Kolkata: A day after Prime Minister Narendra said a “storm of Sandeshkhali will sweep Bengal” and decimate the ruling party, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met a group of women from Sandeshkhali and accused the BJP of spreading lies about her party. Asserting that Bengal was the safest place for women, Banerjee hit … Read more
Coming down heavily on Trinamool Congress for its “grave sin” in Sandeshkhali, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the “aakrosh (storm) of narishakti” in Sandeshkhali will not be restricted to Sandeshkhali alone but will sweep across West Bengal. Addressing a public rally in Barasat, he slammed Trinamool’s political culture and reluctance to act … Read more
Reported By: Kamalika Sengupta Last Updated: March 06, 2024, 19:12 IST Kolkata [Calcutta], India Former Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh. (PTI photo) West Bengal police hand over TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh to CBI amid political tussle. High Court orders transfer of custody in ED officers attack case West Bengal police handed over TMC leader Shahjahan … Read more
Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who resigned as a judge of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday, said that he would join BJP on Thursday. He claimed that West Bengal’s ruling party Trinamool Congress was “crumbling” and was “on the verge of collapse”. Addressing a press conference here, Gangopadhyay said BJP’s slogan of “zero tolerance towards corruption” was … Read more
Kolkata: Major fissures have developed in the Trinamool Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, with Baranagar MLA Tapas Roy resigning from all the government posts he held as MLA and giving up his security on Monday. He came down heavily on the Trinamool over corruption and the Sandeshkhali issue. Roy’s resignation comes two days … Read more
Amid backlash from Trinamool Congress, Bhojpuri actor-singer Pawan Singh on Sunday announced that he won’t contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from Asansol, a day after BJP named him as its candidate from the constituency. The seat is currently represented by Trinamool Congress’ Shatrughan Sinha. Singh’s X Handle was flooded with his movie posters, tweeted … Read more
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday raised concern about the law & order situation in Bengal and claimed that Trinamool Congress government in Bengal was depriving the poor of benefits of central government schemes for the “sake of politics”. She slammed the Trinamool Congress government for “poor law and order situation” and “corruption” and … Read more
Kolkata: Fresh protests erupted in Bermajur and Jhhupkhali areas of Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Friday morning as an angry mob set fire to properties belonging to Trinamool Congress leader Ajit Maity amid allegations of land grabbing by Sheikh Shahjahan’s brother and Maity in the area. During the unrest, residents barricaded … Read more
Kolkata: The West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC) on Monday moved the Calcutta High Court, challenging an arbitration award to Tata Motors Ltd on account of loss of capital in investments made in the abandoned car manufacturing plant at Singur. The court of Justice Mousumi Bhattacharya, before which applications by WBIDC for a stay on … Read more
West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee is likely to visit Punjab on February 21 amid a buzz about her meeting with AAP leaders, including Delhi and Punjab CMs Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwat Mann, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. This comes as the Trinamool Congress recently announced that it would go … Read more
