West Bengal BJP leader Sukanta Majumdar. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court on April 15 agreed to hear arguments on whether BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar defied a specific written order by the West Bengal Police denying him permission to visit violence-hit Sandeshkhali or if his right to free speech as a lawmaker was…
BAHARAMPUR: A group of unidentified youths “stopped” the West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s car in his Lok Sabha constituency Baharampur and shouted “go back” slogan on Saturday. Chowdhury, who is seeking re-election from the constituency, held the Trinamool Congress responsible for this and alleged that it was a practice started by the state’s…
Mamata Banerjee, Bengal Chief Minister (File). Kolkata: The arrest of two key accused in the Rameshwaram Cafe blast case – tracked from Bengaluru to Bengal’s East Midnapore district – has triggered a predictable political slugfest between the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the election. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee,…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress’ newly elected Rajya Sabha member Mamata Bala Thakur, who represents the Matua Sangha (community) in West Bengal, has alleged that RS chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar barred her from taking oath for the Upper House on Wednesday, in the name of the community guru, Harichand Thakur, and asked her to take oath by…
AAP’s Saurabh Bharadwaj meets with TMC leaders during their protest in Delhi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Raising slogans against the BJP, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders ended their 24-hour protest at the Mandir Marg police station here on Tuesday evening, a day after they were detained while staging a dharna outside the Election Commission’s…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress leaders ended their 24-hour protest at the Mandir Marg police station here on Tuesday evening, a day after they were detained for staging a sit-in protest outside the Election Commission‘s office on Monday.The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC has been alleging that central probe agencies have been targeting opposition parties ahead of the…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said violence was the biggest challenge in West Bengal during elections and asked BJP workers in state to visit each and every house to encourage people to vote fearlessly. In a virtual interaction with BJP workers of the state, PM Modi said: “The biggest challenge in West…
West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu has alleged that the Centre has not released the third instalment of the Sarva Shiksha Mission (SSM) for the State. Mr. Basu claimed in a social media post on March 29 that the Centre is yet to send the amount as West Bengal has not signed MoU with the…
New Delhi: Amrita Roy, the erstwhile royal of Bengal’s Krishnagar who will take on Trinamool Congress’s Mahua Moitra, told NDTV today that given the law and order situation in the state, she thought she had a role to play. Citing the recent allegations of land grab and sexual harassment emanating from Sandeshkhali against Trinammol Congress…
BJP MP Dilip Ghosh is contesting Lok Sabha polls from Bardhaman-Durgapur this time Kolkata: Coming out strongly against BJP MP Dilip Ghosh for his remarks on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress has said the former state BJP chief is “venting his frustration” after his party “ousted” him from his current constituency….
