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January 24, 2023

'I request all Indians to support me to repatriate Netaji's remains'

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's daughter Dr Anita Bose Pfaff on Monday requested all Indians to help in repatriating Netaji's last remains from Taiwan.

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Wrestlers protest: Mary Kom to head Oversight Committee for wrestling federation

The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Monday announced that world champion woman boxer and Olympic bronze medallist MCMary Kom will head the government-appointed five-member Oversight Committee to probe into the sexual harassment allegations levelled against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and its chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

1 min

Judges don't face elections or public scrutiny: Law Minister

In the latest, amid the ongoing row between Centre and judiciary over appointment of judges, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said judges do not contest elections or face public scrutiny.

1 min

PM ceremonially names 21 Andaman & Nicobar Islands

PM also unveiled a model of the National Memorial dedicated to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

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Maha Governor Koshyari wants to quit post & retire

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has conveyed his desire to step down from his post and lead a retired life, an official said here.

1 min

Joy as Sikkim girl wins national-level reality show

Nine-year-old Jetshen Dohna Lama has finally won the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Season-9, a reality show aired by Zee TV. She is the first Sikkimese singer to have achieved such a feat in a national-level singing reality show.

1 min

Left intellectuals march in Congress 'Yatra'

The rally, which started from Gangasagar in South 24-Parganas district on 28 December

2 mins

Malda SP office staff accused of duping' man

An employee at the office of the Malda District Superintendent of Police has been accused of taking lakhs of rupees from a man while promising him a constable's post in the police department.

2 mins

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee opens Sufal Bangla hub near Siliguri

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee virtually inaugurated the Sufal Bangla hub at Krisak Bazaar at Salbari near Siliguri today.

1 min

Hill people misled in name of Gorkhaland: Adhir

West Bengal State President of the Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary today said that a section of the people had been misleading the masses in the Hills in the name of a separate state of Gorkhaland, Kamtapur, and Union Territory, but that the Congress wanted development of Darjeeling hills and wanted basic problems of the people solved.

1 min

'Why did Centre abolish Planning Commission?'

Mamata said Netaji’s ideology should be followed in politics

2 mins

1948 classic set to turn heads at car rally

A British-make 1948 two-seater Blue MG TC built in 1948 will surely be a head turner in The Statesman Vintage and Classic Car rally 2023, which will be held at the Eastern Command Stadium on Sunday, 29 January.

2 mins

CM flags off 50 Sufal Bangla vehicles

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee participates in Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s 126th birth anniversary celebrations, in Kolkata on Monday.

2 mins

Teachers' job scam: ED summons to Tapas Mandol

The Enforcement Directorate probing the alleged money laundering link in the teachers’ recruitment scam following arrest of Trinamul Youth leader Kuntal Ghosh, has summoned Tapas Mandol tomorrow at its Nizam Palace office to have a session of quiz face to face with Ghosh.

1 min

Furfura Sharif appeal for peace, communal harmony

It is my appeal to all to keep ay from politics and maintain peace and communal harmony.

1 min

RSS treading Netaji's path for India's wealth creation: RSS chief

RSS event at Shahid Minar Maidan during RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat mass rally on the occasion of the 126th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

1 min

Certificate programme for migrant workers

The pandemic-induced lockdown brought out the ugly side of migrant labourers. Not only do they face exploitation from the contractors, their family members get a raw deal from their employers in case of a mishap.

2 mins

Women dole out clothes among the needy

Women, mostly housewives, teamed up to serve their needy neighbours, hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic in the last couple of years.

1 min

Nabbed IS men planned blasts: STF

Three arrested IS operatives, held from Howrah and Madhya Pradesh recently by the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police, had plans to trigger a blast, STF claimed in the court today.

1 min

After WBBSE, question on 'Azad Kashmir' figures in ABTA test paper also

The ABTA is basically an association of Left leaning school teachers in the state..

1 min

Placements for college students at Bengal Global Trade Expo

In what comes as good news to the students of the state, a trade expo named 'Bengal Global Trade Expo 2023,' organized by Confederation of West Bengal Trade Association (CWBTA), in association with West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation Limited (WBIDC), is to be held from 25 to 29 January.

1 min

Union minister pulls up AP health staff for not using PM's photo or logos of central health schemes

Union minister of state for health and family welfare Dr Bharati Pawar today pulled up Andhra health department officials and threatened them with show cause notices after finding that neither logos of central schemes such as Ayushman Bharatand PM Jan Arogyanor the photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi were on display at Wellness centres.

1 min

K'taka Hijab ban: Supreme Court to consider setting up 3-judge bench

Row erupted in Jan 2022 when Govt PU College allegedly barred 6 girls wearing hijab from entering

2 mins

Erode East bypoll: Congress' Elangovan seeks support of Kamal Haasan, VCK

The DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance candidate for the Erode East bypolls and senior Congress leader, E.V.K.S. Elangovan on Monday thanked chief minister M.K. Stalin for supporting his candidature, and said that he would be seeking support of MNM founder leader and South Indian megastar Kamal Haasan.

1 min

Ahead of K'taka Assembly polls, AAP announces new state office-bearers

After dissolving its Karnataka unit, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday announced its new organisational structure in the poll-bound state with fresh office bearers.

