Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay tendered his resignation as a judge of the Calcutta High Court on March 5, announcing his intention to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. He stated, “I will be joining the BJP, possibly on March 7. I am joining the BJP as it is a national party, which is fighting against the corruption of the TMC in Bengal.” Gangopadhyay, who made public his decision to resign and enter politics two days earlier, submitted his resignation letter to President Droupadi Murmu, with copies sent to Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and…
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which took over the probe into the violence in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali following an order by the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday, failed to get the custody of Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh, the key accused. A CBI team, accompanied by CRPF personnel, waited for nearly two hours at the headquarters of the West Bengal CID at Bhawani Bhawan to take custody of Sheikh. Earlier in the day, the high court had ordered the transfer of the probe into the violence in Sandeshkhali from the state police to the CBI. The high court also handed over…
By Nava J Thakuria Expressing utter dismay over the inconsistent city bus service in the virtual capital of northeast India, a forum of nationalist citizens urged Assam government to ensure reliable transportation service covering all important routes till at least 11 pm (if not late night hours), so that the Guwahatians, who are still deprived of local & metro train service, can enjoy their rides with no uncertainties. “When the State government at Dispur recently bought a number of CNG and electricity operated city buses, why the transport department cannot ensure timely service after dusk? The law & order situation…
The BJP has set a target to win 370 seats on its own and over 400 seats for the NDA in the upcoming general elections. While the BJP has been able to get a firm hold of the northern states in the recent past, the party has struggled to do the same in the southern part of the country electorally. Will the BJP be able to find a strong feet in the South, including in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala? Or will the Opposition’s grand alliance ‘I.N.D.I.A’ be able to restrict the saffron party from increasing its…
Twenty-six years after a five-judge Constitution Bench ruled that lawmakers were immune to prosecution for taking bribes to vote or to make speeches in the House, a seven-judge Constitution Bench on Monday overruled the controversial verdict. A seven-judge Constitution Bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud unanimously overruled the majority verdict in the 1998 PV Narasimha Roa case, saying bribery eroded probity in public life. After analysing majority and minority decision of the PV Narsimha Rao judgment, the seven-judge Constitution Bench said, “We disagree and overrule the judgment that parliamentarians can claim immunity… The judgment of the majority in the Narsimha…
ISRO chairman S. Somanath, in a recent interview, revealed that he was diagnosed with cancer on the day Aditya-L1 was launched. Somnath said he was suffering from some health issues in mid-2023 around the time when the Chandrayaan-3 was launched. It was on the day of Aditya-L1 launch that he learnt about a growth in his stomach. He was told that he needed to undergo surgery and chemotherapy. “I conducted a scan in the morning of the day Aditya-L1 was launched. That was when I realised that I had a growth in my stomach. I gained a clue about it…
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris called Sunday for an “immediate cease-fire” in Gaza, in one of the strongest appeals yet from the Biden administration to halt the war. “Given the immense scale of suffering in Gaza, there must be an immediate cease-fire,” Harris said to loud applause at a gathering to commemorate a major civil rights anniversary in Selma, Alabama. The administration has been working with Egypt and Qatar to mediate a six-week pause in the fighting to get the remaining hostages held by Hamas out and to get scaled-up aid into Gaza, where the U.N. has warned that famine…
Nikki Haley has defeated Donald Trump in the Republican primary in Washington DC. This is her first victory over the former president in the 2024 campaign to become the Republican presidential candidate. She lost in South Carolina, her home state. But she is the first woman to win a Republican primary in US history. Mr Trump however has a huge lead over Ms Haley and is likely to face Joe Biden in the November election. The BBC’s US partner CBS reports that Ms Haley will receive all 19 Republican delegates who were up for grabs in Washington DC, giving her 43…
Prime Minister Narendra Modion Sunday presented a Vision India document for 2047, saying planning for a “Viksit Bharat” (Developed India) by then is a priority area, sources told NDTV. At a meeting of the Council of ministers today, he said the plan hinges on empowering citizens and creating a sustainable economy. The 25-year-plan envisages India as a developed nation providing leadership to the world in terms of technology and innovation, sources said. The vision document has been prepared after more than 2,700 meetings across ministries from December 2021 to January 2024. The government has examined 450 recommendations and consulted 15 stakeholders. The…
Farmer leaders Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal on Sunday gave a call to the farmers across the nation to reach Delhi on March 6 for a protest while they also gave a four-hour ‘rail roko’ countrywide call for March 10 in support of their demands. The two farmer leaders asserted that the farmers’ ongoing agitation would be intensified at the existing protest points and would continue till their demands are met. They were speaking in Bathinda district’s Balloh village, the native village of a farmer who died recently during clashes with the Haryana security personnel in Khanauri. The Kisan…