TMC's Firad Hakim resigns as Kolkata mayor amid rebel MLAs' revolt
In yet another blow to TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, senior party leader Firhad Hakim on Friday resigned as the mayor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).
On this Special Report, the focus is on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address at India Energy Week, where he highlighted India's rapid transition from energy security to energy independence. Highlighting the nation's economic potential, Modi stated, 'It has an investment opportunity of $500 billion.' The Prime Minister detailed plans to increase oil and gas investment to $100 billion by the end of the decade and expand exploration to one million square kilometres. He emphasized India's position as the world's second-largest refiner, with goals to reach a capacity of 300 MMTPA. The speech also covered the strategic importance of the Free Trade Agreement with the EFTA, the expansion of the LNG value chain, and a Rs 70,000 crore shipbuilding initiative. Modi invited global stakeholders to 'make in India' and 'innovate in India,' citing a transparent, investor-friendly environment and significant reforms in the hydrocarbon sector.
In yet another blow to TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, senior party leader Firhad Hakim on Friday resigned as the mayor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).
A political crisis is unfolding in West Bengal as twenty-three Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha members of Parliament are in contact with a rebel faction of the party, according to sources.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge filed his Rajya Sabha nomination at the Vidhana Soudha, accompanied by senior party leaders on Friday.
A day after DMK, now the Shiv Sena UBT is unlikely to attend the upcoming INDIA bloc meeting scheduled for June eight in Delhi, according to sources.