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6 BJP MLAs including LoP Suvendu Adhikari suspended over "unruly and disorderly behaviour" for remainder of WB Assembly session

Kolkata, Feb. 12 -- Six Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, and Agnimitra Paul, have been suspended for the remainder of the West Bengal ... Read More


UCB taking steps to offer easy loans to agricultural entrepreneurs

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- United Commercial Bank PLC has been implementing an agro-CSR project called 'Bhoroshar Notun Janala' as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR). In its continuation, a tra... Read More


BJD nominates Debasish Samantaray, Subhasish Khuntia as candidates for RS polls

New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday announced the nominations of two candidates for election to the Rajya Sabha. According to a press release signed by the BJP president and Odi... Read More


Calls for regional action rise as Senegal crisis escalates

Nairobi, Feb. 12 -- Regional bodies - the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) - have come under increasing pressure to take responsibility and deal with the escala... Read More


Bengal guv visits trouble-torn Sandeshkhali; Smriti Irani hits out at Mamata

India, Feb. 12 -- West Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose visited trouble-torn Sandeshkhali in Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Monday and assured local women that their complaints of torture and e... Read More


Assam is planning to bring a robust legislation on polygamy, UCC: CM Sarma

India, Feb. 12 -- Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday stated that his government is planning to bring a robust legislation banning polygamy and implementation of uniform civil code (UCC... Read More


Lakhimpur Kheri violence case: SC extends Ashish Mishra's interim bail till next hearing

New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- The Supreme Court on Monday extended Ashish Mishra's interim bail in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case till the next date of hearing. A bench of justices, Surya ... Read More


"Not right, difficult to implement": Kerala Chief Minister on PM Modi's posters in ration shops

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 12 -- Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the directives of the central government to display Prime Minister Narendra Modi's posters and banners at ration shops a... Read More


Union MoS visits Jammu; Reviews working of J&K Forest Department

Srinagar, Feb. 12 -- Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ashwani Kumar Choubey, who is on a two day tour to the Union... Read More


Ayodhya Ram Mandir: Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann offer prayers along with family

New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann offered prayers at Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on Monday. Both the AAP leaders, their spouses and other fa... Read More