SILIGURI: Supporters of the All India Trinamool Congress celebrate the party’s lead in elections to West Bengal’s legislative assembly on Sunday. AFP
NEW DELHI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee landed a two-thirds resounding sweep on Sunday in crucial state polls that saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi snubbed for leading the BJP’s charge in a state that has been a bastion against his divisive politics.
“Bengal has saved India,” Ms Banerjee said as her Trinamool Congress (TMC) arrived at a score of 215 seats in a 294-member assembly. The BJP appeared a distant second with 78 seats as final tallies were awaited.
Letters to the Editor March 17, 2021
March 17, 2021 00:02 IST
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Vaccinate everyone
Given that the novel coronavirus is re-surging in an almost frantic pace, it is essential that every single adult in the four ‘election-due’ States of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and in the Union Territory of Pondicherry be vaccinated on an emergency footing, irrespective of age and co-morbidity. And this includes all polling staff and security personnel as well. It should not be said that electoral democracy India’s celebrated asset is run at the cost of her citizens’ health.
Gopalkrishna Gandhi,
The Left
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The controversy over nominated legislators in Puducherry and the government’s defeat has a long backstory, starting with the Congress’s failure to make the first move
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After the fall: V. Narayanasamy leaving after submitting his resignation to the Lt. Governor on February 22. Right, at a protest meeting to condemn the toppling of his government. | Photo Credit: T. Singaravelou
The controversy over nominated legislators in Puducherry and the government’s defeat has a long backstory, starting with the Congress’s failure to make the first move
It was all over for the Congress-DMK government in Puducherry when the Assembly convened a special session for a confidence vote on Monday. But that was merely the last straw. The story of how Puducherry’s house of cards collapsed has an origin outside of, and a process longer than, the doomed confidence vote in the Assembly.
CM launches KSRTC’s ‘Namma Cargo’ service
February 26, 2021
Bengaluru: In a bid to tide over revenue losses due to drop in commuters amid COVID-19 crisis, three State-run transport corporations KSRTC, NEKRTC and NWKRTC on Friday, formally launched a parcel and cargo service named ‘
Namma Cargo.’
Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa flagged off the ‘Namma Cargo’ service in front of Vidhana Soudha here this morning.
‘Namma Cargo’ will be operated through Strategic Outsourcing Private Ltd., for the next five years in the three transport corporations. While Strategic Outsourcing will provide basic infrastructure, the Transport Corporations will provide space to set up parcel and cargo counters at bus stands and their various other facilities.
Metropolis Healthcare, a leading diagnostic service provider, is set to acquire Chennai-based Dr Ganesan’s Hitech Diagnostic Centre Pvt Ltd for a cash consideration of Rs 511 crore. Metropolis will acquire 100 per cent equity of Dr Ganesan’s Hitech Diagnostic Centre in a cash and stock deal. The entity is a debt free company and will issue up to 495,000 equity shares of face value Rs 2 each on preferential basis, subject to shareholders approval, to the promoter group of Hitech. The cash consideration will be funded through internal accruals and a debt of up to Rs 300 crore. Dr Ganesan, promoter and founder, will be part of the leadership team for the next few years to enable a smooth transition and integration with Metropolis.