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NEW DELHI: A 10-member parliamentary delegation from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) met Union rural development minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday, demanding the clearance of pending wages under the MGNREGA scheme to West Bengal on Thursday. TMC said that an amount of Rs 7,130 crore under the MGNREGA scheme is pending from December 26 till date. […]

  NEW DELHI: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning for the fourth day on Monday in the alleged National Herald money laundering case. Gandhi was summoned to appear at the ED headquarters on Friday. However, the Congress leader had requested the agency to push back the […]

NEW DELHI: The curious case of Ketaki Chitale took a new turn when the National Commission for Women (NCW) issued a notice to the Director General of Police, Maharashtra to appear in person before the Commission. The Marathi actor was arrested last month for allegedly sharing a post on social media against NCP Chief Sharad […]

GANGTOK: The Teesta basin in Sikkim’s Himalaya mountains hosts numerous glacial lakes, which include one of the largest and the fastest-growing South Lhonak Lake as well as Shako Cho. Though these lakes are mainly located in remote and uninhabited mountain valleys, incidents like glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) may claim lives and damage assets up […]

NEW DELHI: A day after the police personnel forcibly entered the Congress headquarters and thrashed several party leaders and workers, the party on Thursday met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla accusing the central government of “vendetta and violent politics”. Congress also described the police action as a pre-planned action against the party workers and leaders. […]