A 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 ...
7 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted leave to the ED to file a contempt petition against the West Bengal government over the state police not handing over custody of suspended TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh to the CBI, despite ...
7 March 2024 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit out at the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for unleashing “a reign of terror” on women in West Bengal and said that the ripples of the Sandeshkhali issue will be felt across the state. ...
7 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday got the custody of Sandeshkhali ED official attack case accused Shahjahan Sheikh, hours after a fresh directive by the Calcutta High Court earlier today. Sheikh was transferred to CBI custody at ...
7 March 2024 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said if the Central government failed to release money for the welfare schemes in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress government would fund these projects on its own.Addressing a public service distribution programme in ...
6 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal government on Wednesday sought urgent listing of its plea in the Supreme Court challenging a Calcutta High Court order to transfer to the CBI the probe into an attack on Enforcement Directorate officials in Sandeshkhali on ...
6 March 2024 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated India’s first underwater Metro line in Kolkata and took a ride on the train from Esplanade to Howrah Maidan along with several school students. Modi also virtually inaugurated several other Metro services ...
6 March 2024 Indian ExpressNational Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma will meet President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday to submit a report on the Sandeshkhali violence, sources said.An NCW team recently visited West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali to assess the situation and review actions taken ...
6 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs. 12.78 crore of former TMC member Shahjahan Sheikh under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.In a statement, the ED said that the assets include 14 ...
6 March 2024 Indian ExpressComing down heavily on the West Bengal Police, who it called “totally biased”, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered the transfer of the probe into the January 5 attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in Sandeshkhali, as well ...
6 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging an order of the Calcutta High Court to transfer the probe into an attack on Enforcement Directorate officials at Sandeshkhali on January 5 to the CBI.The matter was ...
6 March 2024 Indian ExpressAfter three days of meetings with all stakeholders including representatives of political parties in West Bengal ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said that it will not tolerate any “partisan attitude” on the ...
6 March 2024 Indian ExpressCALLING THE West Bengal Police “totally biased”, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered that the investigation into the attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials at Sandeshkhali on January 5 be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The ...
6 March 2024 Indian ExpressFormer Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay said on Tuesday that he is likely to join the BJP on March 7 and the party will decide if he will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections or not.“I will join ...
6 March 2024 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday raked up the issue of alleged malpractices in the counting of votes from the Nandigram seat during the 2021 state Assembly elections, asserting that the people of the constituency will give a befitting ...
5 March 2024 Indian ExpressAs the city braces for a warm week, Kolkata recorded a maximum temperature of 31 degree Celsius on Monday, with the maximum and minimum humidity levels reaching 83% and 43%, respectively, the weather department said.The temperature in most parts ...
5 March 2024 Indian ExpressThree-time Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Tapas Roy submitted his resignation to West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay on Monday, in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls.Roy is the deputy chief whip of the ruling party in the Assembly ...
5 March 2024 Indian ExpressInfluenced by his uncle’s collection, former teacher Debabrata Chatterjee’s love of books started from childhood. This passion for literature has shaped his life and surroundings, and led him to collect more than 14,000 books over the years. Now, he ...
5 March 2024 Indian ExpressRoom Number 17 of the Calcutta High Court, which has been the centre stage for litigants, lawyers and media for the past two years, witnessed an emotional scene on Monday, a day after Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay announced his decision ...
5 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe family and friends of 34-year-old classical dancer Amarnath Ghosh, who was shot dead in St Louis, Missouri, US, last week, said they have no information about his body and how to bring it back for cremation. They have ...
5 March 2024 Indian ExpressA six-member ‘fact-finding’ committee of an NGO on Sunday visited three villages in North 24 Parganas’ Sandeshkhali region, which had been at the centre of protests till last month over allegations of sexual harassment of local women and land ...
5 March 2024 Indian ExpressOpposition parties in West Bengal on Monday urged the Election Commission to ensure free, fair and peaceful Lok Sabha polls in the state and not trust the police for deployment of central forces.In separate delegations, parties opposed to the ...
5 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) reached West Bengal on Sunday evening to take stock of the law and order situation and to look into the state’s poll preparedness ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.The ...
5 March 2024 Indian ExpressIn an unprecedented move, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, a sitting judge of the Calcutta High Court, said Sunday that he will resign as a judge and join politics.The judge, who is due to retire in August, has been at the ...
4 March 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar narrowly escaped injury when his car collided with a police barricade on NH-34 in Shantipur, Nadia district, on Sunday, police said.Majumdar said the accident took place while his car was trying to ...
4 March 2024 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday inaugurate the much-awaited Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section of the Kolkata Metro, a government release said on Sunday.The PM will also inaugurate the Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay and the Taratala-Majerhat metro sections, it said. “With ...
4 March 2024 Indian ExpressA DAY after the BJP announced his name as its candidate from Asansol, Bhojpuri singer-actor Pawan Singh Sunday said he will not contest from the Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal. Although he did not give a reason, Singh’s ...
4 March 2024 Indian ExpressWEST BENGAL’S Minister for Information and Technology Babul Supriyo on Saturday appealed to people to invest in Bengal and contribute towards making the state the “next IT hub of the country.”Babul Supriyo was speaking at the 35th edition of ...
4 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe TMC Saturday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s criticisms on corruption “sound hollow” as he shared the stage with leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari who is an accused in the Narada case.State Women and Child Development Minister ...
4 March 2024 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday criticised the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal over corruption charges, saying that it turns “every central scheme into a scam”.Addressing a public meeting at Krishnanagar in Nadia district, PM Modi said Trinamool ...
3 March 2024 Indian ExpressUnveiling development projects worth Rs 15,000 crore in sectors like power, railways and road during a public meeting at Krishnanagar in Nadia district, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said the projects would give “momentum to development in West Bengal”.Addressing ...
