Even as the prime accused in the assault on Enforcement Directorate officials in Sandeshkhali, Trinamul Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh, continues to evade the police three days after the incident, the central agency practically pointed fingers at the district ...
9 January 2024 TelegraphExpressing despair, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that though Gangasagar Mela was one of the largest religious congregations in the world, the Centre has not given it the due recognition.Speaking at an official programme at ...
9 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday described the Supreme Court's order as "strong and bold" after it quashed the remission to 11 men convicted of gangraping Bilkis Bano and murdering seven of her family members during the ...
9 January 2024 TelegraphFormer TMC Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra was issued a notice on Monday by the Directorate of Estates (DoE) for not vacating her government bungalow, a source in the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said. The Trinamul Congress ...
9 January 2024 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate's unit in West Bengal has submitted a report to its headquarters about the attack on its team during a raid in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district last week, officials said on Monday.Three ED officers were ...
9 January 2024 TelegraphAmid the furore over the assault on three ED officials, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that those questioning West Bengal's law and order situation were trying to malign the state.Banerjee asserted that Calcutta has been adjudged the ...
9 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has sought a report from the state government on action taken in response to a mob attack on ED officers, who conducted a raid at TMC leader Sahajahan Sheikh’s house in connection ...
9 January 2024 TelegraphSenior TMC leader Chandrima Bhattacharya has filed a police complaint against BJP leader Amit Malviya for allegedly making defamatory remarks against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Bhattacharya’s complaint was in response to Malviya's post on X where he claimed ...
9 January 2024 TelegraphEven as the prime accused in the assault on Enforcement Directorate officials in Sandeshkhali, Trinamul Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh, continues to evade the police three days after the incident, the central agency practically pointed fingers at the district ...
9 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday described the Supreme Court's order as "strong and bold" after it quashed the remission to 11 men convicted of gangraping Bilkis Bano and murdering seven of her family members during the ...
9 January 2024 TelegraphThe West Bengal government has undertaken essential dredging operations in the Muri Ganga river in South 24 Parganas district to remove sandbars that could hinder the movement of large vessels during the Gangasagar Mela, an official said on Sunday.According ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate has sought BSF help in the search for Trinamul leader Shahjahan Sheikh, whom the central agency suspects to be hiding in the Sunderbans delta and looking to escape to Bangladesh.Shahjahan and his “associates” face a police ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphSenior TMC leader Chandrima Bhattacharya has filed a police complaint against BJP leader Amit Malviya for allegedly making defamatory remarks against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Bhattacharya’s complaint was in response to Malviya's post on X where he claimed ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has sought a report from the state government on action taken in response to a mob attack on ED officers, who conducted a raid at TMC leader Sahajahan Sheikh’s house in connection ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphThe CPM on Sunday used the Brigade Parade Ground’s big stage for twin purposes — to signal that the time was ripe to roll out its youth brigade for greater political responsibilities and to sound the bugle for the ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphTrinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, the champion of the new guard in the raging nouveau versus vieux debate in Bengal’s ruling dispensation, on Sunday ruled out a rift with the old, led by his aunt and party ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphJalpaiguri police have registered a case against district BJP leaders for organising a public meeting led by state unit chief Sukanta Majumdar on a prominent thoroughfare of the town on Saturday which halted traffic, acting on a complaint by ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphA realtor and former Murshidabad general secretary of the Trinamul Congress, Sattyen Chowdhury, was murdered on Sunday by three unidentified persons here on Sunday afternoon.Chowdhury, who was in his early sixties, was sitting on a chair in an open ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphCPI(M) state secretary Mohammed Salim on Sunday vehemently criticised the ruling TMC in West Bengal and the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, accusing them of "neglecting" livelihood issues and "misleading" people with communal politics and corrupt practices.Addressing a ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphA realtor and former Murshidabad