Ali goes to jail for a pair of sports shoes and Rs 500
Kolkata, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) A pair of sports shoes and Rs 500 in cash was all that it took to turn a youth from a village near the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal into a…
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Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port plans riverine movement of cargo to and from Nepal
Kolkata, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SMP), Kolkata is working on a plan to send Nepal-bound cargo up the River Ganges to Sahibganj from where road transport can be used till Biratnagar, Nepal….
Bengal govt rations beer supply to retail liquor outlets
Kolkata, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) There is bad news for beer lovers in West Bengal, and that too at a time when demand for the mild alcoholic beverage is on the rise because of the scorching…
Modi inaugurates Prime Ministers’ museum, buys first ticket
New Delhi, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday dedicated to the nation “Pradhanmantri Sanghralaya” (Prime Ministers’ museum) which will provide information regarding all the previous prime ministers of the country and their…
Fresh tussle between Bengal Guv, Speaker over law & order
Kolkata, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ambedkar birth anniversary celebrations within the West Bengal Assembly premises on Thursday turned into a venue for a verbal spat between Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and Speaker Biman Banerjee. The Governor, who…
IMD says SouthWest Monsoon to be normal
New Delhi, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday announced that the SouthWest Monsoon rainfall over the country as a whole is most likely to be normal; quantitatively it is likely to be…
Jallianwala Bagh memorial vigil in Canada
Vancouver, April 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Asians came together to pay tributes to those who laid down their lives during a peaceful protest against the British occupation of India in 1919, at the annual commemorative event…
Amid opposition, K’taka govt permits recital of Quran at temple fair
Hassan (Karnataka), April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid the ongoing unrest over incidents of communal polarisation in the state, the BJP government in Karnataka on Wednesday permitted continuation of an age-old ritual of reciting verses from the…
Telangana: VROs, VRAs asked to ‘attend work’ when collector plays tennis!
Hyderabad, April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) A district collector in Telangana has landed in a row by reportedly asking his subordinate officials to assist him when he goes to practice lawn tennis every evening. Village Revenue Officers…
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind demands govts to curb anti-Muslim ‘mischief’
New Delhi, April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) After the recent communal violence witnessed in some parts of the country over Ram Navami processions, the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) on Wednesday demanded the Centre and the state governments to…
‘Show already telecast’: SC declines to stop streaming of ‘LockUpp’
New Delhi, April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to entertain a plea seeking directions to Alt Balaji and its agents to restrain from exhibiting and publishing reality show “Lock Upp” on OTT…
WBSSC scam: 4-week relief for Bengal Minister from appearing before CBI
Kolkata, April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court granted a four-week breather to state Minister Partha Chatterjee from appearing before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which is probing the recruitment…
‘Vikrant’ funds case: Bombay HC grants anticipatory bail to BJP’s Kirit Somaiya
Mumbai, April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Spelling relief, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted interim protection against arrest to Bharatiya Janata Party activist and ex-MP Kirit Somaiya, accused of allegedly siphoning off Rs 57 crore collected…
WBSSC scam: 4 week relief for Bengal Minister from CBI grilling
Kolkata, April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) State Minister Partha Chatterjee heaved a temporary sigh of relief on Wednesday afternoon, as a division bench of the Calcutta High Court offered a four-week breather to him from appearing for…
FIR against K’taka Minister for abetment to suicide
Udupi (Karnataka), April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Karnataka Police have booked a case under IPC Sections 34 and 306 against K.S. Eshwarappa, the Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj in connection with the suicide case…
With Assembly bypolls near, rival Kerala fronts get into top gear
Kochi, April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The date for the bypoll to the Thrikakara Assembly constituency in Kerala’s Ernakulam district is yet to be announced by the Election Commission, but all the parties have started making the…
Hanskhali rape-murder: BJP’s fact-finding team to visit Bengal
New Delhi, April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The BJP has constituted a five-member fact-finding committee to probe the rape and murder case of a minor girl in West Bengal’s Hanskhali. In a statement, BJP national General Secretary…
Former Air Chief commends rescue ops in Jharkhand’s Deoghar
Kolkata, April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) “A very successful operation that highlights the capabilities of our security forces”, is how Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, former Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force (IAF), chose to…
J&K Delimitation Commission likely to submit report by April end
New Delhi, April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission is likely to submit its report to the government by the end of April, sources have said. As per the sources, once the commission…
Elon Musk tells US regulator he reserves right to whack Twitter bird anytime
By Nikhila Natarajan New York, April 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Though denying himself a board seat at Twitter, Elon Musk, the worlds richest man, has told the US securities regulator that he can revisit any of his…