Day: March 23, 2024

Lucknow’s Holi Bazaars deck up with plethora of options

Arijit Bose

Lucknow: The capital of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow is completely ready to immerse itself in the excitement of the festival of colors, Holi. Colorful Gulal and Pichkari shops have been set up at various places, while different varieties of dry fruits, sweets and chips are attracting people of all age groups. In all the markets of the capital as well as the makeshift shops,  colors and sprinklers have been decorated and are already going off the shelves like hotcakes. Seeing the colorful Abir-Gulal and colors, not only the children but also…

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Beyond Box Office, Bong stars clash in Political Ring in Hooghly

Arijit Bose

Kolkata: After the announcement of Lok Sabha election dates, heavy politicking continues. The fight in West Bengal is interesting because despite being part of the Indi alliance of opposition parties, Mamata Banerjee has fielded her candidates on all 42 seats. Hooghly Lok Sabha seat is very special among these. This time an interesting contest can be seen here. There is a contest on this seat between two actress-turned-politician women candidates, one of whom is a sitting MP and has been active in politics for a decade and the other is…

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Congress keeps Gandhi cards close to its chest

Arijit Bose

Lucknow: The nomination process for the first phase of Lok Sabha has started. Election activity is also intense, but doubts remain about the Gandhi family contesting elections in Uttar Pradesh. On becoming a Rajya Sabha member, Sonia Gandhi has already announced that she will not contest elections from Rae Bareli. Neither Priyanka Gandhi nor Rahul Gandhi has announced to contest elections from Amethi or Rae Bareli. On the other hand, BJP has not yet announced candidates for Maneka Gandhi and Varun Gandhi to contest elections in Pilibhit and Sultanpur. No…

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Is Mamata Banerjee next ?

Arijit Bose
Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata: After the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi Excise Policy corruption case, now BJP has started turning its gaze towards West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as well. State BJP President Sukant Majumdar has said that soon Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s turn will also come. Sukant Majumdar has written a dialogue in Bengali, the Hindi translation of which is – No matter how much you cry and wash, after the muffler it is now the turn of slippers. Muffler is used symbolically for Kejriwal while…

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SP names three persons for by – elections

Arijit Bose

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) on Friday announced three candidates for the by-elections to be held on four assembly seats of UP along with the Lok Sabha elections. Samajwadi Party has fielded Awadhesh Kumar Verma from Dadaul, Vijay Gond from Duddhi and Rakesh Yadav from Gasdi. Duddhi assembly seat of Sonbhadra district was won by BJP candidate Ram Dular Gond in the 2022 assembly elections. However, Ram Dular Gond’s membership was terminated after he was sentenced to 20 years in a rape case. In this case the court sentenced him to…

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A Peaceful haven for bears in Taj City

Arijit Bose

Agra: Like every year all over the world, this year too World Bear Day is being celebrated on 23 March. This day is dedicated to increasing awareness and appreciation of bears around the world. 100 bears are living a peaceful and happy life in the world’s largest protected bear center located in Agra. 20 years ago their number was more than 500. Wildlife conservation organization Wildlife SOS’s dedicated team continues to provide love and care to rehabilitated sloth bears at its Agra Bear Conservation Centre. Established in the Sur Sarovar…

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ED to grill K Kavita further in Delhi Excise scam case

Arijit Bose

New Delhi: The Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court has extended for three days, the ED custody of  K. Kavita, daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister KCR, in the Delhi Excise Scam case.  Special Judge Kaveri Baweja gave this order. During today’s hearing, lawyer Zoheb Hussain appearing for ED demanded extension of Kavita’s custody by five days. He said that statements of four people have been recorded. Kavita embezzled Rs 100 crore. Kavita’s mobile data was examined and matched with the forensic report, which revealed that Kavita had deleted the data during…

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ISRO’s Pushpak makes First Flight

Arijit Bose

New Delhi:  The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully landed the ‘Pushpak’ aircraft in Chitradurga, Karnataka. ISRO gave this information in its X-handle post. ‘Pushpak’ is a winged rocket of the size of an SUV. It is also being called ‘Indigenous Space Shuttle’. This is a reusable aircraft. It can be brought back to Earth and used again. ISRO’s reusable launch vehicle Pushpak successfully landed automatically on the runway at around 7.10 am on Friday at the Aeronautical Test Range in Chitradurga, Karnataka. On the successful landing of the reusable…

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ED cracks the whip on WB cabinet minister Chandra Nath Sinha

Arijit Bose

Kolkata: ED has raided the residence of West Bengal Cabinet Minister Chandra Nath Sinha and seized Rs 40 lakh cash from there. According to ED sources, the minister could not tell the source of the cash. To collect evidence, ED has also confiscated his mobile phone. In the teacher recruitment scam case, on Friday, ED had raided many places including the residence of Minister Chandanath Sinha in Bolpur, Birbhum. The marathon raid and interrogation lasted for about 13 hours and ended around 10.30 pm. The ED team entered Chandra Nath…

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After Arvind Kejriwal arrest, more action follows suit

Arijit Bose

New Delhi. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has raided the house of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Gulab Singh Yadav this Saturday morning. This is a major action by the Central Investigation Agency after arresting Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. ED officials are present at the house of Gulab Singh Yadav, Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Matiala in the National Capital Region. It is being said that this action is also related to the alleged Delhi Excise (Liquor) Policy scam case. It is noteworthy that ED has arrested Kejriwal in this case…

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