GOVERNMENT

Stormy Mamata battles tempest ahead of Bengal polls

10:40 pm December 17, 2020

Kolkata/New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee was Thursday waging a hardy battle with the Modi government that demanded three of her IPS officers on central deputation against her will, and another with mutinous TMC leaders led by a regional satrap seeking to thwart her bid for a third term in office. As the West Bengal chief minister […]

US wholesale prices up 0.1% in November; food and energy up

8:37 pm December 11, 2020

Washington: US wholesale prices edged up 0.1 per cent in November as the cost of both food and energy were up. The increase in the producer price index, which measures inflation pressures before they reach the consumer, followed bigger gains of 0.3 per cent in October and 0.4 per cent in September, the Labour Department […]

Rahul emphasises power of local languages

Rahul Gandhi attacks govt over farm incomes

3:15 pm December 11, 2020

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked the government, alleging that it wants the income of farmers in the country to be as low as that earned by those in Bihar. The former party chief cited a media report that claimed that an agricultural household in Punjab earns the highest in a year, […]

45-year-old man’s body found in Kolkata flat, police suspect murder

11:30 pm December 10, 2020

Kolkata: The body of a 45-year-old man was found in his flat on Thursday in Kolkata’s Kustia Road area, police said. The body of Jayanta Mukherjee was found lying in a pool of blood in his third floor flat at the government housing complex in the Tiljala police station area, they said. ”There is a […]

Reforms needed for development, says PM

1:57 pm December 7, 2020

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that reforms are needed for development, and said some laws of the past century have become a “burden” in the current times. The government believes in all-round holistic reforms, he stressed after inaugurating the construction of the Agra Metro project via video conferencing. “Reforms are needed for […]