West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose was shown black flags by two student organisations as he arrived at Calcutta University here to attend its foundation day function on Wednesday.As Bose's convoy reached the university gate, students of both ...
25 January 2024 TelegraphNineteen days after officials of the Enforcement Directorate came under attack while attempting to conduct a search operation at Trinamul Congress leader Shahajahan Sheikh’s residence in Sandeshkhali, North 24 Parganas, in connection with the multi-crore state ration distribution ...
25 January 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress is unlikely to join the Rahul Gandhi-led 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' when it enters West Bengal on January 25, a senior party leader said on Wednesday.The Yatra, currently in Assam, is scheduled to enter West Bengal ...
25 January 2024 TelegraphVeteran CPM leader Sujan Chakraborty, a vocal critic of Mamata Banerjee and her party, on Tuesday shared the dais with Trinamul Congress functionaries at a programme organised by the Trinamul-run Englishbazar municipality to celebrate the 127th birth anniversary of ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphThe CBI has summoned lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai to appear before the agency on Thursday in connection with its probe against former Trinamul Congress MP Mahua Moitra in a corruption complaint against her, sources said on Tuesday.Last month, Moitra ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphA sepoy belonging to the Border Guard Bangladesh, a paramilitary force responsible for the security of the neighbouring country’s frontier, was allegedly shot dead by the BSF during the early hours of Tuesday morning.The BSF said the deceased, Mohammed ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphHarsh Vardhan Shringla, who was until recently the chief coordinator of India’s G20 presidency, is creating a major buzz in the region through his impactful interventions that have created jobs for youths, brought in international collaborations and helped raise ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphSenior Bengal administrative officials faced questions over non-compliance with guidelines on the names and the logos of schemes sponsored by the Union government during a meeting held in Delhi on Tuesday to discuss the state's demand to release funds ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphFive police personnel, including the inspector-in-charge of Raghunathpur police station in Purulia district, were injured from brickbats thrown at them on Tuesday when the law enforcers had gone to remove villagers who had been putting up a blockade in ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphThe Debpara tea estate with around 1,000 workers in Jalpaiguri district has been abandoned by the management hours after it failed to transfer wage dues to the labourers’ bank accounts. The workers found that the garden office and ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphA new initiative by the Darjeeling district administration to conduct a survey a month ahead of the eighth edition of the Bengal government’s flagship Duare Sarkar in December last year has started bearing significant results in rural areas of ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphFive police personnel, including the inspector-in-charge of Raghunathpur police station in Purulia district, were injured from brickbats thrown at them on Tuesday when the law enforcers had gone to remove villagers who had been putting up a blockade in ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphThe Debpara tea estate with around 1,000 workers in Jalpaiguri district has been abandoned by the management hours after it failed to transfer wage dues to the labourers’ bank accounts. The workers found that the garden office and ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphA new initiative by the Darjeeling district administration to conduct a survey a month ahead of the eighth edition of the Bengal government’s flagship Duare Sarkar in December last year has started bearing significant results in rural areas of ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphSenior Bengal administrative officials faced questions over non-compliance with guidelines on the names and the logos of schemes sponsored by the Union government during a meeting held in Delhi on Tuesday to discuss the state's demand to release funds ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphHarsh Vardhan Shringla, who was until recently the chief coordinator of India’s G20 presidency, is creating a major buzz in the region through his impactful interventions that have created jobs for youths, brought in international collaborations and helped raise ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphVeteran CPM leader Sujan Chakraborty, a vocal critic of Mamata Banerjee and her party, on Tuesday shared the dais with Trinamul Congress functionaries at a programme organised by the Trinamul-run Englishbazar municipality to celebrate the 127th birth anniversary of ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphThe Centre has asked the Bengal government to send its officials to Delhi to hold a meeting on Tuesday on funds pending under various development projects, including the 100-day job scheme.“It was decided that both the Union government and ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said it's a shame for the nation that even after so many years of the disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, people don't know what happened to the leader nor do ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday expressed hope that appropriate legal measures will be taken in response to the recent incident at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district when three Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials were injured in ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate has challenged before a division bench of the Calcutta High Court a single bench order forming a joint special investigation team of CBI and West Bengal police to probe an attack on ED officials at Sandeshkhali, ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphCalcutta Police had to make a promise of employment and lure a man with a biryani packet in order to convince him to come down from a bridge he had climbed with the intention of committing suicide, an officer ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphSome torn posters and damaged banners of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in north Bengal’s Cooch Behar town on Monday and the subsequent reaction of state Congress leaders the next day indicated serious confusion within the party's rank ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphMamata Banerjee’s Sanhati Yatra or interfaith rally on Monday from Hazra Crossing to Park Circus Maidan, which coincided with the opulent consecration of Ram temple in Ayodhya by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was a picture of inclusiveness as representatives ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphCalcutta Police had to make a promise of employment and lure a man with a biryani packet in order to convince him to come down from a bridge he had climbed with the intention of committing suicide, an officer ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphSome torn posters and damaged banners of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in north Bengal’s Cooch Behar town on Monday and the subsequent reaction of state Congress leaders the next day indicated serious confusion within the party's rank ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate has challenged before a division bench of the Calcutta High Court a single bench order forming a joint special investigation team of CBI and West Bengal police to probe an attack on ED officials at Sandeshkhali, ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday expressed hope that appropriate legal measures will be taken in response to the recent incident at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district when three Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials were injured in ...