3 March 2024 Indian ExpressAfter Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Krishnanagar on Saturday, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal said he not only failed to answer the questions of Bengali people on the MGNREGA job scheme, but also misled them.On ...
3 March 2024 Indian ExpressTHE IT sector in West Bengal has received investments of around Rs 14,000 crore in a span of eight years since the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government came to power in the state, said Dr Amit Mitra, Principal Chief Adviser ...
3 March 2024 Indian ExpressLaying the foundation stone and dedicating multiple development projects to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Centre aims to modernise railways in West Bengal at the same pace as the rest of the country.The Prime ...
2 March 2024 Indian ExpressEven before the Lok Sabha election dates have been announced, Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel on Friday started pouring into West Bengal, a state notorious for its poll-related violence. Nearly 100 companies of central forces are scheduled to ...
2 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday wrote to the Calcutta High Court Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam seeking an urgent hearing in a case which stayed the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the January 5 ...
2 March 2024 Indian ExpressFive private bus operators organisations in West Bengal on Thursday called for a three-day shutdown of services in the middle of March to press for their demand for an extension of the 15-year deadline for scrapping diesel commercial vehicles.General ...
2 March 2024 Indian ExpressIndian Secular Front (ISF) leader Jubi Saha was arrested on Friday for allegedly inciting unrest and spreading violence in trouble-torn Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district.Saha, who has been gaining popularity within her organisation following protests demanding ...
2 March 2024 Indian ExpressAhead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday raised questions about “non-release” of MGNREGA dues to the state, allegedly withheld by the Centre.The TMC also launched a social media campaign with ...
2 March 2024 Indian ExpressWith a maximum speed of 35 kilometre per hour and a capacity to seat a driver and four passengers, totos have turned out to be a “great leveler” in violence-hit Sandeshkhali Island.From the Director General of Police, political leaders ...
1 March 2024 Indian ExpressLohia Matri Sewa Sadan Hospital, one of the oldest maternity hospitals in the city that has been lying non-functional for the past few years, will soon be transformed into a 200-bed super speciality hospital.With a 60-year lease, Charnock Hospital ...
1 March 2024 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress (TMC) strongman Shahjahan Sheikh, who had been on the run for 55 days, was arrested by West Bengal Police on Thursday in connection with an attack in January on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials who had gone to ...
1 March 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Governor Governor C V Ananda Bose on Thursday welcomed the arrest of absconding Trinamool Congress leader and Sandeshkhali strongman Shahjahan Sheikh, saying that the move might be a new dawn of lawfulness in the state.“I told you ...
1 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe Trinamool Congress has decided to suspend for six years its party leader Shahjahan Sheikh, the main accused in the Sandeshkhali land-grab and sexual assault allegations, MP Derek O’Brien said on Thursday, hours after he was arrested.“We have decided ...
1 March 2024 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday requested the West Bengal government to make a subdivision-wise list of accused persons, who are in custody for over five years in the state, for completing the trials as quickly as possible.The court ...
1 March 2024 Indian ExpressAs the news of TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh being arrested spread across Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district, it was seen as a victory for the island’s many women who had suffered in silence for years. Sheikh and his ...
1 March 2024 Indian ExpressIn a boost for the Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Kaliaganj MLA Soumen Roy, who had defected to the ruling TMC, returned to the saffron camp on Wednesday. At the same ...
1 March 2024 Indian ExpressDays after Leader of Opposition in Assembly Suvendu Adhikari compared the situation in unrest-hit Sandeshkhali to the Nandigram agitation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said the protests in Singur and Nandigram can’t be compared to the ones ...
29 February 2024 Indian ExpressThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to the chief electoral officer (CEO) of West Bengal urging the Election Commission to remove the names of false/duplicate voters from the voters’ list.Leading a delegation of the state ...
29 February 2024 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit West Bengal for two days this week and address two public gatherings in Hooghly and Nadia districts as well as inaugurate numerous projects.The PM is scheduled to arrive on Friday afternoon ...
29 February 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Congress leader Koustav Bagchi resigned from the party on Wednesday, accusing the party high command of seeing “the Trinamool Congress as its West Bengal unit” and being “more interested in forging a friendship with the TMC than ...
29 February 2024 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed that absconding Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shahjahan Sheikh can be arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) or the West Bengal Police.Sheikh and his aides are among ...
29 February 2024 Indian ExpressAn exhibition of Jamini Roy’s paintings in Kolkata has run into a controversy after a section of artists claimed that the artworks displayed at the exhibition were not original works.While a complaint has been filed at Park Street Police ...
29 February 2024 Indian ExpressFor the last few days, Trinamool Congress (TMC) functionary Haladhar Ari and his family members have hardly ventured out of their home at Bermajur village in Sandeshkhali, which has been witnessing protests and mob violence against local TMC leaders ...
29 February 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Minister of Education Bratya Basu is not only a politician but also a filmmaker. After having acted in over 50 Bengali-language films, including Herbert and Asamapta, the actor-politician last month presented his fifth directorial film Hubba, based ...
29 February 2024 Indian ExpressWith the West Bengal government asking the Centre to release the state’s pending funds for Central schemes, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday hit out at the Mamata Banerjee government saying that she wouldn’t pay the taxpayers’ money ...
29 February 2024 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Tuesday allowed a two-day sit-in demonstration by the BJP in Kolkata, while directing that the number of participants should not exceed 150 people.Allowing the demonstration in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in the ...
28 February 2024 Indian ExpressUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday alleged that the ruling TMC in Bengal was depriving the poor of benefits of central government schemes for the “sake of politics”.She also claimed that issues like “poor law and order situation” ...
28 February 2024 Indian Express