From his economist mother to politicians and academia -- all hailed Banerjee's achievement.
Lakhs of people were rendered homeless as cyclone Amphan cut a path of destruction through half a dozen districts of West Bengal, including state capital Kolkata, Wednesday night, blowing away shanties, uprooting thousands of trees besides swamping low-lying areas.
This must be the first time in India's history that it has found itself bracketed with countries in a category which political scientists will not rate very highly if only because the group recalls Nazi Germany as one of its most infamous past members, notes Amulya Ganguli.
NPC director Jagdeep Ghai told reporters on Monday, "NPC, in the wake of passage of the civil nuclear liability bill, will set up a corpus of Rs 1,500 crore to provide financial security, from its cash reserve of Rs 12,000 crore (Rs 120 billion).
Decorated lights decked up buildings and earthen lamps dotted houses as people across the country celebrated Diwali.
Dharmendra was fascinated by Gabbar's role, then he said he would like to play Thakur. 'I told him he won't get Hema Malini.' 'He laughed and said okay (to play Veeru).'
The CBI court is hearing the cases of killings of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati and former Dera manager Ranjit Singh.
'Education in New Zealand is quite affordable and matches the best in the world,' says NZ study visa expert Jagdeep Singh.
A British court has sentenced a 23-year-old Indian man to nine years in prison for raping a teenage girl in April last year.
A magnificent display of India's cultural diversity through colourful parades across the length and breadth of the country marked the 71st Republic Day celebrations on Sunday which passed off peacefully, barring in Upper Assam, which was rocked by four explosions within a span of 10 minutes.
Describing the behaviour of the agitating students as "absolutely deplorable", he alleged that the protesters were trying to "disturb peace" at the institute by "instigating the students and seminar organisers to create a stampede-like situation".
The incident took place when the driver, Pardip Saini, 40, was on his way to Pathankot after dropping a passenger in Amritsar via Gurdaspur bypass late on Saturday night.
Muslims across the country have joined the agitation, apprehending that the move could be a precursor to a country-wide NRC.
Special NIA court judge Jagdeep Singh posted the matter for March 14 after a Pakistani woman filed a petition claiming she had some evidence relevant to the case.
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The BJP locked in an intense rivalry with the TMC since general election vented ire against the state government over the episode, whereas the ruling party directed its criticism at the Governor for rushing to the University which it said is expected to provide justice to the university's vice-chancellor, professors, students, who were beaten up during and the after the minister's visit there.
'ADR's success is its ability to remain non-partisan for a very long period, sheer professionalism and tenacity, and that makes it one of the good things to happen to our democracy.'
Best Foods and Wines - drew in Mumbai's connoisseurs for an evening of sampling wines courtesy the new world's youngest producer, earlier this week. \n
BJP tops the list with 27 tainted candidates
A look at Mumbai's famous homes.
The EC had found no merit in the plea.
She and five others were booked for their alleged involvement in the production of pornographic CDs.
Of the 137 candidates having criminal records, 78 candidates are facing serious cases such as murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and rape.
A senior official said that Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje gave the direction in this regard to the home department yesterday following which remarks of the director general of police were sought on Wednesday.
Companies have the power to exercise the pricing options but companies are not exercising pricing options and, therefore, the power is being lost by non-utilisation.\n\n
'Votes-for-notes no longer only means cash and goodies for fence-sitting voters,' points out Sunil Sethi.
Speaker Ram Niwas Goel ordered the arrest of the two visitors, who were later detained by the Delhi police.
They humbled Sri Lanka 8-0 in their last league match and meet Malaysia in the title match.
A deficient rainfall season starts with heavy showers.
Party MLAs, including Madan Lal, Jarnail Singh, were seen lunging at Mishra and dragging him as he raised a poster.
The joint venture will look at long-term, patient investments on solutions that don't lend to an IPO or exit on valuation basis.
Skipper Sardara Singh has been rested for third Asian Champions Trophy. In his absence, Hockey India said, midfielder Manpreet Singh will lead India's 18-member squad for the tournament in Kakamigahara, Japan, from November 2-10.
Total area sown till last Friday was 16.56 mn hectares, up 23%.
Haryana and Punjab remained on high alert with officials warning that violent miscreants will be shot at sight.
The party's steady flow of money from industrialists has all but dried up, leaving a cash crunch so serious that it's been forced to crowd-fund for a candidate.
Around 62 per cent newly-elected legislators have criminal cases against them in Kerala, while 32 per cent in West Bengal face serious charges including murder and crime against women, a report said on Friday.
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