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Congress 'candidate' in fray: Campaign starts for Isha Khan Choudhury in Malda South

Malda: The Congress kicked off its campaign in the Malda South Lok Sabha segment on Thursday by naming Isha Khan Choudhury, the nephew of party patriarch A.B.A. Ghani Khan Choudhury, as the candidate for the seat.The move has sparked ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

Lodging for hill residents in Siliguri: State labour department sanctions Rs 14.24 crore to GTA

The state labour department has sanctioned Rs 14.24 crore and provided a 10-cottah plot to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) for the construction of a building which can serve as an accommodation and refreshment for people visiting Siliguri from ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

LS polls: Kamtapur Progressive Party to kickstart 'No Vote to BJP' campaign in north Bengal

The Kamtapur Progressive Party (KPP), which wields considerable influence among Rajbanshis in north Bengal, will launch a “No Vote to BJP” campaign on March 21 for ignoring the community's longstanding demand for a North Bengal state. “The BJP has ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

Beech tea estate in Kalchini block of Alipurduar district to reopen today

The Beech tea estate that has been closed since February 25 in the Kalchini block of Alipurduar district will reopen on Saturday. The decision to reopen the plantation was taken at a tripartite meeting held in the deputy ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

Sheikh Shahjahan spoke with TMC MLA Sukumar Mahata before attack on ED officials: CBI

Sheikh Shahjahan had spoken to several persons, including Sandeshkhali Trinamul Congress MLA Sukumar Mahata, on the day of the attack on a visiting team of Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on January 5, the preliminary investigation by the CBI has ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

BJP aims two lakh attendees in PM Modi's Siliguri rally in bid to showcase north Bengal base

The BJP has plans to bring around two lakh people to the public meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Kawakhali in Siliguri on Saturday to drive home the point that its support base in the region, where the ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

Height of political cynicism: Trinamul on Narendra Modi's pre-election LPG price cut

The Trinamul Congress on Friday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of a cut in LPG cylinder prices, asserting that the move was the “limit of political cynicism” ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. West Bengal’s ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

Beech tea estate in Kalchini block of Alipurduar district to reopen today

The Beech tea estate that has been closed since February 25 in the Kalchini block of Alipurduar district will reopen on Saturday. The decision to reopen the plantation was taken at a tripartite meeting held in the deputy ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

Lodging for hill residents in Siliguri: State labour department sanctions Rs 14.24 crore to GTA

The state labour department has sanctioned Rs 14.24 crore and provided a 10-cottah plot to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) for the construction of a building which can serve as an accommodation and refreshment for people visiting Siliguri from ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

Congress 'candidate' in fray: Campaign starts for Isha Khan Choudhury in Malda South

Malda: The Congress kicked off its campaign in the Malda South Lok Sabha segment on Thursday by naming Isha Khan Choudhury, the nephew of party patriarch A.B.A. Ghani Khan Choudhury, as the candidate for the seat.The move has sparked ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

LS polls: Kamtapur Progressive Party to kickstart 'No Vote to BJP' campaign in north Bengal

The Kamtapur Progressive Party (KPP), which wields considerable influence among Rajbanshis in north Bengal, will launch a “No Vote to BJP” campaign on March 21 for ignoring the community's longstanding demand for a North Bengal state. “The BJP has ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

Calcutta High Court clears path for Suvendu Adhikari's meeting in Sandeshkhali on March 10

Calcutta High Court on Friday issued an order asking South 24-Parganas district police to allow the leader of the Opposition in the Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, to hold a meeting at Dakshin Akratola under the jurisdiction of Nazat police ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

Enforcement Directorate raids multiple locations in Calcutta over teacher recruitment scam

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday morning started conducting searches at multiple locations in Calcutta 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 Telegraph

Bengal ED attack case: CBI searches residence of Shahjahan Sheikh in Sandeshkhali

CBI sleuths on Friday searched the residence of suspended TMC leader Shahjahan 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) also visited ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

Looks like Bengal Congress is moving towards a pre-poll seat deal with Trinamul

The Bengal Congress is moving towards falling in line with the high command’s directive and hold hands with the Trinamul Congress in Bengal and dump its first preference, the Left. “The AICC believes even winning one additional seat (in ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

Calcutta HC allows Suvendu Adhikari to hold public rally in Nazat near Sandeshkhali

The Calcutta High Court on Friday allowed Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari to hold a public meeting on March 10 at Akratala area under Nazat police station in North 24 Parganas district.The court directed that ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

Bengal ED attack case: CBI searches residence and office of Shahjahan Sheikh in Sandeshkhali

CBI 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 Telegraph

Height of political cynicism: Trinamul on Narendra Modi's pre-election LPG price cut

The Trinamul Congress on Friday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of a cut in LPG cylinder prices, asserting that the move was the “limit of political cynicism” ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. West Bengal’s ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

Bengal: BJP attacks TMC govt over Sandeshkhali case, says Mamata 'shielding' Shahjahan

BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Friday attacked the opposition and alleged that the TMC government in West Bengal is "shielding" the suspended party leader Shahjahan Sheikh. Sheikh is an accused of sexual abuse and land-grabbing in West Bengal's ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

SC to hear on Monday TMC leader Mahua Moitra's plea against her expulsion from Lok Sabha

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea moved by Trinamul Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra challenging her expulsion from the Lok Sabha.A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta will hear the plea, in ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

BJP suffers blow as Ranaghat South's MLA Mukut Mani Adhikari joins Trinamul Congress

The BJP suffered a blow on Thursday as the party's Ranaghat South MLA and a prominent face of the Matua community, Mukut Mani Adhikari, joined Trinamul. Adhikari, the Nadia unit chief of All India Matua Mahasangha, was present on ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

‘Bengal is the place where women are safest’: Mamata's ‘sandesh’ on Sandeshkhali

Mamata Banerjee walked 2km in Calcutta in the company of around 200 women from Sandeshkhali on Thursday, and declared Bengal the safest place for women.A day earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had blamed Trinamul for the plight of the ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

Enforcement Directorate raids multiple locations in Calcutta over teacher recruitment scam

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday morning started conducting searches at multiple locations in Calcutta 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 Telegraph

Looks like Bengal Congress is moving towards a pre-poll seat deal with Trinamul

The Bengal Congress is moving towards falling in line with the high command’s directive and hold hands with the Trinamul Congress in Bengal and dump its first preference, the Left. “The AICC believes even winning one additional seat (in ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

Calcutta HC allows Suvendu Adhikari to hold public rally in Nazat near Sandeshkhali

The Calcutta High Court on Friday allowed Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari to hold a public meeting on March 10 at Akratala area under Nazat police station in North 24 Parganas district.The court directed that ...

9 March 2024 Telegraph

Bengal ED attack case: CBI searches residence and office of Shahjahan Sheikh in Sandeshkhali

CBI 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 Telegraph

As Didi marches for women's rights, BJP MLA in domestic violence row joins Trinamul

Nine months after being name accused in a case of domestic violence, a first-time MLA from the BJP joined the Trinamul ahead of Thursday’s rally led by chief minister Mamata Banerjee to commemorate International Women’s day.Mukut Mani Adhikari, ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

‘Bengal is the place where women are safest’: Mamata's ‘sandesh’ on Sandeshkhali

Mamata Banerjee walked 2km in Calcutta in the company of around 200 women from Sandeshkhali on Thursday, and declared Bengal the safest place for women.A day earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had blamed Trinamul for the plight of the ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

Mask is off: Didi on ex-judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay in Bharatiya Janata party

Mamata Banerjee on Thursday ended her public silence on former judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay, tearing into him and the BJP, which he joined earlier in the day, to voice doubts on his motivation in a long series of judgments and ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

CBI grills Shahjahan Sheikh; visits Sandeshkhali to scan his house, office

The CBI started questioning Sheikh Shahjahan at its Nizam Palace office in Calcutta on Thursday while a two-member team of the central agency visited Sandeshkhali and scanned his house, office and other places as a part of the probe ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee links Enforcement Directorate raid to Tapas Roy’s switch

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday obliquely referred to long-time Trinamul leader Tapas Roy’s defection to the BJP, attributing it to intimidation by central agencies.A day after Roy joined the BJP, Mamata said: “Some people are going to the ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

Sandeshkhali villagers begin demonstrations demanding arrest of Trinamul leader

Demand for the arrest of more local Trinamul leaders, who are still at large, intensified in the pockets of Sandeshkhali, North 24-Parganas, on Thursday. The villagers, despite the state government's repeated assurance of a “proper” probe, began fresh demonstrations ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

BJP suffers blow as Ranaghat South's MLA Mukut Mani Adhikari joins Trinamul Congress

The BJP suffered a blow on Thursday as the party's Ranaghat South MLA and a prominent face of the Matua community, Mukut Mani Adhikari, joined Trinamul. Adhikari, the Nadia unit chief of All India Matua Mahasangha, was present on ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

Calcutta HC permits placing before it versions of alleged women victims of Sandeshkhali

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted permission to a petitioner to file an application/affidavit, allowing alleged victim women from Sandeshkhali to bring their grievances to the court's attention.Petitioner-lawyer Priyanka Tibrewal informed the division bench, which is hearing a ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

BJP spreading canards about Sandeshkhali; Bengal safest state for women: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the BJP of spreading canards about Sandeshkhali, where women have accused TMC leaders of sexually abusing them, and asserted that the state is the safest place in the country for ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

Mask is off: Didi on ex-judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay in Bharatiya Janata party

Mamata Banerjee on Thursday ended her public silence on former judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay, tearing into him and the BJP, which he joined earlier in the day, to voice doubts on his motivation in a long series of judgments and ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

