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Kolkata showdown
Supreme Court withdraws interim protection granted to ex-Kolkata top cop Rajeev Kumar, opens door for CBI’s custodial interrogation
Rajeev Kumar is accused of shielding the accused and destroying evidence in the chit fund scam. Mamata Banerjee had sat on a 72-hour long dharna in Kumar's defence in February.
West Bengal: Ex-IPS officer commits suicide, leaves note saying Mamata Banerjee victimised him for 10 years
Citing his alleged harassment and suffering as the reason, Dutt has written, "I decided to take the drastic step to highlight genuine problems faced by honest officers in West Bengal, and other parts of India."
Saradha chit fund scam: Justice L Nageswar Rao recuses himself from hearing CBI’s contempt case against Mamata govt
Justice Rao cited the reason that he had represented the State of West Bengal in a case earlier.
Saradha scam: CBI continue to grill Kolkata Police chief, former TMC MP Kunal Ghosh to be questioned today
Yesterday, Kolkata Police chief was grilled for nine hours by the CBI in the Saradha chit fund scam
Former CBI Interim Director Nageswara Rao says he has no link with the company raided by Kolkata police in revenge against CBI
Rao has called the raids "propaganda" and has issued a statement denying any links with his wife's company Angelina Mercantile Pvt Ltd.
Mamata Banerjee tries to scuttle Freedom of Press, sends notice to Republic over Kolkata showdown coverage
Republic TV's Arnab Goswami has said that he is ready to go to jail
Kolkata drama comes to an end as Mamata Banerjee ends her dharna
Calling the SC judgement a 'moral victory' Mamata decided to end her theatrics today
Mamata Banerjee justifies the crores her paintings fetched by claiming she is an artist, asks whether Modi is jealous of her ‘talent’
West Bengal Chief Minister's legendary paintings have fetched crores.
Smriti Irani hits out at ‘anarchist’ Mamata, expresses shock over Mamata’s ‘moral victory’ comment
Irani said that SC verdict should be more of a cause of concern than celebration for Banerjee.
West Bengal: Congress state unit plans massive protests even as Rahul Gandhi extends support to Mamata
Earlier, state Congress chief had referred to Mamata as a 'chameleon', a 'trojan horse' and a 'dictator'.
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Political History of India
All you need to know about Mohammad Shahabuddin, the dreaded mafia don and once Lalu Yadav’s close aide who made Siwan tremble
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Politics
Bihar Assembly elections: NDA set to return to power as migrant workers may put their weight behind Modi
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News Reports
Do you want courts to conduct proceedings from ‘Chaupals’? Delhi HC raps AAP govt for not giving funds to district courts
Delhi High Court raps AAP government withholding funds needed for recruitment in District Courts, issued Rs. 2.5 crore from its own funds.
Opinions
“Islam is in crisis all over the world” and all the other things the French President said
Earlier this month, the French President Emmanuel Macron took the stage at city hall in the Paris suburb of Les Mureaux to deliver one of the most consequential speeches of his career.
Political History of India
October 22, 1947: The day when Pakistan-backed tribal Lashkars invaded Jammu and Kashmir to plunder, rape and destroy
A two-day national symposium on 'Memories of 22 October 1947' is being organised in Srinagar to create awareness among the Kashmiris about the violence inflicted by Pakistan on their ancestors
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Crime
UK: 37-year-old paedophile named Rehan Baig jailed for raping chickens to death while his wife filmed it
Rhan Baig's wife had also joined him in the videos and at one point he alternated between having sex with his wife and the chickens.
Social Media
‘Comedian’ Agrima Joshua, who calls herself ‘feminist’, passes offensive sexual comments against woman due to political differences
Agrima Joshua had earlier found herself in a controversy after insulting the Shivaji Maharaj memorial during a performance.
News Reports
Remember Sheena Bora case? Param Bir Singh was the IG of Konkan range, the site where her body was dumped
Param Bir Singh knew that Sheena Bora was missing. He had asked Rahul Mukerjea to file a 'missing persons' report. Sheena, however, was never reported as 'missing'.
News Reports
Paris: Two Muslim women stabbed under Eiffel Tower by white women shouting “dirty Arabs”
Two Muslim women were stabbed repeatedly under the Eiffel Tower on Sunday night by two white women who called them "dirty Arabs".
News Reports
Caught on camera: NCP’s Nawab Malik ‘predicts’ Arnab will commit suicide as he will be ‘trapped’ in TRP case
Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik insists that though the BARC letter clears Republic TV's name, the police investigation 'will find evidence' against Arnab.
