A Border Security Force (BSF) team posted at the Integrated Check Post (ICP) in Petrapole of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday caught a Bangladeshi smuggler and found an ATM card made of gold on him. BSF ...
22 March 2024 Indian ExpressWritten by Tanya AcherjeeKolkata recorded intermittent rain (5.8 mm) in the last 24 hours, but the weather department on Thursday said the unseasonal rain was unlikely to play spoilsport during the upcoming Holi festival and the IPL match in ...
22 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe death of 10 people following the collapse of an “illegally built” building in Garden Reach area of Kolkata has opened a can of worms for the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) with senior party leader and city Mayor Firhad ...
22 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal government to rehabilitate the people who were displaced owing to the collapse of an unauthorised multi-storey building in the Garden Reach area in the city earlier this week.The court ...
22 March 2024 Indian ExpressDays after removing ‘controversial’ DGP Rajeev Kumar, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday ordered the transfer of district magistrates of Purba Medinipur, Jhargram, Purba Bardhaman, and Birbhum districts in West Bengal ahead of the Lok Sabha elections ...
22 March 2024 Indian ExpressTMC candidate and former India cricketer Yusuf Pathan kick-started his campaign for West Bengal’s Baharampur Lok Sabha seat on Thursday and responded to the “outsider” charge by referring to how Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails from one state but ...
22 March 2024 Indian ExpressAhead of the Lok Sabha polls, search operations by income tax sleuths are underway on Wednesday at the residence of Trinamool Congress leader Swarup Biswas who is the brother of a West Bengal minister, an official said.The raids, which ...
22 March 2024 Indian ExpressCongress state unit chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday said his party would soon be announcing candidates for seven constituencies in West Bengal for the upcoming seven-phase Lok Sabha elections. There are 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state.The ...
22 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe TMC Wednesday called off its 24-hour bandh to protest against the alleged clash between supporters of state minister Udyan Guha and Union Minister Nisith Pramanik in Dinhata subdivision of Cooch Behar district, in view of Ramzan festivities. Pramanik ...
22 March 2024 Indian ExpressTMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday questioned the CBI investigation of the attack on the Enforcement Directorate officials in Sandeshkhali and asked why the agency had not taken into custody Uttam Sardar and Shiba Prasad Hazra, who were ...
21 March 2024 Indian ExpressMarkets and shops were closed in Dinhata in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district on Wednesday and few vehicles were seen plying on the roads as the city observed a 24-hour bandh called by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to protest ...
21 March 2024 Indian ExpressA DAY after an “unauthorised” building collapsed in Garden Reach area, killing 10 persons and leaving several injured, the building promoter was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the case, police said. The police identified the accused as Mohammad ...
21 March 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Governor Dr C V Ananda Bose cautioned the public on Tuesday against inclement weather conditions, such as rain and thunderstorms, over the next few days.In a press release issued by the Raj Bhavan, Governor Bose drew the ...
21 March 2024 Indian ExpressFollowing a week of negotiations, the Congress is close to finalising a seat-sharing pact with the Left Front and the Indian Secular Front (ISF) in West Bengal. But, some differences within the Left have not been ironed out yet.CPI(M) ...
21 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the West Bengal Government to appoint Sanjay Mukherjee as the new state Director General of Police (DGP). The 1989-batch IPS officer’s name was picked from a list of three sent by ...
20 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe city is set to experience thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds moving at a speed of 30-40kmph till Thursday. The sky is expected to remain partly cloudy at least until Wednesday.Kolkata recorded a maximum temperature of 30.3 degrees ...
20 March 2024 Indian ExpressThirty-three hours have passed since the five-storey ‘illegal’ building collapsed in Kolkata’s Garden Reach area and rescue operations are continuing even as one person remains trapped inside the debris, officials said.So far, nine people have been declared dead and ...
20 March 2024 Indian ExpressThose involved in the rescue operation that has been underway for over 18 hours in Azhar Molla Bagan in Garden Reach area after an under-construction building collapsed are battling difficult conditions to save people. Working through the Sunday night ...
20 March 2024 Indian ExpressTHE EASTERN India Motoring Group (EIMG) and the Dalhousie Institute (DI) jointly organised a heritage vehicle display event in Kolkata on Sunday. “This is the second time that the EIMG got together with DI in organising this,” eminent vintage ...
