Morning Digest — April 1, 2023

Morning Digest — April 1, 2023

Gujarat Titans batters Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan celebrate after winning the IPL 2023 cricket match against Chennai Super Kings, at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad on March 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI India registers highest proportional increase of new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia: WHO The highest proportional increase of new COVID cases […]

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Analysis | Nothing much should be expected from Naveen Patnaik-Mamata meeting

Analysis | Nothing much should be expected from Naveen Patnaik-Mamata meeting

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Navin Niwas in Bhubaneswar. File | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout Amidst talk of revival of third Opposition front ahead of 2024 elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is meeting leaders of non-Congress Opposition parties. But, nothing much should be expected […]

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No Opposition front is possible without Congress: Jairam Ramesh

No Opposition front is possible without Congress: Jairam Ramesh

No Opposition front to take on the BJP is possible without the Congress and if a coalition is formed for the 2024 general elections, the party will have a central role in it, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has said. In an interview with PTI, Mr. Ramesh, however, said it was too early to talk […]

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TMC to raise risk exposure of LIC and SBI, price rise, unemployment in Parliament: Derek O’Brien

TMC to raise risk exposure of LIC and SBI, price rise, unemployment in Parliament: Derek O’Brien

TMC MP Derek O’Brien speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the first phase of the Budget Session of Parliament in New Delhi on February 7, 2023. File | Photo Credit: PTI The TMC will raise in Parliament issues such as LIC and SBI’s risk exposure, price rise of essential commodities, unemployment and “misuse” of central […]

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Cattle smuggling case | Delhi court sends TMC’s Anubrata Mondal to ED custody till March 10

Cattle smuggling case | Delhi court sends TMC’s Anubrata Mondal to ED custody till March 10

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal jailed in the cattle-smuggling case being bought to ESI hospital for a checkup prior to being produced before Enforcement Directorate (ED), in Kolkata on March 7, 2023 | Photo Credit: ANI A Delhi court on Wednesday sent TMC leader Anubrata Mondal to ED custody till March 10 in an […]

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West Bengal Assembly passes resolution against attempts to divide Bengal

West Bengal Assembly passes resolution against attempts to divide Bengal

Protesters taking out a march in New Delhi for formation of a separate Gorkhaland State, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. File photo | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR A resolution against attempts to divide Bengal was passed by voice vote in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Monday. The motion was tabled by Trinamool […]

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Meghalaya CM didn’t act on Mukroh firing fearing ED, CBI action: Trinamool Congress’ Abhishek Banerjee

Meghalaya CM didn’t act on Mukroh firing fearing ED, CBI action: Trinamool Congress’ Abhishek Banerjee

TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: PTI Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma will lose his seat as the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) will draw a blank in the Garo Hills, claimed senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee. Addressing an election rally in South Tura on February 15, he dredged up the […]

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Mamata and the Muslim conundrum

Mamata and the Muslim conundrum

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a gathering during Eid-ul-Fitr prayers at Kolkata’s Red Road in May 2022. Photo: Facebook/MamataBanerjeeOfficial Before every major election in West Bengal, the question of the Muslim vote comes to the fore. As the State gears up for the panchayat polls, this has again become a point of discussion […]

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TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee’s relative summoned by ED in money laundering case

TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee’s relative summoned by ED in money laundering case

The TMC MP’s relative was denied immigration clearance on the basis of a Look Out Circular issued against her by the federal probe agency The TMC MP’s relative was denied immigration clearance on the basis of a Look Out Circular issued against her by the federal probe agency TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s sister-in-law Maneka Gambhir […]

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