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
Kolkata: BJP president JP Nadda will have a discussion on the problems of the jute industry with West Bengal party MP Arjun Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday. Singh has been up in arms against the Centre’s policy on jute prices, in the last few weeks, and has raised concerns about rising jute prices. Singh … Read more
Cyclone Asani Live Location, Asani Cyclone Landfall Update Live: According to the latest update by IMD, Deep Depression over coastal Andhra Pradesh remained practically stationary during last 6-7 hours and weakened into a Depression over the same region. It is likely to hover around the same region and weaken further into a Well Marked Low … Read more
Asani will intensify into a ‘severe cyclone’ by Monday, the India Meteorological Department has warned. The cyclone, which has developed over southeast regions of the Bay of Bengal, will reach close to the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh coastline by Tuesday, according to its projected movement track released by the weather bureau. The storm, however, is unlikely to … Read more
In a bid to boost the morale of the BJP workers in West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has promised to visit the state at regular intervals from now onwards, in the run upto the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Shah, who met the saffron party MPs, MLAs and other senior leaders at a close-door … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah was reviving the issue of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) to hide the BJP‘s failure to give credence to its pre-poll promise of implementing it, the CPI(M) claimed on Friday. CPI(M) central committee member Sujan Chakraborty claimed that Shah’s reiteration that CAA will be implemented in West Bengal was … Read more
Kolkata: Ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah‘s visit to West Bengal, at least 15 BJP leaders from North 24 Parganas district’s Barasat, including state committee members, former Mondal President and district committee members, have tendered resignation together on Sunday, amid allegations against District President Tapas Mitra for taking money in lieu of candidature in … Read more
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday submitted a preliminary report to the Calcutta High Court on its probe into last month’s deadly violence at Rampurhat in West Bengal. Also on Thursday, the central agency arrested four people from Mumbai for their alleged involvement in the case. They had allegedly fled Rampurhat after the violence, … Read more
Almost a year after 2021 Bengal assembly polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to visit West Bengal on April 16 and 17. The Union Home Minister is expected to attend a government programme at Indo-Bangladesh border Tin Bigha in Cooch Behar. Following the programme, Shah in all likelihood will meet Bengal BJP state … 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