20 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe BJP on Monday filed a complaint with the Election Commission on alleged Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violation against Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim for announcing compensation for those affected by the the Garden Reach house collapse incident.In a ...
19 March 2024 Indian ExpressTMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday urged residents of Balurghat constituency to register their protest against the sitting BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar for stopping central funds to the state.While TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee has been advised by ...
19 March 2024 Indian ExpressHOURS AFTER a five-storey under-construction building collapsed in the congested Garden Reach area of Kolkata, killing at least nine people, rescuers on Monday used gas cutters to reach out to others still feared trapped under the rubble.According to officials, ...
19 March 2024 Indian ExpressForty-eight hours after the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday removed controversial West Bengal police chief Rajeev Kumar. He was removed as commissioner of police in Kolkata ahead of the 2016 ...
19 March 2024 Indian ExpressTMC LEADER Derek O’Brien on Monday filed a complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Election Commission of India (ECI) for alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).In his letter, O’Brien wrote, “It has come to ...
19 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe collapse of illegal under construction building killing seven once again highlighted the growing menace of illegal constructions in Kolkata.While Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Governor C V Ananda Bose make a beeline for the collapsed building site in ...
19 March 2024 Indian ExpressA five-storey under-construction building collapsed in Kolkata’s congested Garden Reach area late Sunday night, following which the police and disaster management personnel evacuated 10 people, even as searches continued for anyone else who may be trapped.The incident took place ...
19 March 2024 Indian ExpressAs campaigning picked up pace after the announcement of the schedule for the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections, the West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday accused the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of attacking its workers and arson in ...
19 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe Left Front on Sunday announced its candidate for Alipurduar parliamentary seat, while maintaining that it still wants to stitch together an alliance for the Lok Sabha elections with parties that are “opposed to the BJP and TMC.”The Left ...
19 March 2024 Indian ExpressWEST BENGAL Governor C V Ananda Bose on Sunday launched ‘Log Sabha’ portal to directly connect with the people during Lok Sabha polls. As part of the new initiative, people can reach out to the Governor on the email ...
18 March 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal will be one of the key battleground states in the coming Lok Sabha polls, with voting set to be held over seven phases. But apart from the parliamentary elections, the state will also hold Assembly bypolls in ...
18 March 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has constituted a team of experts to conduct a study of the lands in Sandeshkhali that were illegally grabbed from villagers and turned into fish farms, and suggest ways to utilise them, an ...
18 March 2024 Indian ExpressIn a unique bid to combat the rising cybercrimes, the Kolkata police have taken to the streets, displaying real-time information and the latest trends in cybercrimes in various areas to grab citizens’ attention.The police are deploying an area-specific campaign, ...
18 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe CBI on Saturday arrested three people, including the brother of suspended TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh, for being allegedly involved in the January 5 attack on an Enforcement Directorate team at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal, officials said.Sheikh Alomgir, who ...
18 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe Howrah Maidan-Esplanade metro section, which passes below the Hooghly river through the country’s first under-water transportation tunnel, carried more than 70,000 passengers on the first day of its operation, an official said on Saturday.Commercial operation on the stretch ...
18 March 2024 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday said the BJP was waiting for leaders “rejected” by the ruling party as the saffron camp didn’t have candidates of its own.Addressing a public meeting at Belda in Paschim ...
18 March 2024 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee is set to miss the first few days of the Lok Sabha poll campaign owing to the head injury sustained on Thursday. The doctors looking after her have advised the Bengal chief minister ...
17 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe 18th Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal will be held in seven phases, across 42 constituencies, from April 19 to June 1. While it will be completed over 44 days this time, the previous Lok Sabha election in ...
17 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe Trinamool Congress (TMC) has filed a complaint with the Election Commission, objecting to the BJP-led Centre’s advertisements boasting about funding allocation to the West Bengal government for different central schemes, which have been a focal point of the ...
17 March 2024 Indian ExpressHaving missed the deadline to procure the targeted 70 lakh ton paddy required for ration distribution in the state, the West Bengal government is now approaching enlisted farmers as part of a special drive to procure the remaining quantity ...
