Pursura MLA Biman Ghosh recently visited New Delhi and met railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and central tourism minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
The Opposition party alleged that the state government is in deep slumber even as the state is plagued with many problems.
At the core of the fraud was the misuse of a government-issued ID (RC 8841), which can only be generated with a Food Officer’s authorisation. Insiders confirmed that biometric authentication was bypassed, enabling the rice to be illicitly withdrawn, repackaged by rice millers, and resold to the government, forming a fraudulent cycle that cost the state crores.
BJP leader and former MLA PC George has been remanded to 14-day judicial custody in connection with a case of hate speech he made during a TV channel debate.
BJP Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Pravin Darekar, who is known to be a confidante of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, said in Mumbai on Friday that not a single MLA will be left in Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, if Aaditya Thackeray begins to monitor the movements of his MPs and MLAs, to prevent them from defecting.
Aam Aadmi Party MLA and its nominee for the assembly elections from Rajinder Nagar constituency, Durgesh Pathak on Saturday presented his report card on the work done during his tenure as MLA.
Nilambur’s Independent MLA PV Anvar, who snapped ties with the CPI-M -led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in September, joined the Trinamool Congress(TMC) led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday.
Kulti MLA Dr Ajoy Poddar had to face go back slogans when he went to the agitation site in Baltaria area regarding land acquisition of eastern dedicated freight corridor project of the Indian Railways.
An FIR has been lodged against twelve persons by a resident of Hill View area under Hirapur Police Station.
Former TMC MLA Prabir Ghosal, who later developed differences with the TMC opted to join the BJP.
