The High Court of Bombay has decided to hear the petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, seeking quashing of the complaint filed against her for allegedly disrespecting the National Anthem during an event, on March 27
Lead Visual Shantanu Mitra: Opposition unity seems to be the last thing in leaders' minds these days. The war of words between Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal and the one between Mamata Banerjee and Nitish Kumar comes with less than 2 years to the next Lok Sabha election.
In a recent development, the Rajasthan government is bringing in a legislation to give the chief minister the power to appoint chancellors for the 28 state-funded universities.
Eight people, including three women and two children, were locked in their homes and burnt alive by a mob on Tuesday at village Bogtui near Rampurhat town. The violence took place after a local Trinamool Congress leader, Bhadu Sheikh was killed in a crude bomb attack while many villagers claim a local rivalry led to the killings.