17 March 2024 Indian ExpressNorwester, a strong northwest wind, is likely to hit Kolkata on Saturday and Sunday, putting the city and other South Bengal districts on Orange alert, said India Meteorological Department.Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty wind moving at a speed of ...
17 March 2024 Indian ExpressTwo Trinamool Congress MPs — Arjun Singh and Dibyendu Adhikari — joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday.Singh represents West Bengal’s Barrackpur in the Lok Sabha and Adhikari the Tamluk constituency.They joined the BJP at its headquarters here ...
16 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe country’s first underwater Metro service began commercial operations on Friday from Kolkata’s Howrah Maidan station with hundreds of passengers on board.Chugging at 14 km/hour, the train left at 7 am amid loud cheers while another one started departing ...
16 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe Kolkata police on Friday launched an investigation into the incident where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sustained a ‘major’ injury on her forehead after she slipped and fell at her residence on Thursday. The police have also ...
16 March 2024 Indian ExpressJust ahead of the Left Front announcing its 16 candidates, the Indian Secular Front (ISF) on Thursday said that it would contest eight seats in West Bengal in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, while maintaining that it still wants ...
16 March 2024 Indian ExpressTMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday challenged the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre to publish a white paper with a breakup of the money disbursed by it for West Bengal over the past three years under various welfare ...
16 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe Left Front on Thursday announced candidates for 16 of the total 42 Lok Sabha seats of West Bengal and said that doors are open for “seat adjustment” with the Congress.Notably, of the 16 Left candidates, 14 are fresh ...
16 March 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday suffered a “major” injury on her forehead after slipping at her residence, according to TMC sources. She was rushed to SSKM hospital and was currently under treatment.TMC sources said the party ...
16 March 2024 Indian ExpressBarrackpore MP Arjun Singh is once again jumping ship after the TMC denied him a ticket for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. He said on Thursday that he would join the BJP.“I am joining the BJP. I am going ...
15 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday observed that rallies and protests are an inextricable part of the Bengali culture like their delicacies mishti doi (sweet yoghurt), aloo posto (potato and poppy seed curry) and luchi (fried Indian flat bread).The ...
15 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted raids at multiple locations in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district in connection with a land-grabbing case against suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shahjahan Sheikh.ED sources said that searches are ...
15 March 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met the family members of city-based businessman Bhavya Lakhani, whose body was recovered from underneath a water tank on the outskirts of Kolkata on Tuesday.After interacting with the family members, Banerjee ...
15 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe body of a businessman who had gone missing on Monday was found underneath a water tank on the outskirts of the city, a police officer said on Wednesday. The body of Bhavo Lakhani (44), who lived in Bhowanipore ...
15 March 2024 Indian ExpressSeated in his makeshift shop selling religious books and small earthen idols of revered Matua leaders, Manimoy Majumder (73) on Tuesday appeared to be a “relieved” man.“It was like a black mark on our foreheads for years, but now ...
14 March 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at her brother Babun Banerjee during a press conference and said that she was disowning him, hours after he objected to footballer-turned-politician Prasun Banerjee being re-nominated by the Trinamool ...
14 March 2024 Indian ExpressSuspended Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh contacted 28 people on January 5, the day when Enforcement Directorate officials, who had gone to raid his residence at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district, were attacked by a mob, the CBI ...
14 March 2024 Indian ExpressTwo persons have been arrested for allegedly gangraping a 19-year-old woman inside a stationary car in Kolkata, police said on Tuesday. Police said that on March 11, a case was registered against three persons under IPC section 376 D ...
14 March 2024 Indian ExpressA day after the Centre notified the rules for the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that it lacks clarity and asked the people of the state not to apply ...
13 March 2024 Indian ExpressA day after finding himself out of favours from the TMC top brass for a ticket to contest the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat, disgruntled leader Arjun Singh on Tuesday said he felt “betrayed” and left enough hints for his ...
13 March 2024 Indian ExpressCelebrations erupted in various areas of West Bengal, particularly at Matua community-dominated Thakurnagar in North 24 Parganas district, hours after the Union Ministry of Home Affairs notified the rules for the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which ...
13 March 2024 Indian ExpressEvident in the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) Lok Sabha candidate list for West Bengal is the party’s decision to field strong candidates not only against the BJP, which has emerged as its primary rival, but also in seats where the ...
