In an exclusive conversation with The Statesman, Bengal Minister of State Kalita Maji strongly refuting the idea that a strong political career can lead to economic wealth.
"Many people were beaten, forced to flee their homes, and had their properties vandalised," Bengal Minister of State Kalita Maji said in an exclusive interview with The Statesman.
West Bengal’s new BJP government has started its innings with promise, generating huge expectations.
The Minister informed that a “comprehensive screening and weeding-out process” is being carried out across all the subdivisions and blocks in Bengal.
A police-officer-turned politician, Asim Arun is currently the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Social Welfare and SC/ST Welfare in the Yogi Adityanath ministry.
India just witnessed its worst aviation disaster in recent times. Shortly after takeoff, Air India Flight 171 crashed into the hostel block of a medical college in the Meghani Nagar neighbourhood of Ahmedabad in Gujarat on June 12.
The country has a failed defence and foreign policy and is floundering here and there like a beggar,'' he said in an interview with The Statesman.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra has been elected the third vice president of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
General Ved Prakash Malik was the Army Chief from 1997 to 2000. He was commissioned into the 3rd Sikh Light Infantry in 1959. He is known for overseeing the planning and execution of Operation Vijay during the Kargil War.
Gopalaswami Parthasarathy, popularly known as G Parthasarathy, is a career Foreign Service Officer, who retired from service in 2000.