24 January 2024 TelegraphLashing out at the CPI-M for “indulging in anti-alliance activities which would end up strengthening the hands of the BJP” in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, for the first time, expressed her disappointment with ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphMamata Banerjee on Monday tried to allay the biggest fear in the minds of the minorities, promising she would not let the saffron ecosystem persecute them, as she addressed a public meeting after an all-faith unity march.“If you think ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphTrinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday urged the people of Bengal to shun religion-based politics and cast their votes on issues like development. "I urge you to go and cast your votes... You may like ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphMamata Banerjee’s Sanhati Yatra or interfaith rally on Monday from Hazra Crossing to Park Circus Maidan, which coincided with the opulent consecration of Ram temple in Ayodhya by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was a picture of inclusiveness as representatives ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphThe BJP state headquarters wore a deserted look on Monday as the leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, took out a rally in the city and most of his party colleagues went to their respective constituencies ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphMamata Banerjee’s INDIA partners from Bengal, the Congress and the CPM, attacked the chief minister and Narendra Modi with equal intensity on Monday, accusing them of competitive polarisation with the aim of rich harvests of political dividends in the ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphLeaders cutting across political lines and ideologies in Bengal reacted in various ways on Monday, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the consecration of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. The Telegraph tracks the activities of various north and south ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphThe Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) is working on a proposal to reduce random parking that causes traffic snarls in the hill towns of Darjeeling and Kurseong, especially during tourist season.The hill administrative body has identified two locations to develop ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphThe Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) is working on a proposal to reduce random parking that causes traffic snarls in the hill towns of Darjeeling and Kurseong, especially during tourist season.The hill administrative body has identified two locations to develop ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphThe Centre has asked the Bengal government to send its officials to Delhi to hold a meeting on Tuesday on funds pending under various development projects, including the 100-day job scheme.“It was decided that both the Union government and ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphLeaders cutting across political lines and ideologies in Bengal reacted in various ways on Monday, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the consecration of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. The Telegraph tracks the activities of various north and south ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphThe BJP state headquarters wore a deserted look on Monday as the leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, took out a rally in the city and most of his party colleagues went to their respective constituencies ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphMamata Banerjee’s INDIA partners from Bengal, the Congress and the CPM, attacked the chief minister and Narendra Modi with equal intensity on Monday, accusing them of competitive polarisation with the aim of rich harvests of political dividends in the ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphTrinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday urged the people of Bengal to shun religion-based politics and cast their votes on issues like development. "I urge you to go and cast your votes... You may like ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphThe Bangladesh Bhavana museum in Santiniketan is likely to reopen for visitors on Poila Baisakh (Bengali New Year) with a new look after the completion of all pending work. The decision was taken in a joint meeting between a ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphRipples, or more appropriately, waves of sentiments for Lord Ram lashed across various pockets of Bengal on the day of consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and Pran Pratishtha ceremony of its deity, Ram Lalla, the infant form ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphMembers of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the students' wing of RSS, worshipped Lord Ram on Jadavpur University campus here on Monday, coinciding with the consecration ceremony of Ram temple in Ayodhya.At the same time, Students Federation of ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphActor turned West Bengal minister Bratya Basu said that a film directed by him may have featured incidents of a real-life gangster of the 1990s during the Left Front rule in the state, but the reference to the relations ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday embarked on a symbolic journey of religious harmony, while leading an all-faith rally that included visits to diverse places of worship, such as a temple, mosque, church, and gurdwara, aligning with ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphIn doubt or not, the street has been Mamata Banerjee’s time tested weapon for all seasons. Whether to guess the mood of the public or build a counter narrative, she has always preferred to be seen walking, and on ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday flayed the BJP for attempting to politicise religion ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, labelling the saffron camp as “anti-women” for “omitting” Goddess Sita from their discourse about Lord Ram.While spearheading ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphTrinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday lashed out at the saffron ecosystem over Monday’s consecration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, albeit without specific mentions, as his party prepared to ensure ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphIndia is in the grip of a religio-political frenzy over the consecration of the Ram temple by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ayodhya on January 22. Although the event is being held under the aegis of a private trust, ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose will flag off a 'Ramayana Yatra' from the Ram Mandir located in the central part of Calcutta, after offering puja there on Monday afternoon to show his respect to the consecration ceremony at ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphRipples, or more appropriately, waves of sentiments for Lord Ram lashed across various pockets of Bengal on the day of consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and Pran Pratishtha ceremony of its deity, Ram Lalla, the infant form ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphMembers of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the students' wing of RSS, worshipped Lord Ram on Jadavpur University campus here on Monday, coinciding with the consecration ceremony of Ram temple in Ayodhya.At the same time, Students Federation of ...