13 March 2024 Indian ExpressA week after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took over the probe into the January 5 attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in Sandeshkhali, the agency on Monday arrested three persons who are close associates of suspended Trinamool ...
13 March 2024 Indian ExpressIN 2019, Sujata Mondal-Khan had single-handedly canvassed for her then-husband MP Saumitra Khan, the BJP candidate for the Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency, after he was barred by the Calcutta High Court from entering his constituency for allegedly extorting money ...
13 March 2024 Indian ExpressMinutes after the Centre announced a plan to notify the Citizenship Amendment Act rules (CAA), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the Trinamool Congress will hit the streets if there is any discrimination in them. She ...
12 March 2024 Indian ExpressKnown for his explosive batting and ability to win matches single-handedly in his heyday, 42-year-old former India cricketer Yusuf Pathan will look to repeat the same in the political arena and pull off an upset by taking down Congress ...
12 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe CBI on Monday arrested three people, including the head of the Sarberia Agarpara gram panchayat, in connection with the case related to the assault on ED officials in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali in January.Panchayat Pradhan Jiauddin Mollah and two ...
12 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe host of the popular Bengali TV show Didi No. 1, Rachana Banerjee, is debuting in politics as the Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate from the Hooghly Lok Sabha seat.She has been pitted against former actor and sitting BJP MP ...
12 March 2024 Indian ExpressENDING SPECULATION about a possible tie-up with Congress as part of the larger opposition bloc INDIA to take on the BJP, Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee Sunday fielded party candidates in all 42 Lok Sabha seats in ...
12 March 2024 Indian ExpressHours after the Trinamool Congress announces the candidature of state minister Partha Bhowmick from Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency, sitting MP Arjun Singh hit out at the ruling party Sunday and said it was a “breach of trust” but he ...
12 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe BJP held a public meeting at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Sunday and criticised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for not visiting the area that has witnessed unrest over allegations of land grabbing and sexual ...
11 March 2024 Indian ExpressIn a significant move, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal has declared Ram Navami, which falls on April 17 this year, as a public holiday just ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. This is ...
11 March 2024 Indian ExpressFormer cricketer Yusuf Pathan, and Bengali tele star Rachana Banerjee who hosts the popular show ‘Didi No 1’, where Mamata Banerjee recently participated, are among the new names in the TMC Lok Sabha list announced at a mega rally ...
11 March 2024 Indian ExpressFollowing a series of high-profile exits from both the TMC and the BJP, all eyes are now on the ruling party’s ‘Jana Garjan Sabha’ on Sunday where the Trinamool is likely to announce its list of nominees from West ...
11 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal government on Saturday transferred Biswajit Shanpui, the officer-in-charge of Sandeshkhali police station, amid the ongoing furore over allegations of sexual abuse and land grabbing against local TMC leaders.Gopal Sarkar, who previously served as OC in the ...
10 March 2024 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed on the development of north Bengal and asserted that the Centre is nearing a solution for its “Gorkha brothers and sisters”. The door to oust the anti-people TMC from Bengal begins with ...
10 March 2024 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress (TMC) Chief Mamata Banerjee might declare the list of party candidates for Lok Sabha polls from a mega rally at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on Sunday.Party insiders said the West Bengal CM is expected to ...
10 March 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s frequent visits to the state for poll campaigns, suggesting that if he was confident about BJP’s growing support, such repeated trips wouldn’t be ...
10 March 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal BJP MP Kunar Hembram has quit the party ahead of Lok Sabha polls, citing personal reasons. Hembram is the MP from Jhargram and the development comes days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold a ...
10 March 2024 Indian ExpressDAYS AFTER an 18-year-old woman filed a police complaint alleging that five persons – including a minor – gangraped her in Kolkata, an Alipore court on Friday sent four of the accused to police custody till March 18. The ...
9 March 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Power Minister Aroop Biswas on Friday inaugurated two power sub-stations operated by women.They are the West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company’s Salt Lake 132 KV Gas Insulated sub-station and the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company’s Elita ...
9 March 2024 Indian ExpressPRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi will visit northern West Bengal on Saturday, which will be his third trip to the state this month. During the visit, the PM will unveil infrastructure projects worth more than Rs 4,500 crore in Siliguri, ...
