Kolkata: Giving a clarion call to bring a change of power in West Bengal, Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that infiltration in the state will stop completely if the BJP comes to power in 2026. “Bengal is a bordering state and there is state-sponsored infiltration here. Only solution to bring Bengal out … Read more
Kolkata: Former BJP Rajya Sabha MP Roopa Ganguly got bail on Thursday afternoon from a local court in Kolkata, after she was arrested on Thursday morning and taken to Lalbazar Kolkata Police headquarters. Ganguly had staged night-long dharna on Wednesday in the premises of Bansdroni Police Station demanding arrest of the excavator driver and the … Read more
Junior doctors of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital watch the live proceedings of Supreme Court on the rape and murder of a trainee doctor. (PTI) The incident has also revealed a widening fissure within the Trinamool Congress, with national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee withdrawing from routine political activities during probably the toughest turmoil the … Read more
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee’s office on Friday lodged a police complaint against Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim’s officer on special duty (OSD) Kalicharan Bandopadhyay, accusing him of extorting money in the name of Banerjee. According to officials at Banerjee’s office, the complaint was filed at the Shakespeare Sarani Police Station … Read more
Reported By: Madhuparna Das Last Updated: September 11, 2024, 07:00 IST Trinamool Congress MP Jawhar Sircar resigned from his parliamentary post on Sunday. (PTI File) The recent rebellion is not just a political hiccup, but a reflection of growing discontent among the TMC leaders who feel that the party’s priorities have shifted from governance to … Read more
Trinamool Congress MP Jawhar Sircar resigned from his parliamentary post on Sunday. (File Image: PTI) Speaking exclusively to News18, Sircar said that the Mamata government had taken several “wrong administrative decisions” in the rape and murder case and at this juncture, he felt he should leave the party. Trinamool Congress MP Jawhar Sircar on Sunday … Read more
In the last term of the Lok Sabha, given its overwhelming majority, the BJP had control of most of the important standing panels. (PTI) With the Congress having 99 MPs in Lok Sabha and Samajwadi Party standing at 37, both parties have demanded that they should be given appropriate representation in terms of chairs of … Read more
The protest is planned by the Paschim Banga Chhatra Samaj — a 10-day-old students’ body. (PTI) Though the rally is not being held under the banner of any political party, BJP has asked people to participate in huge numbers even as TMC called it an attempt to destabilise the state The RG Kar case, in … Read more
It appears that the Mamata government’s recent decisions have not only backfired but have also set off chain reactions that have jolted the very ground the chief minister stands on. (PTI) The abrupt cancellation of the derby over security issues and in anticipation of chaos puts West Bengal Police in further jeopardy, showing the force … Read more
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon session of Parliament. (PTI) Terming the budget a betrayal, the national general secretary of the Trinamool Congress said the poor, women, Dalits, and Muslims of the country had lost out to coalition politics It was Abhishek Banerjee’s moment to shine in Parliament on … Read more
