EasternChroniWINDOW TO THE EAST cle WEATHERWATCH BANGLADESHI INDIVIDUALS’ PMC BANK RESOLUTION: RBI TEAM SELECTED FOR FINAL, Max 29°c deposits in Swiss banks rise clears way for Centrum to set taking pitch out of equation: Min 26°c 62% in 2020 P 6 up SFB P 9 Sridhar P 10 Humidity 90% VOL II, ISSUE 255 PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM SILCHAR GUWAHATI KOLKATA PAGES: 10 epaper at: www.easternchronicle.net PRICE `5 SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2021 SPOTLIGHT Rule of land is Governor meets Adhir, keeps supreme, not your Suvendu’s petition seeking policy, Twitter told everyone guessing in Congress AGENCIES Mukul's disqualification AGENCIES Shri Ram Nath Kovind and First Lady Smt Savita Kovind NEW DELHI: Twitter India NEW DELHI: West Bengal Gover- at Rashtrapati Bhawan @rash- officials on Friday deposed AGENCIES March-April assembly polls nor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who is trapatibhvn today at 11.30 am," before a parliamentary on a BJP ticket and bagged the on a visit to the national cap- Dhankhar's office tweeted on panel chaired by Shashi KOLKATA: Leader of the Op- Krishnanagar Uttar seat. ital, has created a buzz in the Thursday morning. Tharoor of the Congress on position in Bengal Assem- Adhikari, a few days ago, Congress circles after meeting Dhankhar, however, main- preventing the misuse of bly Suvendu Adhikari on had met Governor Jagdeep Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury at tained that his visit to the social media. Friday submitted a petition Dhankhar to complain about his residence here. President was a courtesy call. The Parliamentary to Speaker Biman Banerjee Roy. Dhankhar dropped at the Later, Dhankhar met Home Standing Committee on seeking disqualification of Takiing to Twitter, Rajya Chowdhury's residence on Minister Shah. "The Governor of Information and Technology, Mukul Roy's membership in Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta, Thursday evening and later Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. West Bengal, Shri @jdhankhar1 chaired by Tharoor, Pg 5 the House under the anti-de- who had unsuccessfully contest- tweeted: "While in Delhi today tesy visit. met Union Home Minister Shri fection law as he has recently ed the assembly election on a had over a cup of coffee interac- Dhankhar has been at logger- @AmitShah," tweeted the Home crossed over from the BJP to Suvendu Adhikari & Mukul Roy. BJP ticket, said the law demands tion @adhirrcinc Adhir Ranjan heads with West Bengal Chief Minister's office along with a pic- Decision on pending the TMC, a senior leader in the however, said he won't be able to "Therefore, as per law, he that he resign as MLA as he was Chowdhury, leader of the Indian Minister Mamata Banerjee over ture of both Dhankhar and Shah. saffron party said. say anything about the petition should resign. We have request- elected on the BJP symbol. National Congress in the 17th the 'deteriorating' law and order This was the first meeting entrance exams The TMC, in response, insist- for now as he was yet to visit the ed the Speaker to look into the "Last week Mukul Roy Lok Sabha and the Member of situation in the state. between Dhankhar and Shah JEE, NEET soon ed that the opposition leader Assembly. matter," saffron party MLA joined AITC in presence of @ Parliament from Berhampor." Dhankhar also met President after Chief Minister Mamata should request his father and "We have submitted a letter Manoj Tigga said. MamataOfficial. There was no Though the tweet suggested Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday Banerjee retained power in West NEW DELHI: The Ministry of parliamentarian Sisir Adhikari to the Speaker seeking disqual- Earlier this month, Roy ambiguity over his defection. a courtesy visit, the Congress morning, and the details of the Bengal following the Trinamool Education is expected to to lead by example, as he, too, ification of MLA Mukul Roy's rejoined the TMC, of which he Politics will take its course, but circles were left guessing about meeting are not known. Congress' landslide victory in soon decide on conducting switched over to the BJP from membership in the House. He was once the second-in-com- law demands he resign as MLA the nature of the meeting. While "WB Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar the Assembly polls. the two remaining editions the Mamata Banerjee camp had won the election on a BJP mand, following his three-and- elected on BJP symbol. Let him Chowdhury did not respond along with Smt Sudesh Dhankhar's meetings with of the engineering entrance ahead of the assembly polls. ticket, but joined the TMC sub- a-half year-long stint in the BJP. follow his own course of resign- to the messages on the issue, Dhankhar made a courtesy the President and Union Home examination JEE-Mains The speaker, when contacted, sequently. He had contested the ing from Rajya