A special court on Monday rejected the bail application of tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Elgar Parishad case. The 83-year-old Ranchi resident has been lodged in Taloja Central Jail for the past five months. The NIA had arrested Swamy on October 7 from […]

Firhad Hakim on Monday stepped down as the Chairman of Kolkata Municipal Corporation Kolkata: West Bengal Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Firhad Hakim on Monday stepped down as the Chairman of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. The resignation has come after the Election Commission of India (ECI) has restrained political appointees serving as board administrators of […]