Amidst a string of viral videos showing local Trinamool Congress leaders taking the law into their hands, a fresh video surfaced on Tuesday, in which a woman councillor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation can be seen beating up a youth leader of her party. The short video shows Sunanda Sarkar, the Trinamool Congress councillor for…
The European Parliament elections concluded on June 9, 2024. Although the newly elected EU Parliament is still centre-heavy, and Ursula von der Leyen has been nominated for a second term as European Commission chief, the most significant gains were seen among the rightwing and far-right parties in Europe. The environment-friendly Greens faced an enormous pushback. âThis election…
Former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Tirath Singh Rawat. File Former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Tirath Singh Rawat, said that decisions within the party should be taken after consulting everyone and must not be imposed. He made his comments as part of a speech at the partyâs working committee meet…
An event to remember:Â The wedding of Lakshminarayani, daughter of S.S. Vasan, that took place in May 1950 was the mega event of its time. | Photo Credit: SS Vasan Nootrandu Malar A wedding has taken hold of social and other kinds of media and made news the world over. Who would think that there was…
Paradise for tipplers: Drunkenness among the native people was noticeable more in Ootacamund, especially on Tuesdays when the weekly market gathered. In 1860, the residents held a meeting and called for a law. The hill station was not free from illicit liquor either. It was smuggled from Ernad taluk of Malabar into OâValley. | Photo…
Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, BJP MLA. | Photo Credit: File Photo Disgruntled BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal continued to embarrass the BJP State leadership by supporting the demand of the Congress for ordering a probe into scams in all the SC/ST bodies, including those that took place during the erstwhile BJP regime, and also urging BJP…
The building that caught fire in Mayur Vihar Phase-2. A fire that broke out on the ground floor of a building in east Delhiâs Mayur Vihar gutted several shops on its upper floors, a Delhi Fire Service (DFS) official said on Monday. While no one was injured in the incident, one person had to be…
When Sachin was denied admission for an undergraduate course due to his disability, his mother Padma petitioned the State Commission for the Welfare of the Differently-Abled. And that initiative set the ball rolling towards a significant reformation Source link