Sabha... Pg 5 sources said that it was a cour- call to President of India Hon'ble Minister... Pg 5 and the medical entrance test NEET in August, ac- cording to officials. Evaluation criteria Tripura BJP: BL "The situation... Pg 5 Dinesh, Scindia, Gandhi likely for Class 10, 12 BJP will also go to Santosh concludes discussion Court dismisses to be inducted in Cabinet exams released court: Dilip Ghosh KOLKATA: The West Bengal AGARTALA: BJP national gen- Christian Michel's AGENCIES Janshakti Party founder Ram Food and Consumer Affairs, and Board on Friday released eral secretary BL Santosh bail pleas Vilas Paswan and BJP's Suresh Agriculture Minister Narendra the evaluation criteria to SHARANANDA DAS issue on Friday, Dilip Ghosh concluded his two-day visit in NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Angadi, there is a vacancy each Singh Tomar also manages the declare the results for class said, “The Chief Minister can Tripura and left for New Delhi NEW DELHI: A Delhi Court Narendra Modi has held two of a Cabinet Minister and a Rural Development. 12 (Higher Secondary) and KOLKATA: The battle between go to court. We are also going on Thursday. He arrived here on Friday dismissed the meetings with the Bharatiya Minister of State. Two ministe- It was earlier reported that class 10 (Madhyamik) stu- two most prominent candi- to court with many issues. on Wednesday for chairing the bail pleas of alleged mid- Janata Party’s top brass and rial posts vacated by representa- the Prime Minister has start- dents. Class 10 students dates, Mamata Banerjee and There have been riots in many organizational meeting of BJP dleman Christian Michel two separate groups of Minis- tives of Shiromani Akali Dal and ed meeting the ministers and will be assessed on basis of Suvendu Adhikari, did not places. The counting agent has in Agartala. in connection with alleged ters within four days, suggest- Shiv Sena after they exited the reviewing their work. Sources a 50:50 formula. While 50% end even after the results been fired. Everyone has the He held a separate meeting AgustaWestland scam re- ing that the countdown to the National Democratic Alliance had said that on the basis of the marks will be awarded on were announced. Mamata Ba- right to seek justice.” with five MLAs in each group lated corruption case filed long-awaited Union Cabinet also need to be filled. review of work, underperform- the basis of marks scored in nerjee moved the high court The BJP MP from Midnapore followed by an overall meeting by the CBI, and the money reshuffle has begun. Due to no Cabinet reshuffle or ing ministers will be dropped class 9 annual exams, the re- challenging the Nandigram said, "Now that she has decid- with all the MLAs in presence of laundering case by the En- This will be the first Cabinet expansion, many ministers are from the Modi Cabinet. maining 50% will be derived mandate alleging fraud in the ed to contest from elsewhere the party’s state president Manik forcement Directorate. reshuffle in the second innings of shouldered with several port- As per the channel, new from class 10 internal assess- count. BJP state president because she knows it's okay.” Saha, chief minister Biplab The judge also took strong the Modi government that began folios. For example, Railways faces might be inducted into the ment marks scored during Dilip Ghosh said that the BJP The BJP will file an election Kumar Deb, Tripura’s organiza- note of the British High on May 30, 2019. Minister Piyush Goyal has Cabinet. Sources also suggest the academic year. (Page 3) would go to court on the same petition in the Supreme Court tional secretary Phanindranath Commission directly com- With the demise of Lok Commerce and Industry, and that the representation... Pg 5 charge. On the Nandigram alleging fraud in the counting Sarma and... Pg 5 municating... Pg 5 FILING OF AFFIDAVITS IN NARADA STING CASE Youth killed in road Third wave to hit India by City remains waterlogged, mishap in Nagaon SC to hear plea of WB more rain forecast CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE October, health experts warn AGENCIES on Wednesday, the Regional Meteorological Department NAGAON: In a tragic road mis- government on June 22 AGENCIES KOLKATA: The city on Friday headquartered here predicted hap, one youth died on the was still severely waterlogged, heavy to very heavy rainfall in spot on National Highway AGENCIES requested the high court not to BENGALURU: A third wave even as the MeT Department the next 48 hours till Sunday, 36 at Kathiatoli area under hear the case on Monday but a of coronavirus infections is forecast more rainfall to follow forcing the police and the admin- Kampur police station in NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court day after the apex court consid- likely to hit India by October, and people splashed through istration to flag yellow alerts for Nagaon district on Friday.