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
The BJP on Monday launched a sharp attack on West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, alleging that she is known for “genocide of Hindus” and is now allowing her party’s workers to sexually attack women. The strongly worded attack from Union Minister Smriti Irani at a press conference came following allegations by … Read more
Activists of BJP Yuva Morcha stage a protest against TMC workers accused of land grabbing and sexual harassment in Sandeshkhali, in Kolkata on February 10, 2024. (PTI) Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari is headed toward the Sandeshkhali island with other BJP MLAs amid the imposition of prohibitory orders under Section 144. A BJP delegation … Read more
INDIA bloc leaders stayed away from the Ram Temple consecration ceremony at Ayodhya but faith remained on the agenda for many of them on Monday with Rahul Gandhi protesting after he was stopped from visiting a temple in Assam and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee holding an all-faith rally. As BJP leaders went all … Read more
New Delhi: After Congress and Trinamool Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday strongly opposed the idea of “one nation one election” and said it will “damage the idea of parliamentary democracy”. The INDIA bloc party said holding simultaneous elections will give an “unfair advantage” to the party ruling at the union level. “Aam Aadmi … Read more
The BJP’s West Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar has flagged the issue of infiltration and said his party will contest the upcoming general election in the state on the planks of “large-scale corruption” of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) and the performance of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. “Infiltration is the biggest challenge … Read more
