‘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.
According to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the capital’s average AQI on Sunday stood at 79, a drop from the previous day’s reading of 105, which fell in the ‘moderate’ range. Ground-level ozone and PM10 were identified as the major pollutants.
While two of the girls have been rescued from Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich and Shravasti, the third was located in Delhi's Dwarka sub-city.
In a move to curb the growing drug abuse in rural parts of the national capital, the Delhi Police South West district and Sakal Panchayat Palam 360 Khap on Saturday organised an anti-drug awareness campaign at the Dada Dev Mandir situated in South West Delhi's Palam village.
Delhi's Irrigation and Flood Control Minister Parvesh Verma on Sunday carried out an extensive inspection of the Yamuna at the Palla area, the crucial point where the river enters the national capital from Haryana.
The incident took place late Saturday night, at around 01.45 am, when the victims, including an 8-year-old girl, were sleeping on the footpath.