23 January 2024 TelegraphSeveral arrangements, including deployment of 4,000 policemen, have been made to prevent any untoward incident in and around Calcutta during West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee's 'Sampriti Rally' and 35 smaller processions here on Monday, coinciding ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphIndia is in the grip of a religio-political frenzy over the consecration of the Ram temple by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ayodhya on January 22. Although the event is being held under the aegis of a private trust, ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphTrinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday lashed out at the saffron ecosystem over Monday’s consecration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, albeit without specific mentions, as his party prepared to ensure ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphThe Bengal government has instructed all district police heads to ensure that every religious procession on Monday is adequately "covered" with security personnel, senior officials in the home department said.In a recent message to all the district police heads, ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose will flag off a 'Ramayana Yatra' from the Ram Mandir located in the central part of Calcutta, after offering puja there on Monday afternoon to show his respect to the consecration ceremony at ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphThe BJP is preparing to focus on Monday on each of the 42 Lok Sabha seats and the 294 Assembly constituencies in Bengal to engage with the masses as much as possible, utilising the opening of the Ram temple ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphCongress leaders in north Bengal continue to dodge questions if they will invite Trinamul functionaries to Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra that is slated to enter the region on January 25.On Sunday, the Congress launched a campaign in ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphThe Darjeeling Tea industry wants the Centre to include Nepal tea on the list of items to be tested with India and Nepal having started discussions on establishing food laboratories at key trading points between the two countries.Sources said ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphSenior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Sunday accused the Trinamool Congress of attempting to disrupt communal harmony in West Bengal by organising the 'Sampriti Michil' (harmony rally) on the day of the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphThe Bangladesh Bhavana museum in Santiniketan is likely to reopen for visitors on Poila Baisakh (Bengali New Year) with a new look after the completion of all pending work. The decision was taken in a joint meeting between a ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphThe Darjeeling Tea industry wants the Centre to include Nepal tea on the list of items to be tested with India and Nepal having started discussions on establishing food laboratories at key trading points between the two countries.Sources said ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphCongress leaders in north Bengal continue to dodge questions if they will invite Trinamul functionaries to Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra that is slated to enter the region on January 25.On Sunday, the Congress launched a campaign in ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphThe BJP is preparing to focus on Monday on each of the 42 Lok Sabha seats and the 294 Assembly constituencies in Bengal to engage with the masses as much as possible, utilising the opening of the Ram temple ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphThe Bengal government has instructed all district police heads to ensure that every religious procession on Monday is adequately "covered" with security personnel, senior officials in the home department said.In a recent message to all the district police heads, ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphA senior police officer received minor injuries when a temporary arch put up at the Calcutta Police Safe Drive Save Life Half Marathon at the Red Road accidentally fell on him on Sunday morning, an officer said.Additional Commissioner of ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphMonths before the Lok Sabha polls, the TMC and BJP in West Bengal will evaluate their political prowess on Monday, aligning with the Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya, with Mamata Banerjee slated to lead an "all-faith" rally seeking to ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphSenior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Sunday accused the Trinamool Congress of attempting to disrupt communal harmony in West Bengal by organising the 'Sampriti Michil' (harmony rally) on the day of the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphThe ruling Trinamul establishment has planned elaborate political and administrative programmes on January 22, including Mamata Banerjee’s interfaith rally, in a bid to ensure that people in Bengal are aware of other events as well on the day of ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphA senior police officer received minor injuries when a temporary arch put up at the Calcutta Police Safe Drive Save Life Half Marathon at the Red Road accidentally fell on him on Sunday morning, an officer said.Additional Commissioner of ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphPolice on Saturday denied permission to the BJP-backed "Banga Sangeet Utsav", prompting leaders of the saffron camp to accuse the cops of working at the behest of the ruling Trinamul. To give a platform to singers allegedly denied ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphThe ruling Trinamul establishment has planned elaborate political and administrative programmes on January 22, including Mamata Banerjee’s interfaith rally, in a bid to ensure that people in Bengal are aware of other events as well on the day of ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphTwo days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi consecrates the Ram temple in Ayodhya, he invoked a Kazi Nazrul Islam song on Lord Ram. “The people of West Bengal have immense reverence towards Prabhu Shri Ram. Here is the iconic ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphPolice on Saturday denied permission to the BJP-backed "Banga Sangeet Utsav", prompting leaders of the saffron camp to accuse the cops of working at the behest of the ruling Trinamul. To give a platform to singers allegedly denied ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphAhead of the ceremonial inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on Monday, confectioners in several