general secretary of the Trinamul Congress, Sattyen Chowdhury, was murdered on Sunday by three unidentified persons here on Sunday afternoon.Chowdhury, who was in his early sixties, was sitting on a chair in an open ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphJalpaiguri police have registered a case against district BJP leaders for organising a public meeting led by state unit chief Sukanta Majumdar on a prominent thoroughfare of the town on Saturday which halted traffic, acting on a complaint by ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphTrinamul Congress’s core committee for North 24-Parganas, constituted by Mamata Banerjee last week, will hold its first meeting on Monday in Madhyamgram as a damage-control exercise after the attack on an Enforcement Directorate contingent at Sandeshkhali and the arrest ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphTrinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, the champion of the new guard in the raging nouveau versus vieux debate in Bengal’s ruling dispensation, on Sunday ruled out a rift with the old, led by his aunt and party ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphThe CPM on Sunday used the Brigade Parade Ground’s big stage for twin purposes — to signal that the time was ripe to roll out its youth brigade for greater political responsibilities and to sound the bugle for the ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphA stationary cargo vessel on the Muri Ganga river in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district caught fire on Saturday, police said.Nobody was injured in the incident, they said.Fire tenders were immediately pressed into service to bring the blaze ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphExpressing concern that TMC leader Sahajahan Sheikh, the prime accused in the case of assault on ED officials, may have "crossed the border", West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has instructed authorities to arrest him immediately and investigate ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphCPI(M) state secretary Mohammed Salim on Sunday vehemently criticised the ruling TMC in West Bengal and the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, accusing them of "neglecting" livelihood issues and "misleading" people with communal politics and corrupt practices.Addressing a ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphSenior Trinamul Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday emphasised that the party was united under the leadership of supremo Mamata Banerjee and asserted there was no difference between the old guard and the new generation, amid reports of an ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphSenior Trinamul Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday launched a pension scheme for senior citizens in his Diamond Harbour constituency ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.Opposition BJP, however, questioned the source of funds needed for the initiative.Under the ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphBihar chief minister and key leader of INDIA bloc Nitish Kumar is scheduled to visit Calcutta later this month to speak at a national symposium to commemorate the death anniversary of CPM patriarch Jyoti Basu.Nitish’s scheduled visit assumes significance ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphTwenty-four hours after the mob attack on Enforcement Directorate officials during a raid in connection with the PDS scam on Sheikh Shahjahan’s residence at Sandeshkhali in North 24-Parganas, large parts of the Trinamul strongman’s village Sarberia and adjacent Dhamakhali ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphA stationary cargo vessel on the Muri Ganga river in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district caught fire on Saturday, police said.Nobody was injured in the incident, they said.Fire tenders were immediately pressed into service to bring the blaze ...
8 January 2024 TelegraphTwenty-four hours after the mob attack on Enforcement Directorate officials during a raid in connection with the PDS scam on Sheikh Shahjahan’s residence at Sandeshkhali in North 24-Parganas, large parts of the Trinamul strongman’s village Sarberia and adjacent Dhamakhali ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphSukanta Majumdar, the Bengal BJP president, held a public meeting in Jalpaiguri on Saturday by blocking a prominent thoroughfare for over an hour.Trinamul termed the meeting illegal and alleged that Majumdar had resorted to such a move to provoke ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphThe DYFI will on Sunday mark the culmination of its 50-day Insaaf Yatra (the march for justice) at Brigade Parade Ground here with a rally to sharpen its fight against the "communal BJP and the corrupt Trinamul" ahead of ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphOnly 6,862 persons have received loans under the Bhabishyat Credit Card (BCC) scheme so far, a number way short of its target of providing loans to two lakh youths annually to help them generate livelihood opportunities.The figure was revealed ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphDarjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) enthusiasts have expressed their concern over the recent derailments of toy trains in the hills.Since December 15, at least four incidents of derailment and an incident of technical snag in the loco have been reported ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphJohn Barla, the Alipurduar BJP MP and Union minister of state for minority affairs, visited two closed tea gardens in Jalpaiguri on Saturday and slammed the Mamata Banerjee government for not taking steps to reopen the gardens.Barla went to ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphFriday’s attack on Enforcement Directorate officials during a raid on the home of Trinamul leader Shahjahan Sheikh in Sandeshkhali has had Bengal’s ruling party in a quandary, forced to put up a brave face in public but acknowledging the ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphBengal police have registered three cases in connection with the Enforcement Directorate raid in Sandeshkhali on Friday and the mob fury the team faced. One of those cases is against the ED itself.The police said a case under sections ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphJohn Barla, the Alipurduar BJP MP and Union minister of state for minority affairs, visited two closed tea gardens in Jalpaiguri on Saturday and slammed the Mamata Banerjee government for not taking steps to reopen the gardens.Barla went to ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphDarjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) enthusiasts have expressed their concern over the recent derailments of toy trains in the hills.Since December 15, at least four incidents of derailment and an incident of technical snag in the loco have been reported ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphOnly 6,862 persons have received loans under the Bhabishyat Credit Card (BCC) scheme so far, a number way short of its target of providing loans to two lakh youths annually to help them generate livelihood opportunities.The figure was revealed ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphThe DYFI will on Sunday mark the culmination of its 50-day Insaaf Yatra (the march for justice) at Brigade Parade Ground here with a rally to sharpen its fight against the "communal BJP and the corrupt Trinamul" ahead of ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphSukanta Majumdar, the Bengal BJP president, held a public meeting in Jalpaiguri on Saturday by blocking a prominent thoroughfare for over an hour.Trinamul termed the meeting illegal and alleged that Majumdar had resorted to such a move to provoke ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphA BJP MLA in Cooch Behar had to face angry villagers on Saturday over the Centre’s decision to freeze funds for the 100 days' job scheme.Baren Chandra Barman, the BJP MLA of Sitalkuchi, accused Trinamul of orchestrating the protests ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Bongaon Municipality's former chairman Shankar Adhya in the early hours of Saturday in connection with the alleged ration scam in West Bengal, officials said.Adhya, a TMC leader in the North 24 Parganas district, was ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphThe health condition of three ED officers, who were injured in mob attacks during a raid at the residence of a TMC leader in West Bengal a day before, has improved and they are now stable, an official of ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress on Saturday said it has an "open heart" for the Congress regarding seat-sharing in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha elections, but it was also prepared to go solo if the talks fail.Speaking to PTI, TMC's ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphA day after a mob assaulted ED officers during a raid at the residence of TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh in West Bengal, the central agency on Saturday issued a lookout notice for him, an official said.There are apprehensions that ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphA day after demanding the President’s rule in West Bengal for the attack on ED officials at Sandeshkhali, the BJP on Saturday said the TMC leaders arrested by central agencies in connection with various scams should be lodged in ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphAmid the uncertainty over the authority of “removed” officiating vice-chancellor Buddhadeb Sau, Jadavpur University on Saturday confirmed having received a letter from the West Bengal government stating that he will continue to discharge his responsibilities.Governor CV Ananda Bose, as ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphCalcutta High Court on Friday directed the Bengal administration to allow the leader of the Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, to go to Netai for an hour on January 7, which is observed as Netai Day.On January 7, 2011, armed goons ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate has mentioned in a report, which central agency sources said was drawn up hours after the attack on ED officials and CRPF personnel at Sarberia in North 24-Parganas, that police did not come to the rescue ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Bongaon Municipality's former chairman Shankar Adhya in the early hours of Saturday in connection with the alleged ration scam in West Bengal, officials said.Adhya, a TMC leader in the North 24 Parganas district, was ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress on Saturday said it has an "open heart" for the Congress regarding seat-sharing in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha elections, but it was also prepared to go solo if the talks fail.Speaking to PTI, TMC's ...
