to include two Congress MLAs as ministers, reports Julie Mariappan. Members of the AIADMK faction led by former ministers CV Shanmugam and SP Velumani, however, will not be included in this round of cabinet expansion, sources told TOI. Congress floor leaders…

Sangrur: Punjab Chief Minister launched an underground power cable project god value On a pilot basis in his native Satoj village here, he called it a first-of-its-kind initiative to transform the state into the first state in the country to have Merumukt villages.Mann said the project would prevent crop fires, fatal accidents and frequent power…

“We the people of India” saved the nation during Covid by “living like soldiers”. Today, citizens are again being asked to help the country by “living responsibly”.The language has changed from pandemic precautions to economic discipline, but the political pattern feels familiar.One way to detect coming trouble is to watch how governments speak. When administrations…

New Delhi: Icelandic Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadotti has drawn attention to the term “relationship” between India and Iceland, noting its linguistic and emotional resonance. During the Indo-Nordic Summit on Tuesday, the comment came in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s use of the term where he highlighted that in several Nordic languages, the term has…