Customs dispose illegal contraband of Rs 3 Cr

Customs dispose illegal contraband of Rs 3 Cr

Thursday, 29 February 2024 | Staff Reporter | RAIPUR

The Customs Commissionerate has destroyed 40.86 lakh sticks of cigarettes, cigars and rolling paper valued at Rs. 3.89 crore in Raipur, an official communiqué said on Wednesday. They were disposed of as per prescribed guidelines with the assistance of officers of Central CGST in Raipur and in the presence of independent...

MNREGA wages not paid for two years, claims Mamata

Thursday, 29 February 2024 | Saugar Sengupta | Kolkata

Continuing her diatribe against the BJP Government Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has once again brought deprivation charges against the Centre alleging how New Delhi had withheld lawfully earned wages of 59 lakh people of Bengal who would go to vote in the general elections. She said her Government would...

ECI to deploy CAPF in strife torn Bengal from March 1

Thursday, 29 February 2024 | Saugar Sengupta | Kolkata

As though the Sandeshkhali turmoil was not enough; there is more ‘bad’ news for the Mamata Banerjee Government. The Election Commission of India is sending some advance battalions of central forces to Bengal well before the declaration of the general elections. According to ECI sources 100 companies of Central Armed Police...

Six national parties declare total income of Rs 3,077 core in current fiscal: ADR report

Thursday, 29 February 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

The six national parties have declared a total income of nearly Rs 3,077 crore in the 2022-23 fiscal, with the BJP getting the maximum share of around Rs 2,361 crore. According to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), the ruling BJP’s income constitutes 76.73 per cent of the total income...

Videograph LS voting process, BJP urges EC

Thursday, 29 February 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

The BJP on Wednesday urged the Election Commission to videograph the voting process at all polling stations during the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and set up booths in complexes housing high-rise buildings. In a memorandum, the BJP also urged the poll panel to consider reforming the approval process for political parties’...

BJP led NDA likely to get RS majority in April

Thursday, 29 February 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

The ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is likely to get a majority in the Rajya Sabha in April this year once the remaining six vacancies under the nominated category are filled and those newly elected take oath. According to data available with the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, the BJP, which currently...

Nationwide free genetic testing announced

Thursday, 29 February 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

In a groundbreaking move to tackle rare diseases, India’s ICMR-National Institute for Research in Reproductive and Child Health (ICMR-NIRRCH) on Wednesday announced free genetic testing and counselling services nationwide. The new Genetic Research Centre (GRC) will assess clinically abnormal cases of rare paediatric diseases as well as track origins of undiagnosed...

Law panel may propose simultaneous polls in 2029

Thursday, 29 February 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

The Law Commission is likely to recommend adding a new chapter to the Constitution on ‘one nation, one election’ and holding the gigantic democratic exercise of simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha, State Assemblies and local bodies across the country by mid-2029, sources said on Wednesday.  The Commission, under Justice (retd)...

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