7 January 2024 TelegraphAn Enforcement Directorate team that had raided a Trinamul leader’s home in North 24-Parganas to probe allegations of corruption in ration distribution was attacked by a mob of around 200 men and women who beat them, smashed their cars ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphA 22-year-old hula party member was trampled to death by a wild elephant early on Friday when he was trying to divert a herd approaching a potato field in Jhargram’s Chitalbani village. A hula party is a group of ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphThe Sandeshkhali violence on Friday united the BJP, CPM and the Congress in denouncing the state of law and order under the Mamata Banerjee government, prompting Trinamul to hit back with matching belligerence.The BJP demanded the resignation of the ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphThe Nadia district administration’s adoption of a sustainable approach to branding and awareness activities —utilising eco-friendly materials for flexes, banners, posters, bags and other items — for the Lok Sabha polls has set a precedent for Bengal and the ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphA tiger is suspected to have sneaked out of a forest in Sunderbans on Thursday before going back again on Friday, said forest officials.On Thursday, pugmarks were found outside Herobhanga 9 forest compartment as well as another patch of ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress held a demonstration in front of Dinhata police station in Cooch Behar district on Friday, demanding the immediate arrest of local BJP MP and Union minister of state for home Nisith Pramanik. The demonstration was organised ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphA group of Bengal ministers and a Rajya Sabha member held a meeting in Calcutta on Friday to review the condition of the tea industry and recommended the cancellation of the lease of a garden if it was closed ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphThe management of Tirrihannah tea estate located in the Siliguri subdivision of Darjeeling district abstained from a tripartite meeting convened by the state labour department here on Friday to facilitate the reopening of the garden.Representatives of the operating trade ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphA tiger is suspected to have sneaked out of a forest in Sunderbans on Thursday before going back again on Friday, said forest officials.On Thursday, pugmarks were found outside Herobhanga 9 forest compartment as well as another patch of ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphThe management of Tirrihannah tea estate located in the Siliguri subdivision of Darjeeling district abstained from a tripartite meeting convened by the state labour department here on Friday to facilitate the reopening of the garden.Representatives of the operating trade ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphA 22-year-old hula party member was trampled to death by a wild elephant early on Friday when he was trying to divert a herd approaching a potato field in Jhargram’s Chitalbani village. A hula party is a group of ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphA group of Bengal ministers and a Rajya Sabha member held a meeting in Calcutta on Friday to review the condition of the tea industry and recommended the cancellation of the lease of a garden if it was closed ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress held a demonstration in front of Dinhata police station in Cooch Behar district on Friday, demanding the immediate arrest of local BJP MP and Union minister of state for home Nisith Pramanik. The demonstration was organised ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphFrom an autorickshaw operators’ union leader backed by the CPM to a zilla parishad member and an indispensable person for the Trinamul Congress in a large part of North 24-Parganas, Sheikh Shahjahan’s rise is envious even for his party ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphED officers were on Friday assaulted and their vehicles were damaged allegedly by supporters of TMC leader Sheikh Sajahan when they tried to raid his residence in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district in connection with their probe into ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphTMC leader Kalyan Banerjee on Friday lauded Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s “great gesture” of wishing him on his birthday, days after the MP’s mimicry of the Rajya Sabha chairman snowballed into a political storm.Banerjee also stressed the importance of ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphIn an unprecedented development, one which is likely to have far reaching consequences, search team officials of the Enforcement Directorate were attacked, mercilessly assaulted and forced to flee for their lives while attempting to conduct a raid at the ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphAuthorities of Calcutta’s iconic Indian Museum on Friday received an email claiming bombs were planted inside, prompting police to launch a search operation at the over 200-year-old repository, officials said.Personnel of the bomb squad of Calcutta Police are carrying ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose on Friday condemned the attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers by supporters of a TMC leader when they went to his Sandeshkhali residence in the state, and hit out at the state ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on her birthday.Banerjee, who is also the chief of the All India Trinamool Congress, turned 69 on Friday.In a post on 'X', Modi said, "Best wishes ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphThe assault on ED officers in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Friday sparked a political slugfest, with the BJP and Congress calling for imposition of President's rule, even as the ruling TMC accused the central agency sleuths ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphIn a strongly worded statement on the unprecedented violence against Enforcement Directorate officers, Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose put the state administration in the dock and warned the Mamata Banerjee government of “Constitutional consequences” if it “failed to act ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphNisith Pramanik, the Union minister of state for home affairs and the BJP MP of Cooch Behar, faced a setback on Thursday as a division bench at the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench of Calcutta High Court refused to grant him ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu on Thursday said he is not sure if there can be a code of conduct about activities of teachers outside school hours.His statement came as a video purportedly showing the headmaster of a ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphTMC leader Kalyan Banerjee on Friday lauded Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s “great gesture” of wishing him on his birthday, days after the MP’s mimicry of the Rajya Sabha chairman snowballed into a political storm.Banerjee also stressed the importance of ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphIn an unprecedented development, one which is likely to have far reaching consequences, search team officials of the Enforcement Directorate were attacked, mercilessly assaulted and forced to flee for their lives while attempting to conduct a raid at the ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphAuthorities of Calcutta’s iconic Indian Museum on Friday received an email claiming bombs were planted inside, prompting police to launch a search operation at the over 200-year-old repository, officials said.Personnel of the bomb squad of Calcutta Police are carrying ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose on Friday condemned the attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers by supporters of a TMC leader when they went to his Sandeshkhali residence in the state, and hit out at the state ...
