Congress MP apologises for slapping bank manager

October 4th, 2009 SILIGURI - Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Sunday apologised to the people of this northern West Bengal town as her party had failed to form the board in alliance with its partner Congress in the Siliguri Municipal Corporation. "I am extremely sorry and I apologise to all of you as we failed to form the civic board in the Siliguri Municipal Corporation.

September 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has apologized for his recent comment that he was prepared to travel in the "cattle class out of solidarity with all our holy cows". "It's a silly expression but means no disrespect to economy travellers, only to airlines for herding us in like cattle.

July 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday said Congress president Sonia Gandhi should apologise for Uttar Pradesh party chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi's derogatory remarks against Chief Minister Mayawati. Merely the Uttar Pradesh Congress chief's apology will not do.

July 1st, 2009 HYDERABAD/DELHI - Andhra Pradesh Congress MP Manda Jagannatham, who sparked off a controversy by slapping a bank manager, Wednesday expressed regret over the incident. The Congress called the MP's behaviour "unfortunate".

July 1st, 2009 HYDERABAD - The alleged slapping of a bank manager by Congress MP Manda Jagannatham has snowballed into a major row with bank employees in Andhra Pradesh taking to the streets demanding action against the politician even as he defended his action and refused to apologise. Jagannatham, who represents Nagarkurnool Lok Sabha constituency, slapped Andhra Pradesh Grameen Vikas Bank (APGVB) manager Ravinder Reddy for allegedly not having released loans to beneficiaries of government schemes who belong to Scheduled Castes (SC) and Schedule Tribes (ST) in the last six months.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily has condemned the slapping of a bank manager by the Congress MP M Jagannath, and said it is unfortunate and no MP should indulge in such kind of act. M Jagannath representing Nagarkurnool constituency of Andhra Pradesh in Lok Sabha, caught on camera slapping the manager of rural bank in Uppunu-tala in the limits of his constituency.

June 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Cathay Pacific Airways, which cancelled its New Delhi-Hong Kong flight Monday night minutes before the scheduled take-off, Tuesday apologised for the "inconvenience" caused to nearly 220 passengers. "We do sincerely apologise for all the inconvenience caused to our passengers," Tom Wright, general manager (India, Middle East, Africa and Pakistan) of the Hong Kong-based airline, said in a statement.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - P A Sangma, leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), apologised to Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi for having raised the issue of Gandhi's foreign origin, over five years ago. Admitting that it was his fault, Sangma said that the issue he had raised has now been resolved.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Lok Sabha speaker Purno A. Sangma Friday said he had apologised to Congress president Sonia Gandhi for raising the issue of her foreign origin a decade ago.

May 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 20-year-old man has duped many people and a private bank that had fired him due to the global economic downturn, police said Saturday, adding that he has been arrested along with his accomplice. Vishal Aggarwal, a resident of Faridabad in Haryana and wanted in many cheating cases, and his friend Ravinder Kumar, also 20, were arrested Friday from Ambedkar Nagar in south Delhi, police said.

April 21st, 2009 LUCKNOW - Hindus will avenge slapping of the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi while exercising their franchise, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) president Ashok Singhal said Tuesday. 'Hindus will revenge the injustice of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati against Varun while casting their votes during the Lok Sabha polls,' Singhal told reporters here.

April 18th, 2009 BHOPAL - Ranjana Baghel, Madhya Pradesh's minister of state for women and child development and social justice, has been booked for allegedly slapping a tribal woman and issuing threats after the victim reportedly questioned her about non-fulfilment of promises regarding development and farm loan waivers, police said Saturday. Baghel allegedly slapped Ganga Bai Friday evening while campaigning for her husband, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha candidate Mukam Singh Kirade, in village Palasi of Dhar district, 250 km from here.

April 4th, 2009 RAIPUR - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi's detention under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) for his hate speeches was unjustified, veteran Congress leader V.C. Shukla said Saturday.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation Thursday arrested a branch manager of a bank here for accepting a bribe of Rs.150,000, an official statement said. 'The accused, Rajender Gupta, branch manager of Bank of Baroda at Janakpuri district centre here, demanded an illegal gratification of Rs 250,000 from the complainant, a civil contractor,' the statement said.

December 25th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The general manager of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has joined the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) Bank Security and Frauds Cell (BS&FC) for strengthening the agency's investigations into economic offences. 'General Manager of RBI J.L.