In a unique display of devotion towards Argentina's football team, a tea stall owner from Ichapur, Shib Shankar Patra, has painted his entire house in the iconic blue-and-white colours of the reigning World Cup champions. The lifelong Argentina supporter has also decorated his tea stall and
After the Sessions Court at Rouse Avenue issued a notice to Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi in the case over her wrongful inclusion in the 1980-81 electoral rolls, BJP MP Sambit Patra on Tuesday alleged that she had forged her documents back then.
Amid an intense debate in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session over Vande Mataram, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sambit Patra on Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had "exposed the Congress party's betrayal" of the national song during his address in Parliament.
"It is a matter of pride for the country that the song which rose as a spark of the freedom struggle and reduced the entire British empire to ashes is now receiving its due credit. The Congress government had removed the entire portion mentioning Goddess Durga from the song. Congress part
Patra further said that if "someone needs a dictionary to understand Vande Mataram, he isn't a legacy-maker," adding that the song's meaning and emotional resonance were self-evident to generations of freedom fighters.
BJP MP Sambit Patra called the remarks "inappropriate" and "factually incorrect," saying they project India in a poor light at a time when global leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, are visiting the country.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra on Tuesday said the dignity of Parliament was hurt by statements of Rahul Gandhi and MP Renuka Chowdhury after Chowdhury brought a dog to Parliament and likened MPs to "biting" dogs.
Patra explained that Sanchar Saathi allows users to report suspicious calls, fraudulent activities, and malicious links, empowering them to protect themselves. The app utilises IMEI tracking to combat phone duplication and aid in recovering stolen devices.
Odisha Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra said that the initiative was launched after the BJP came to power 17 months ago, aiming to ensure transparency in ration distribution.
BJP leader and Lok Sabha MP Sambit Patra on Saturday criticised recent statements by Maulana Mahmud Madani, chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, and Akhilesh Yadav, calling them "divisive and misleading."
The two accused have been identified as Patras Kumar (alias Kelis), a resident of Punjab, and Saurabh, a resident of Gujarat. Kumar revealed during interrogation that he was going to go abroad to Laos to get training for such scams, while Saurabh had got his training already, according to