-Newsclick.in The brake on the release of funds by the Centre, which has found blatant and persistent violation of norms by Nabanna, has queered Mamata Banerjee's pitch. Kolkata: It’s a tough call suddenly for Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal’s chief minister Mamata Banerjee; TMC’s very comfortable majority in the Assembly notwithstanding. Mamata finds herself in an awkward situation after the arrest of two of her trusted aides – Partha Chatterjee and...
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DDA Evicts Hundreds of Slumdwellers for Recreational Park -Neelam Gaur
-Newsclick.in Hundreds of residents of Gyaspur Basti are staying under tarpaulin tents after their houses were demolished. New Delhi: Sitting under a tarpaulin tent at Gyaspur Basti, in Sarai Kale Khan, a visibly worried and disturbed Deepu (16) is continuously trying to call a number. A few yards away under a tree, her equally distressed father, mother and brother are discussing something urgent. The family has been staying under the tent since...
More »Prices of Food Items Rising Unchecked… -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in …while the government continues to remain clueless. By the end of June, wheat and flour prices were on fire with an incredible 10% inflation rate, according to the latest data available with the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI). That means prices were 10% higher than in June last year. Just six months ago, in January, the inflation rate for wheat was 5.1%—uncomfortable but not yet lethal. This devastating rise...
More »Around 12 Crore Persons 60+ Years Old; 85% Not Covered by Pension -Pulkit Sharma |
-Newsclick.in After BJP came to power in 2014, there has been no change in the coverage or amount disbursed under various pension schemes; inflation too not taken into account. New Delhi: There has been no change in the scope and amount of National Pension Schemes since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in 2014. According to the data released by the National Social Assistance Programme of the Ministry of Rural...
More »Rajasthan: Over 4,200 Animals, Mainly Cows, Die of Lumpy Skin Disease
-PTI/ Newsclick.in Over 94,000 cattle infected by virus across 16 districts. Barmer, Jodhpur, Jalore worst hit, say officials. Jaipur: The lumpy skin disease among animals has spread at an alarming speed in Rajasthan where more than 4,000 animals, mainly cows, have died due to it and over 90,000 have been infected. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said the state government is making every effort to prevent the spread of the disease. He...
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