1 min

War over corruption in K'taka: Congstages protest

Ahead of the assembly elections the national parties, the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress, are locked in bitter fights over corruption.

2 mins

CBI court in Jammu'closes' Yasin Malik's right to cross-examine witnesses

A special CBI court on Monday closed and banned JKLF chief Yasin Malik's right to cross-examine a prime witness after he refused to do so through video conferencing.

1 min

Bodies of 3 of the 4 UP youths killed in Nepal plane crash identified

Bodies of three of the four youths from Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district who died in the January 15 plane crash in Pokhra, Nepal, have been identified.

1 min

India 1st country to name islands after soldiers: Shah

The Union home minister called jails a place of pilgrimage of freedom

1 min

States can greatly benefit from UPR

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR), since its inception in 2008, has proved as one of the most satisfying and successful Human Rights Council (HRC) bodies and UN human rights mechanisms.

2 mins

No to plastic

It ought only to be a matter of time before hotels across the world decide to follow the example set by Taiwan in curbing the issue of free toiletries to room guests.

2 mins

Allies in position

The talk in policy circles and the strategic community of late is all about how India's and Japan's respective presidencies of the Group of 20 (G20) and the Group of 7 (G7) blocs respectively have put Asia at the centre of global problem-solving and collaboration for 2023.

2 mins

BUDDHIST MONKS AND POLITICS

It was not against the witnesses' creed to take lawful measures for the uplifting of the nation.

1 min

CALCUTTA'S NEW WATER WORKS

An important step in the matter of solving the problem of the filtered water supply of Calcutta was taken yesterday when Mr. Surendra Nath Mullick, acting Chairman of the Calcutta Corporation, cut the first sod in connection with the construction of the new filter beds at the Pulta Water Works.

1 min

Make in India if you want to sell in India

There were reports that India is currently in talks with Airbus and Boeing to set up assembly lines for their aircraft manufacturing in the country. India is likely to be the third largest aviation market in the next decade, increasing its demands for new passenger aircraft to over 2,000.

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SEARCH FOR TEXTILE FIBRES

While India is proposing still higher tariffs to foster her cotton industry, Lancashire spinners are busying themselves with the encouragement of long staple cotton growing in Queensland, the Sudan, and Brazil, says the Sheffield Telegraph.

1 min

BRAVERY OF SHIP'S ENGINEER

The King, on the recommendation of the President of the Board of Trade, has awarded the Silver Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea to James Christopher Corrigan, Senior Second Engineer of the steamer Adriatic.

1 min

Indian Stocks Start New Week In Green; Sensex, Nifty Up0.5 Pc On Monday

The Indian rupee came down against the US dollar on Monday, crossing the Rs 81 mark vis-a-vis a dollar

1 min

PFC bestowed with Gold Shield

Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC), a Maharatna CPSE and country's leading NBFC in power sector, has been conferred with the prestigious Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) Gold Shield being a winner in the category 'Public Sector Entities of ICAI Awards for Excellence in Financial Reporting for 2021-22.

1 min

RBI extends deadline for locker agreements renewal till Dec 31

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday extended the deadline for renewal of locker agreements between customers and banks till December 31, 2023.

1 min

World shares up, many Asia markets closed for holiday

Shares were higher Monday in Europe and in Asia, where most markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday.

1 min

Bangladesh to hold presidential election by 23 Feb: Poll body

Bangladesh will hold the presidential election by February 23, the country's poll body announced.

1 min

PTI rejects ECP selection of caretaker Punjab CM Naqvi, vows to take battle to streets

The main opposition party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan on Sunday categorically rejected the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decision on the appointment of Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi -- a nominee of the opposition -- as interim chief minister for Punjab, reported Geo News.

1 min

Addressing plunging birthrate top priority for Japan's govt: PM

The leader highlighted that births last year are estimated to have fallen below the 800,000 mark

2 mins

'Germany won't block Poland giving Ukraine tanks'

The German government will not object if Poland decides to send Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, Germany’s top diplomat said Sunday, indicating movement on supplying weapons that Kyiv has described as essential to its ability to fend off an intensified Russian offensive.

1 min

Poland pushes for more tanks for Kyiv, will seek German OK

Amid complaints that Germany is being too slow in helping to thwart Russia's invasion

3 mins

Trial against Hells Angels set to start in Spain

The trial of a former leader of the Hells Angels in Europe is set to start on Monday in Madrid.

1 min

Russia, Estonia expel ambassadors amid 'destroyed' relations

Russia and Estonia on Monday were expelling the ambassadors from each other's countries in a tit-fortat move, saying that their diplomatic missions will be headed by charges d'affaires.

1 min

Gunman in Lunar New Year massacre found dead; motive unclear

Authorities searched for a motive for the gunman who killed 10 people at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club during Lunar New Year celebrations, slayings that sent a wave of fear through Asian American communities and cast a shadow over festivities nationwide.

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Australian Open: Djokovic trounces Alex De Minaur to set up quarterfinal clash with Rublev

Putting his fitness fears to bed, Novak Djokovic breezed past home favourite Alex De Minaur in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open here on Monday.

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