West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The chief minister Suvendu Adhikari-led West Bengal cabinet Monday scrapped the assistance to the groups based on religious categorisation, effective ending the religion based schemes run during the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government.The BJP government has also done away with the exisiting state OBC list in accordance...
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‘Drones launching drones’: How battle to clear sea mines in Hormuz strait may play out
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Energy security first: India says buying Russian oil irrespective of US waiver
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Ravi Mohan made wife Aarti blush, said he was a ‘rugged romantic’ before marriage turned bitter
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TMC leader moves HC, seeks protection days after Bengal CM’s ‘Pushpa’ remark
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‘Son-in-law a drug addict’: Twisha’s father makes big claim, seeks fresh autopsy in dowry death case
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei makes a ‘doomsday’ prediction for software companies
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West Bengal cabinet’s big decisions: Free bus travel for women, ‘Annapurna’ scheme approved
NEW DELHI: The West Bengal cabinet led by chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday decided to discontinue government assistance to groups based on religious categorisation from June, while also approving a new monthly financial assistance scheme for women and free bus travel in state-run buses.This development comes after CM Adhikari held a ‘Janata Darbar’ at...
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Slow consumption is the new cool
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BCCI not under RTI Act’: CIC warns superimposed govt control could disrupt economic structure
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