TMC leader Anubrata Mondal being produced before the Dubrajpur court, in Birbhum. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Calcutta High Court on January 4 rejected senior Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal‘s bail plea in an alleged cattle smuggling case Mondal’s counsel Kapil Sibal had claimed that he has been in custody for more than four … Read more
The Trinamool Congress, which had the chair of the Parliamentary Panel on Food and Consumer Affairs, has not been given the chairmanship of any parliamentary committee after the reshuffle The Trinamool Congress, which had the chair of the Parliamentary Panel on Food and Consumer Affairs, has not been given the chairmanship of any parliamentary committee … Read more
Kolkata: A day after Union Panchayat MoS Kapil Moreshwar Patil claimed in Kolkata there was no corruption in MNREGA, taking a u-turn on Friday Patil said he had heard utilization of certificates are issued without completion of work and he will survey physically in several Panchayat areas to find if corruption prevails during his visit … Read more
Kolkata: In a jolt to the saffron camp in West Bengal, BJP MP Arjun Singh on Sunday rejoined the Trinamool Congress, ending weeks of speculation over his possible switchover to the ruling party. Singh was welcomed into the party by TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee at his office in south Kolkata. “Warmly welcoming former … Read more
Democracy in India is a global public good and Indians are the only people who have managed democracy at an unparalleled scale, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday as he participated at an ‘Ideas for India’ conference in London. Gandhi, who is in the UK, also posted pictures on Twitter from the event in … Read more
A day after winning the Asansol parliamentary seat for the TMC by over three lakh votes, Shatrughan Sinha said the party’s “street fighter” supremo Mamata Banerjee will prove to be a “game-changer” in the 2024 General Election. In an interview with PTI, he credited Banerjee, the West Bengal chief minister, with the victory from Asansol, … Read more
After nearly a year’s lull since his whirlwind campaign trail across West Bengal during the 2021 assembly elections, Bollywood star and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty on Saturday again took a plunge into canvassing and appealed to the residents of Asansol to vote for party candidate Agnimitra Paul in the upcoming by-polls to the Lok Sabha … Read more
A fact-finding team of the BJP submitted its report on a recent case of violence in West Bengal‘s Birbhum district, in which nine people were burnt to death, to party president JP Nadda on Wednesday and demanded central intervention for the restoration of law and order in the state. The BJP had constituted the five-member … Read more
Trinamool Congress Rampurhat-1 block president Anarul Hossain was arrested on Thursday in connection with the killings in Bogtui village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, police said. He was arrested from Tarapith in the district within hours of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee directing the police to nab him for not paying attention to local people’s apprehension … Read more
After ‘Khela Hobe’ in the 2021 West Bengal assembly polls, ‘Khamosh‘ has become the new catchphrase in the upcoming bypoll in the state in Asansol, with even the BJP taking up the word from actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha‘s iconic dialogue. BJP candidate Agnimitra Paul in Asansol, who kicked off her campaign on Sunday by offering prayer … Read more