Bengal ration scam case: ED searches houses of ex-minister Jyotipriya Mallick’s aide | Kolkata News

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted search operations at 10 locations across West Bengal, including properties linked to former minister Jyotipriya Mallick’s aide Barik Biswas, in connection with a case related to alleged corruption in ration distribution. Biswas is a rice mill owner allegedly close to Mallick, the former West Bengal food minister arrested by the ED in November 2023. As per sources, ED officials conducted searches at Biswas’s house in Basirhat and apartment in Rajarhat early Tuesday morning. The ED is investigating if there is any connection between…

Both houses of Maharashtra legislature adjourned amid din after oppn boycotts all-party meet on Maratha quota | Mumbai News

Both houses of Maharashtra legislature witnessed uproar on Wednesday over the opposition boycotting the all-party meeting convened earlier by the chief minister on the Maratha reservation issue, leading to adjournment of the legislative assembly and council for the day. The all-party meeting convened on Tuesday evening was boycotted by Maha Vikas Aghadi members accusing the government of not taking them into confidence. In the Lower House, presiding officer Sanjay Shirsat hurriedly conducted the day’s business, including passing supplementary and budgetary demands, an appropriation bill, and a tax-related amendment bill, before…