Manas Banerjee, Siddhartha Rai and Nitish Kapoor Kolkata/New Delhi, June 8 (UNI) After Delhi, West Bengal has thrown up its own iteration of a liquor scam. The state's liquor policy was altered in 2017, allegedly at the behest of All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) National General Secretary and then Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee, enabling the state to monopolise liquor distribution.
Shahid K Abbas New Delhi, Jun 8 (UNI) The resignation of Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha member Sukendu Sekhar Roy on Monday has set off intense political speculation in West Bengal, with observers suggesting that the move could reshape equations both within the state and in Parliament.
New Delhi, June 8 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Aizawl Sub-Zonal Office, is conducting searches at four locations along the Mizoram-Myanmar border, the Tripura-Bangladesh border, and in West Bengal in connection with a money laundering case on Monday.
Tehran/ Tel Aviv, Jun 8 (UNI) The Middle East edged closer to a wider regional conflict on Monday as Iran launched missiles at Israel in retaliation for Israeli strikes on Iranian territory, defying diplomatic efforts by US President Donald Trump to contain the crisis. The exchange of attacks has raised fresh concerns that months of fragile diplomacy is in tatters as fresh military confrontation is underway.
Aurangabad, June 8 (UNI) At least three tourists were killed and 20 others injured when a tourist bus collided with a trailer truck near Dev Mor village under the Mufassil police station area in Aurangabad district early this morning.
Thiruvananthapuram, June 8 (UNI) Describing the ocean economy as a transformative opportunity capable of driving Kerala's next phase of development, Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan said the state's vast maritime resources, strategic coastline and port infrastructure can open "infinite possibilities" for a New-Age Kerala.
Thiruvananthapuram, June 8 (UNI) Kerala Health Minister K. Muraleedharan has directed the Food Safety Department to intensify inspections across the state following the detection of Shigella infections in multiple districts, warning that strict preventive measures are necessary to contain the spread of the disease.
Bengaluru, June 8 (UNI) Congress general secretary and Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala on Monday accused the BJP of humiliating former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda by allegedly denying him a Rajya Sabha nomination and choosing state BJP vice-president M Nagaraja instead, while also targeting the Janata Dal (Secular) leadership for continuing its alliance with the saffron party.
Srinagar, June 8 (UNI) A day after BJP's media in-charge in J&K, Sajid Yousuf Shah, alleged that he was denied accommodation at a hotel in Maharashtra' s Aurangabad because of his Kashmiri identity, the ruling National Conference said the "politics of hatred" propagated by the BJP had now "come back to haunt one of its own.".
Imphal, June 8 (UNI) BJP Manipur president Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi on Mondayy filed her nomination papers for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election from Manipur and pledged to champion women's welfare, empowerment, and issues concerning the state's territorial integrity if elected to Parliament.