Calling an adivasi a vanvasi is biggest slur: Rahul

Badnawar (MP), Mar 6 (UNI) Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi alleged on Wednesday that the Bharatiya Janata Party has begun terming tribes as vanvasi (forest-dwellers) and this constituted the greatest insult to adivasis. Addressing a public meeting here as part of his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the visiting leader averred, “The Sidhi incident reveals the…

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ED sleuths seize over Rs 12 crore property of Shahjahan Sheikh

Kolkata, Mar 6 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs.12.78 crore of arrested Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), official sources said on Wednesday. The attachment happened in relation to the ongoing investigation against Shahjahan Seikh and others on various charges including…

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Former TMC MLA Tapas Roy joins BJP

Kolkata, Mar 6 (UNI) Five-time MLA Tapas Roy, who quit the ruling TMC and his assembly seat on Monday, joined the BJP on Wednesday in the presence of West Bengal party president Sukanta Majundar and opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari. BJP’s National observer for West Bengal Mangal Pandey was also present on the occasion. Roy, who…

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