RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 O R people… warrants are being inance Minister Nirmala sent to the participants of FSitharaman on Tuesday said pping the ante, Bengal farmers’ movement in all public sector banks will UChief Minister Mamata Nandigram … industrialists not be privatised and assured Banerjee on Tuesday alleged and Government officials are the interest of all employees of that Union Home Minister being summoned and raided State-owned banks will be pro- Amit Shah was “conspiring to … those who took part in tected in the case of privatisa- kill me, rig the elections and Singur and Nandigram move- tion. Nine bank unions capture Bengal,” by influencing ments are getting notices … observed a two-day strike on the Election Commission of what is happening?” Monday and Tuesday opposing India. Alleging that the Election the Government’s policy to Referring to twin develop- Commission had lost its inde- privatise lenders. ments — the removal of her pendence, Mamata said, “Most “...We have announced a security in-charge Vivek Sahay, respectfully I want to ask the public enterprise policy based a senior IPS officer of the Election Commission as to on which we have identified ADG rank, and an ED notice who is running the those four areas in which we to State Home Secretary HK Commission? … Is Amit Shah said Government presence, Dwiwedi in connection with running the Commission or public sector presence will be the divestment of Government- you running it?... We want a there, and bare minimum pres- owned Mertro Dairy at an free and fair election but why ence is what we have said, in one general insurance compa- “So, to immediately quick- alleged low price — Mamata should Amit Shah guide the that financial institutions are ny in the year 2021-22. ly conclude saying oh every said there was a “conspiracy” EC? Who is Amit Shah to also there. Meaning, even in This would require leg- bank is going to be sold off is being hatched by the Home interfere in the day-to-day financial sector, we will still islative amendments and she not right. And even whether it Minister to eliminate her. work of the Commission?” have the presence of public sec- had proposed to introduce the is a bank or any other privati- “Will the Home Minister tor enterprise...Not all of them amendments in the ongoing sation, I want to take this run the country or hatch con- are going to be privatised,” she Budget session of Parliament opportunity to tell...That the spiracy to kill me, finish the appear before the Central agen- that period is likely to be ques- your rallies you disturb us by P said. itself. At the press conference, interest of the workers, interest Trinamool Congress and cap- cies as witnesses,” Mamata said tioned regarding the reasons using brute force to shut every- Even for those which are the Minister referred to amal- of those who have put in ser- ture Bengal” by influencing in an apparent bid to hammer behind such undervalued thing?” likely to be privatised, gamation of PSBs and said the vices over the decades will the EC, Mamata claimed in an home the point that the per- transfer, sources said. “You don’t allow the press Sitharaman said the country needs many more absolutely be protected. election rally in Bankura, sons concerned had been asked As for Vivek Sahay, the EC to speak. You have shut their Government will ensure that lenders of the size of SBI. Whether it is their salaries, threatening to hold an indefi- to appear only as witnesses and suspended and replaced him by mouths,” and now “you are Suri (WB): The body of a 24- “these privatised institution She further said the whether it is their scale, nite dharna outside the office not otherwise. senior IPS officer Gyanwant controlling the Election year-old booth-level worker of will also continue to function. Government wants financial whether it is the pension, it will of the EC if the way things were The ED sent notices to the Singh days after the Chief Commission and forcing it to BJP was found near a river in After the privatisation, we will institutions to get more liq- all be taken care of,” she said. working did not change. Home Secretary and another Minister received injuries in take certain decisions,” Mamata Birbhum’s Ilambazar area on have to ensure that the staff or uidity and more people to put The four strategic sectors “Today I heard that my senior IAS officer in regard to her leg during an election cam- said warning “if this does not Tuesday prompting the party to the personnel who are there, money into them to make the in which the Government will Home Secretary has been the divestment of Government- paign when the crowds pressed stop I will have no hesitation to lodge complaint with the their every interest will be pro- entities sustainable. continue to have its presence, issued a notice by a Central owned Metro Dairy in 2017 too close against the opened stage a dharna at the EC with Election Commission. tected.” The Government wants though bare minimum, are — agency for appearing as wit- when 47 per cent of the com- doors of her vehicle. my broken leg.” Bapi Ankur’s body was In her Budget Speech on the staff of these financial insti- atomic energy, space and ness, they have also summoned pany’s shares were sold out to Attacking Shah for the Alleging that the people found on the bank of Shal river February 1, Sitharaman had tutions to be able to perform defence; transport and telecom- our Minister Partho Chatterjee a private company for an recent developments, Mamata and politicians of Bengal were at Nadas village and the saffron announced that the their duties, in which they munications; power, petrole- as witness … will these high alleged pittance of 87 crore. said, “What does he (Shah) being harassed by the Home party and his family have Government proposes to take have acquired skill over the um, coal and other minerals; officials and politicians dis- The Home Secretary who think of himself? Just because Minister, she said, “conspiracies alleged that he was strangled to up the privatisation of two decades, and run the banks, the and banking, insurance and charge their electoral duties or was Finance Secretary during you cannot gather crowd in are being hatched to arrest death. PTI public sector banks (PSBs) and Minister added. financial services. Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, Bhiwari in Rajasthan, Faridabad, Jind, Hisar, wenty-two of the world’s 30 Fatehabad, Bandhwari, investment partnership is Tmost polluted cities are in Gurugram, Yamuna Nagar, “thriving” and collaboration he Covid-19 vaccine devel- India, with Delhi being ranked Rohtak and Dharuhera in eers in Britain’s House of on defence and security mean Toped by Oxford University as the most polluted capital city Haryana, and Muzaffarpur in PLords held a debate on the the two countries a “force for and bio-pharmaceutical major globally, a new report said on Bihar. issue of “freedoms of non- good in the world”. AstraZeneca is safe and works Tuesday. As per the report, the top notice posted on the Chinese governmental organisations, “Our approach has always extremely well, UK Prime The report is prepared by most polluted city is Xinjiang Embassy in New Delhi said. academics and other groups in been to raise any concerns Minister Boris Johnson said on Swiss organisation, IQAir, in in China followed by nine The announcement makes India” and called on UK Prime directly with the Indian gov- Tuesday, amid reports that the the form of the “World Air Indian cities. little difference for thousands Minister Boris Johnson to take ernment. We will continue to doses were causing blood clot- Quality Report, 2020’, which Ghaziabad is the second of Indian students besides pro- O up the issues directly with his engage India on the full range related complications. has released globally. most polluted city in the world fessionals working in China Indian counterpart Narendra of human rights matters and In an editorial to coincide The report, however, shows followed by Bulandshahar, and their family members who Modi during his visit to New raise our concerns where we with the launch of a new that Delhi’s air quality Bisrakh Jalalpur, Noida, Greater are stuck in India awaiting P Delhi next month. have them — as we do — “Integrated Review” of the improved by approximately 15 Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow and Beijing to permit their return The “India: Restrictions including at ministerial level,” UK’s foreign policy vision, he per cent from 2019 to 2020. Bhiwari. as there are no Chinese vac- on Freedom” debate in the said Lord Goldsmith. said, “That vaccine is safe and It said that despite the The global cities ranking cines available in India. Upper House of the Parliament “The Prime Minister will works extremely well, and now, improvement, Delhi ranked as report is based on PM2.5 data The Chinese Embassy was called by crossbench peer visit India shortly. That will be only six months later, it is the 10th most polluted city and from 106 countries, which is hina has made it manda- notice did not specify how Lord Richard Harries on an opportunity to discuss a being made in multiple places the top polluted capital city in measured by ground-based Ctory for people coming Indians can access the Chinese- Monday and, as is customary, very wide range of bilateral and from India to the US, as well as the world.