‘Should they be showered with flowers?’: West Bengal Minister defends egg protest against Mahua Moitra
Eggs rained on the glass windows of the roadside party office at Kaliganj in Nadia where Mahua Moitra was seated.
Eggs rained on the glass windows of the roadside party office at Kaliganj in Nadia where Mahua Moitra was seated.
"How can they be in such a state that their MLAs are frightened to get out of their houses fearing getting attacked with eggs?" Samik Bhattacharya questioned.
Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Wednesday interacted with the members of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill 2024, headed by Chairperson PP Chaudhary, during the panel’s study visit to the Delhi Vidhansabha.
"I don't want any other woman going through such an ordeal," RG Kar victim’s mother Ratna Debnath said in an exclusive conversation with The Statesman.
"Preliminary information suggests that the incident may have occurred in the vicinity of an unauthorised naphtha theft point located in the plant vicinity," the company said in an official statement.
The Congress on Monday announced the ‘Pyari Didi Yojana’ under which it vowed to provide Rs 2,500 to every woman per month if the party comes to power in the upcoming Assembly elections in Delhi.
Manual scavenging is one area that is being tackled legislatively, managed executively and supervised judicially to eradicate the practice. However, it is concerning that the deaths of sanitation workers are still happening despite the legal provisions to eradicate manual cleaning of sewage and hazardous waste.
The inclement weather and cold wave conditions gripped the national capital in the early hours of Monday accompanied by a temperature dip and chilly winds.
The national capital continued to experience cold weather on Sunday, with the maximum temperature recorded at 17°C, four notches below the seasonal average.
Inaugurating a world-class Olympic-level shooting range at a government school in Kalkaji on Sunday, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi expressed immense happiness that such a facility is now available in a state school.
