Arrested under false allegations

Mr. Deshmukh said the State government was aware of the leak of information that was important in terms of national security. “We will also take legal advice on this matter, as it is evident that they were privy to the plan related to national security. The State government will take further legal action after discussions with senior police officials,” he said. … [Read more...] about Arrest Arnab, demands Maharashtra Congress

Providing official secret information to a journalist is a 'criminal act' and both the giver and the receiver will have to go to jail, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday referring to the purported WhatsApp chats of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami doing the rounds of social media. … [Read more...] about Providing secret info to scribe ‘criminal act’: Rahul on Arnab chats

TMC has inducted Chhatradhar Mahato,a former leader of Maoist-backed People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA), who had hogged the limelight during the Lalgarh movement in the tribal-dominated Junglemahal area at the fag end of the erstwhile CPI(M)-led Left Front rule in the state. … [Read more...] about Mamata says BJP more dangerous than Maoists

BJP denounces “shoot the traitors slogan” in TMC Kolkata rallyClashes erupted between the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party in Purba Medinipur district on Tuesday, while slogans of “Bengal ke gaddaron ko, goli maaro….” (shoot the traitors of Bengal) were raised from a rally of the TMC in Kolkata. … [Read more...] about Morning digest: India to fly out coronavirus vaccine to neighbours from today; SC panel to meet State govts, farm unions from Jan 21, and more