Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 9 (ANI): YouTuber and vlogger Roddur Roy who was arrested by Kolkata Police in Goa on charges of abusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was brought to Kolkata on Wednesday evening on transit remand.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 7 (ANI): Kolkata Police arrested vlogger Roddur Roy from Goa on Tuesday on charges of abusing West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and her nephew and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee during a Facebook Live session, said police officials.

Singapore, April 25 (ANI): Expressing the view that strengthening the supply chain is a new need in today's world, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that both India and Singapore believe in democratic governance and India looks forward to working more closely with Singapore during Singapore's coordinating role in the ASEAN-India dialogue relationship.

New Delhi Mar 21 PTI Selling the family silver has become the mainstay of this government Trinamool Congress MP Santanu Sen said in Rajya Sabha over the proposed disinvestment of LIC and reports about the sale of United India Insurance Opposing any such move Sen accused the government of selling profitable public sector undertakings PSUs and said it would impact crores of customers and employees of the insurance companies They are shouting Bharat Mata Ki Jai and then they are selling each and every ornament of Bharat Mata Sen said during the discussion on two Appropriation Bills in the Upper House of Parliament There are four public sector companies operating in the general insurance sector -- New India Insurance Co National Insurance Company United India Insurance Company and Oriental Insurance Out of four three are suffering losses over the past few years he said adding that in the Monsoon Session of Parliament the government ensured the passage of the General Insurance Business Nationalisation Amendment Bill which allowed privatisation of these public sector insurance companies According to him there are reports that the government will sell United India Insurance which could be followed by privatisation of one or more companies These moves would impact crores of customers and the employees he added The MP said that these assets were undervalued for certain reasons since 1956 when the LIC Act was enacted and added that when a part of these is being offered in the share market there is a big chance of corruption so far as the asset values are concerned It would be shareholders benefit and policy holders loss Sen added He said the central government has sought nearly Rs 5000 crore of capital infusion in the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development and recapitalisation of the public sector general insurance companies We all know that NBFID National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development is a government setup It was set up as a corporate body with an authorised share capital of Rs 1 lakh crore and huge resources are going to be mobilised he said adding that it is still unclear why such an entity was created when in the past such entities have miserably failed Indias problem is the lack of a deep and liquid corporate bond market Unless the country develops a broadly based liquid bond market it is difficult to able to get the pool of domestic savings into infrastructure Sen added He also said prices of products such as kerosene has gone up in last 10 days and the poor are crying Sen a medical professional and a former president of the Indian Medical Association also raised his concerns over the allocation to the health sector in the budget The budgetary allocation in India on health is even much less than some small neighbouring countries Quantum of increase for health allocation for 2022-23 is just 008 per cent he said This is miserable for a sector which is on the cusp of recovery after the pandemic he said Participating in the discussion on the bills DMK MP T K S Elangovan said the government had promised in 2019 to fully implement the M S Swaminathan committee report recommending a minimum support price of 150 per cent of the cost of production of farm produce He also raised the issue of privatisation of LIC and said several defence production units have also been corporatised by the government as they want to sell them This is the ninth budget by this government and there is no growth as promised Everything is on paper only Money is due to states Elangovan said Ayodhya Rami Reddy of the YSRCP said the subsidy on agriculture has gone down and needs to be increased He also asked for an urgent intervention by the government to increase the local production of urea on mission mode John Brittas of the CPIM said that the advance estimates presented in the budget only present a rosy picture and tell nothing about the real growth rates in 2021-22 The informal sector has been blacked out in the budget Data are used only from those firms that employ more than 20 workers Its simply a coverup of the humongous crisis that has gripped the economy he added M Thambidurai of the AIADMK supported the Appropriation Bills and sought more funds for roads and railways in his state Tamil Nadu Vishambhar Prasad Nishad of the SP said jobs for the youth are getting reduced and all infrastructures such as railways and airport are being sold by this government Manoj Kumar Jha of the RJD also raised the issue of shrinking job opportunities and said the middle class is being devastated due to rising inflation If our policies are not able to generate jobs then its not an economic policy but a useless policy he said PTI KRH SMN

New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): Trinamool Congress MP Santanu Sen has submitted a suspension notice under rule 267 in Rajya Sabha on Monday to discuss educational support to Indian students who returned from war-hit Ukraine.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], November 28 (ANI): Trinamool Congress leader and MP Santanu Sen on Sunday alleged that Tripura civic body elections were not conducted in a fair manner, adding that the Bharatiya Janata Party government has totally ruined and spoiled the democratic structure of the country.

New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear a contempt plea of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which claimed that the law and order situation in Tripura is "worsening" by the day, ahead of civic body elections in the state.

Agartala (Tripura) [India], November 22 (ANI): Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Tripura ahead of the civic polls, Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday said there is complete anarchy in the state and people need to choose between the TMC's 'Duare sarkar' model or BJP's 'Duare Gunda' model.

New Delhi [India], November 22 (ANI): A total of 16 Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs including Derek O'Brien, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Santanu Sen and Mala Roy arrived at the party office in Delhi on Monday.