Hardik meets Mamata, says asked to join Trinamool

Kolkata : Gujarat’s firebrand Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Friday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and said he was asked to join her Trinamool Congress. “She openly offered me to join Trinamool Congress,” Patel said after meeting Banerjee at the state Secretariat on Friday evening. Banerjee however, said that she advised him to […]

Gold biscuits seized from former Mizoram legislator’s son

Kolkata :  Sleuths have seized 40 gold biscuits of foreign origin smuggled into India and valued at Rs 2.16 crore in the international market from the son of a former Mizoram lawmaker, a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence statement said on Sunday. The gold biscuits smuggled out of Myanmar and weighing 6.64 kg were found in […]

India has to confront China if necessary: Former army chief

Kolkata:  India not only has to compete with and contain China, but also confront its neighbour if necessary, former Indian Army chief Shankar Roy Chowdhury said here on Sunday. Speaking on India-China relations on the occasion of a book launch, Gen. Roy Chowdhury (retd.) pointed out: “Geography can’t change , and India will have to […]