Considering the important role of VDP volunteers in maintaining security and expediting their remuneration, the Assam Chief Minister directed officials to do away with the ceiling system in giving remuneration to the volunteers.
The water level of the Brahmaputra River has been increasing following torrential rain in many parts of Assam and neighbouring states in the past couple of days.
Reacting to the alleged incident of assault on a minority woman in Cooch Behar, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury slammed the West Bengal government and said that the attacks on women are "unacceptable", adding such incidents are not being witnessed in any part of the country after t
Assam is reeling under severe flooding as torrential rains over the past few days have caused the Brahmaputra River to swell, inundating large parts of the state.
The Delhi High Court is scheduled to pass an order on July 1, 2024, on the maintainability ground of a plea moved by Kejriwal's close aide Bibhav Kumar seeking direction to declare his arrest by Delhi Police as illegal.
Two bike-borne men fired at a car in Dwarka's Dabri area in Delhi, said the police. The fire shot was aimed at a person but the bullets hit the car stranded nearby, the police added.
An attacker who fired a crossbow and wounded a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade has been shot dead in what the Serbian officials described as a "terrorist attack against Serbia", reported Al Jazeera.
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday came down heavily on state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and said that she cannot bully or terrify him and she has no right to do character assassination through lies.