areas of Bengal are racing against time to meet the Sunday deadline for supplying huge quantities of ladoos ordered by the organisations and ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphResidents of Dhupguri celebrated on Saturday as Tamojit Chakraborty, the sub-divisional officer of Jalpaiguri Sadar, assumed office as the first SDO of Dhupguri.Chakraborty, who is posted in Jalpaiguri, was given the additional charge of Dhupguri, a day after the ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphSenior Congress leaders reached Siliguri on Saturday and held a series of meetings with party leaders of north Bengal districts to discuss the Bengal leg of the ongoing Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi. K.C. Venugopal, ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphThe state forest department has initiated the process of providing jobs to a family member each of those who have lost their lives in wild animal attacks.On January 16, Lalo Munda, the wife of Ranjeet Oraon, a tea worker ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphA tussle seems to have broken out in the BJP over the candidature for the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat, with district leaders speaking in multiple voices.While sitting MP Raju Bista has the backing of a sizeable segment of the ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphSeven books written by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee were released at the ongoing International Kolkata Book Fair.With these, Banerjee has a total of 143 books to her credit."I think I will cross the 150 mark in a ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphThe state forest department has initiated the process of providing jobs to a family member each of those who have lost their lives in wild animal attacks.On January 16, Lalo Munda, the wife of Ranjeet Oraon, a tea worker ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphSenior Congress leaders reached Siliguri on Saturday and held a series of meetings with party leaders of north Bengal districts to discuss the Bengal leg of the ongoing Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi. K.C. Venugopal, ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphTwo days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi consecrates the Ram temple in Ayodhya, he invoked a Kazi Nazrul Islam song on Lord Ram. “The people of West Bengal have immense reverence towards Prabhu Shri Ram. Here is the iconic ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphResidents of Dhupguri celebrated on Saturday as Tamojit Chakraborty, the sub-divisional officer of Jalpaiguri Sadar, assumed office as the first SDO of Dhupguri.Chakraborty, who is posted in Jalpaiguri, was given the additional charge of Dhupguri, a day after the ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphAhead of the ceremonial inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on Monday, confectioners in several areas of Bengal are racing against time to meet the Sunday deadline for supplying huge quantities of ladoos ordered by the organisations and ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphThe state government came up with a notification on the jurisdiction of the administrative set-up of the new Dhupguri subdivision on Friday, following which the Trinamul top brass underscored how it met its promises to people. Chief minister and ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress on Saturday said it always responds to the needs and aspirations of the people and carries out developmental work irrespective of its political position in an area.Party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh told reporters here that, unlike the ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphThe Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will take a two-day break next week, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Saturday.Addressing a press conference at Gobindapur in Assam's Lakhimpur district, he said the Yatra will take the break ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphThe TMC on Saturday said its supremo Mamata Banerjee will take the final call on seat sharing with the Congress in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha polls this year and asserted that "unjustified bargaining" cannot be done by ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphTwo days before Narendra Modi’s grand show at Ayodhya for the pran-pratishtha (consecration) of the idol of Ram at the still under construction temple in the Uttar Pradesh town, a documentary film was streamed on a Trinamul linked YouTube ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphBengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar wrote to chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, requesting her to declare a holiday on January 22 to facilitate people's participation in festivities marking the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya."The consecration of ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphMamata Banerjee on Friday asked Trinamul leaders from Murshidabad to go ahead with robust political activities to ensure the party’s victory in all three Lok Sabha seats in the district, including Behrampore, where Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is the Congress ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress on Saturday said it always responds to the needs and aspirations of the people and carries out developmental work irrespective of its political position in an area.Party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh told reporters here that, unlike the ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphThe TMC on Saturday said its supremo Mamata Banerjee will take the final call on seat sharing with the Congress in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha polls this year and asserted that "unjustified bargaining" cannot be done by ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphTwo days before Narendra Modi’s grand show at Ayodhya for the pran-pratishtha (consecration) of the idol of Ram at the still under construction temple in the Uttar Pradesh town, a documentary film was streamed on a Trinamul linked YouTube ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphIgnore Adhir Chowdhury, and stay united to contest and win all 42 seats from Bengal.That was Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee's message to her leaders and workers from Murshidabad district who gathered at a meeting at Banerjee's Kalighat residence ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphThe BJP and the entire saffron ecosystem have lined up a massive outreach of daylong events across Bengal on January 22, the day of the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “From early ...
20 January 2024 Telegraph