9 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday morning started conducting searches at multiple locations in Kolkata and its neighbouring areas in connection with its probe into the teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal, officials said.A five-member ED team was conducting ...
9 March 2024 Indian ExpressA division bench of Calcutta High Court Thursday allowed 80 women from Sandeshkhali to share their grievances by filing applications/affidavits through a woman advocate. The order was issued by a division bench led by Calcutta High Court Chief Justice ...
9 March 2024 Indian ExpressCBI sleuths on Friday searched the residence and office of suspended TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh in Sandeshkhali in connection with its probe into an attack on an ED team in the area, officials said.The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ...
9 March 2024 Indian ExpressOfficials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have been going door-to-door in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali looking for supporters of Trinamool Congress (TMC) strongman Sheikh Shahjahan and those accused in connection with the January 5 assault of ED officials ...
9 March 2024 Indian ExpressTHE USE of more electric vehicles could help in combating the “bad air quality” in Kolkata, Dr Andrew Fleming, British Deputy High Commissioner, East and Northeast India, said here on Friday.“As much as I love being here in Kolkata, ...
9 March 2024 Indian ExpressWith the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing Shahjahan Sheikh’s call detail records in connection with the attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in Sandeshkhali, TMC MLA Sukumar Mahato Friday said that he had spoken to the TMC strongman ...
9 March 2024 Indian ExpressA day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took custody of TMC leader and strongman Shahjahan Sheikh, the probe agency interrogated him for hours at its Salt Lake office on Thursday. Officials said the CBI will also be ...
9 March 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal BJP MLA Mukut Mani Adhikari Thursday joined the TMC during Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s rally, saying that the people of his constituency “have been deprived” in the last five years.Hailing from the Matua community, Adhikari was elected ...
9 March 2024 Indian ExpressCrossing 30 degree Celsius on Thursday, daytime temperature in Kolkata is expected to increase over the next few days, weather department officials said.On Thursday, humidity crossed 91 per cent and the city’s sky remained generally cloudy.According to the Met ...
8 March 2024 Indian ExpressHitting out at former Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who joined BJP within two days of resigning from the judicial post, TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that she would ensure his ...
8 March 2024 Indian ExpressA day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the ruling TMC of “unleashing a reign of terror” on women and said that what happened in Sandeshkhali would be felt across the state, West Bengal Chief Minister on Thursday hit ...
8 March 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal BJP MLA Mukut Mani Adhikari on Thursday joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) during Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s rally on the eve of Women’s Day, saying that the people of his constituency “have been deprived” in the last ...
8 March 2024 Indian ExpressA day after getting former TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan in their custody, CBI officials visited Shahjahan’s office, home, and a market named after him in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali on Thursday. The officials were accompanied by a sizable number of ...
8 March 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday slammed the BJP and claimed the Opposition party was spreading fake news on the Sandeshkhali issue.Leading a women’s rally at Dorina crossing in Kolkata on the eve of International Women’s Day, ...
8 March 2024 Indian ExpressFor 37-year-old Rupa Chowdhury and 50-year-old Snigdha Das, the road to becoming app-based woman motorbike drivers ferrying men, women, and teenagers to their destination was not by choice but by circumstances.“I embarked on this path nearly six years ago ...
8 March 2024 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced a remuneration hike of Rs 750 per month for ASHA and anganwadi workers in the state.The announcement was made by the chief minister through a video message on Facebook. “It is with ...
8 March 2024 Indian ExpressDays after tendering his resignation as Calcutta High Court judge, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay (retd) on Thursday joined the BJP in Kolkata. The former high court judge, who had several run-ins with the TMC government for almost two years now ...
8 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe BJP on Tuesday dubbed it as a matter of “great shame” that the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal was opposing the Calcutta High Court order to hand over the custody of suspended TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh to ...
7 March 2024 Indian ExpressFrom a market named after him to hundreds of bighas of fisheries to brick kilns and guesthouses – Trinamool Congress strongman Shahjahan Sheikh’s empire touched almost every corner of West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, even as his influence extended beyond the ...
7 March 2024 Indian ExpressTo woo women voters before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday increased the remuneration of Asha and anganwadi workers by Rs 750 per month.The announcement came just before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ...
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