Raipur | 3 months ago
Uproar in Chhattisgarh assembly on botched up eye operations
Raipur, Dec 19 - The issue of an eye operation camp which left 12 people blind in Chhattisgarh rocked the assembly Wednesday with the opposition Congress terming the lapses most grave and staging a walkout over their demand for discussion.The camp was held in the Bagbahera area in Mahasamund district Dec 9-10 and the government has ordered a probe into the incident.According to a minister, one eye ... read more

Thiruvananthapuram | 4 months ago
Chandy puts foot down on tobacco industry
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 13 - Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Thursday informed the state assembly that, barring the tobacco industry, his government has taken steps to support the coir, handloom, cashew and other traditional sectors of industry.Barring the beedi - sector, my government has done a lot for all other traditional industries. Since we have taken an anti-smoking stand, the employment in th ... read more

Kolkata | 4 months ago
Fisticuffs in Bengal assembly: Three MLAs hurt
Kolkata, Dec 11 - Fist-fights broke out in the West Bengal assembly between ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition Left Front members on the issue of chit funds operating in the state, resulting in three legislators being injured and hospitalised and suspension of three others.The Left Front and Congress leaders later met West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan, seeking his intervention as, they sai ... read more

Kolkata | 4 months ago
Left Front leaders meet Bengal governor
Kolkata, Dec 11 - Unable to discuss matters of public importance inside the West Bengal assembly, the opposition Left Front Tuesday met Governor M.K. Narayanan, seeking his intervention.Since we have not been allowed to raise certain issues inside the house, we felt it prudent to inform the same to the governor who is the constitutional head of the state, Leader of Opposition and Communist Party o ... read more

Kolkata | 4 months ago
Congress, BJP hit out at Bengal government after assembly scuffle
Kolkata, Dec 11 - The Congress and the BJP Tuesday hit out at Bengal's Trinamool Congress government after legislators from the ruling party and the opposition Left Front scuffled in the assembly on allowing a discussion on chit funds operating in the state.The Congress alleged that it was a politically sinister motive on the part of the government to assault opposition lawmakers to hide these com ... read more

Kolkata | 4 months ago
Bengal assembly scuffle: Congress seeks governor's help
Kolkata, Dec 11 - Apprehensive of their security after a scuffle in the West Bengal assembly, Congress Legislative Party members led by leader Mohammad Sohrab Tuesday met governor M.K. Narayanan seeking his intervention in the matter.We apprised the governor about what happened inside the house today and gave him a memorandum seeking his intervention in the matter, Sohrab said after meeting Naraya ... read more

Kolkata | 4 months ago
Bengal assembly scuffle: Congress seeks governor's help
Kolkata, Dec 11 - Apprehensive of their security after a scuffle in the West Bengal assembly, Congress Legislative Party members led by leader Mohammad Sohrab Tuesday met governor M.K. Narayanan seeking his intervention in the matter.We apprised the governor about what happened inside the house today and gave him a memorandum seeking his intervention in the matter, Sohrab said after meeting Naraya ... read more

Kolkata | 4 months ago
Three members injured in Bengal assembly scuffle
Kolkata, Dec 11 - The West Bengal assembly Tuesday witnessed unruly scenes as the Left Front and the ruling Trinamool Congress members indulged in fist fighting, resulting in three legislators being injured and hospitalised and three others suspended.The fracas broke out when the Left Front moved an adjournment motion over the state government's alleged failure to curb chit funds in the state.Afte ... read more

Kolkata | 4 months ago
Three members injured in Bengal assembly scuffle
Kolkata, Dec 11 - The West Bengal assembly Tuesday witnessed unruly scenes as the Left Front and the ruling Trinamool Congress members indulged in fist fighting, resulting in three legislators being injured and hospitalised and three others suspended.The fracas broke out when the Left Front moved an adjournment motion over the state government's alleged failure to curb chit funds in the state.Afte ... read more

Kolkata | 4 months ago
Left, Trinamool scuffle in West Bengal assembly
Kolkata, Dec 11 - The West Bengal Assembly Tuesday witnessed unruly scenes as the Left Front and the ruling Trinamool Congress members indulged in fist fighting, resulting in one of the legislators being injured and hospitalised and three others suspended.The fracas broke out when the Left Front moved an adjournment motion over the state government's alleged failure to curb chit funds in the state ... read more