6 January 2024 TelegraphThe infighting in the Trinamul Congress in Hooghly district reached a new low after “unknown” people vandalised the office of the party’s Balagarh MLA Manoranjan Byapari late on Wednesday night. While Byapari blamed his rival in the party, Hooghly ...
5 January 2024 TelegraphAn eight-year-old student died in Murshidabad's Daultabad area when what he thought was a toy exploded late on Thursday afternoon.Muklesur Rahaman of Chaudanga village was a Class II student of Chaudanga Primary School. Local sources said that after returning ...
5 January 2024 TelegraphA toy train of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) derailed near Darjeeling town on Thursday, making it the fourth such incident in the past 20 days.Since December 15, toy trains of the DHR, which has been recognised as a ...
5 January 2024 TelegraphThe Bengal government on Wednesday raised the minimum daily wage of jute labourers at the entry level to Rs 485 from the existing Rs 370 and offered multiple financial benefits by signing a tripartite agreement with the jute industry ...
5 January 2024 TelegraphThe Centre has sanctioned Rs 90 crore for the construction of a road overbridge at the railway level crossing in Birpara, Alipurduar district.Located in the central Dooars, it is one of the busiest level crossings in the region. Every ...
5 January 2024 TelegraphBengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday attacked the Mamata Banerjee government, accusing it of failing to either reopen closed tea gardens or develop health infrastructure in the north Bengal tea belt.Majumdar, however, dodged a direct reply as to ...
5 January 2024 TelegraphWorkers of a closed tea garden on the outskirts of Jalpaiguri on Thursday held a ration dealer captive, alleging that the district food and supplies department was not distributing foodgrain properly to them.The irate workers refused to accept rice ...
5 January 2024 TelegraphThe state transport department is mulling a proposal to introduce the electronic surveillance system in Siliguri to curb road accidents and detect and intercept vehicles that violate speed limits.State transport minister Snehasish Chakraborty, who was here on Thursday, said ...
5 January 2024 TelegraphA toy train of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) derailed near Darjeeling town on Thursday, making it the fourth such incident in the past 20 days.Since December 15, toy trains of the DHR, which has been recognised as a ...
5 January 2024 TelegraphThe state transport department is mulling a proposal to introduce the electronic surveillance system in Siliguri to curb road accidents and detect and intercept vehicles that violate speed limits.State transport minister Snehasish Chakraborty, who was here on Thursday, said ...
5 January 2024 TelegraphThe infighting in the Trinamul Congress in Hooghly district reached a new low after “unknown” people vandalised the office of the party’s Balagarh MLA Manoranjan Byapari late on Wednesday night. While Byapari blamed his rival in the party, Hooghly ...
5 January 2024 TelegraphThe Bengal government on Wednesday raised the minimum daily wage of jute labourers at the entry level to Rs 485 from the existing Rs 370 and offered multiple financial benefits by signing a tripartite agreement with the jute industry ...
5 January 2024 TelegraphThe Centre has sanctioned Rs 90 crore for the construction of a road overbridge at the railway level crossing in Birpara, Alipurduar district.Located in the central Dooars, it is one of the busiest level crossings in the region. Every ...
5 January 2024 TelegraphBengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday attacked the Mamata Banerjee government, accusing it of failing to either reopen closed tea gardens or develop health infrastructure in the north Bengal tea belt.Majumdar, however, dodged a direct reply as to ...
5 January 2024 TelegraphA wild leopard was rammed to death by a vehicle on Asian Highway 48 in Alipurduar on Tuesday evening. Around 7.30pm, the incident occurred near Garganda bridge. The leopard, sources said, was male and around two years old. ...
5 January 2024 TelegraphTwo policemen, including a sub-inspector, were killed and three others were injured when a speeding vehicle rammed into their stationary patrolling van in West Bengal's Howrah district on Thursday, an officer said.The incident took place on National Highway 16 ...
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