CBI grills Shahjahan Sheikh; visits Sandeshkhali to scan his house, office

The CBI started questioning Sheikh Shahjahan at its Nizam Palace office in Calcutta on Thursday while a two-member team of the central agency visited Sandeshkhali and scanned his house, office and other places as a part of the probe ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee links Enforcement Directorate raid to Tapas Roy’s switch

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday obliquely referred to long-time Trinamul leader Tapas Roy’s defection to the BJP, attributing it to intimidation by central agencies.A day after Roy joined the BJP, Mamata said: “Some people are going to the ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

Sandeshkhali villagers begin demonstrations demanding arrest of Trinamul leader

Demand for the arrest of more local Trinamul leaders, who are still at large, intensified in the pockets of Sandeshkhali, North 24-Parganas, on Thursday. The villagers, despite the state government's repeated assurance of a “proper” probe, began fresh demonstrations ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

SC says no to ED's plea against order not to disclose details of cases related to Abhishek's wife

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea moved by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging a Calcutta High Court order, in which guidelines were issued to probe agencies for not disclosing to the public or media, before ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

Former Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay joins Bharatiya Janata Party

Days after resigning as a judge in the Calcutta High Court, Abhijit Gangopadhyay on Thursday joined the BJP.Earlier, on Tuesday, after resigning as the high court judge, he had announced that he would be joining the saffron party."Today, I ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

TMC navigating old versus new debate, public image to prepare LS candidate list

The TMC's candidate selection for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls is expected to prioritise the nominee's winnability, public image and sitting MPs' performance, while also reflecting the internal debate on whether experienced leaders should make way for the younger ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

BJP women leaders led by Agnimitra Paul, Locket Chatterjee stopped on way to Sandeshkhali

BJP women leaders led by party state general secretaries Agnimitra Paul and Locket Chatterjee were stopped by the West Bengal Police at New Town on the outskirts of Kolkata from heading towards Sandeshkhali on Thursday afternoon.Following a scuffle and ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leads rally in Calcutta for women's rights

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday led a rally in Calcutta for women's rights.The rally, themed 'Mahila Der Adhikaar, Aamader Angikaar' (women's rights are our commitment), was organised by the ruling ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

Calcutta HC permits placing before it versions of alleged women victims of Sandeshkhali

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted permission to a petitioner to file an application/affidavit, allowing alleged victim women from Sandeshkhali to bring their grievances to the court's attention.Petitioner-lawyer Priyanka Tibrewal informed the division bench, which is hearing a ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

BJP spreading canards about Sandeshkhali; Bengal safest state for women: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the BJP of spreading canards about Sandeshkhali, where women have accused TMC leaders of sexually abusing them, and asserted that the state is the safest place in the country for ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

Abhijit Gangopadhyay joins BJP; Trinamul says nexus between saffron party and section of judiciary exposed

Two days after resigning as a judge in the Calcutta High Court, Abhijit Gangopadhyay on Thursday joined the BJP.Earlier, on Tuesday, after resigning as the high court judge, he had announced that he would be joining the saffron party."Today, ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

Five women meet PM to narrate Sandeshkhali horror, cops blamed as hundreds reach late

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met five women, allegedly victims of atrocities perpetrated by local Trinamul leaders in Sandeshkhali, on the sidelines of his Barasat rally.Many more Sandeshkhali women who arrived in Barasat late broke down in tears ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

Former Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay joins Bharatiya Janata Party

Days after resigning as a judge in the Calcutta High Court, Abhijit Gangopadhyay on Thursday joined the BJP.Earlier, on Tuesday, after resigning as the high court judge, he had announced that he would be joining the saffron party."Today, I ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

SC says no to ED's plea against order not to disclose details of cases related to Abhishek's wife

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea moved by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging a Calcutta High Court order, in which guidelines were issued to probe agencies for not disclosing to the public or media, before ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

TMC navigating old versus new debate, public image to prepare LS candidate list

The TMC's candidate selection for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls is expected to prioritise the nominee's winnability, public image and sitting MPs' performance, while also reflecting the internal debate on whether experienced leaders should make way for the younger ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

BJP women leaders led by Agnimitra Paul, Locket Chatterjee stopped on way to Sandeshkhali

BJP women leaders led by party state general secretaries Agnimitra Paul and Locket Chatterjee were stopped by the West Bengal Police at New Town on the outskirts of Kolkata from heading towards Sandeshkhali on Thursday afternoon.Following a scuffle and ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leads rally in Calcutta for women's rights

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday led a rally in Calcutta for women's rights.The rally, themed 'Mahila Der Adhikaar, Aamader Angikaar' (women's rights are our commitment), was organised by the ruling ...

8 March 2024 Telegraph

Shahjahan finally in CBI clasp: State hands over leader after second HC deadline

The CBI took custody of Sheikh Shahjahan from the CID late on Wednesday evening, ending a two-day Centre-state tussle over the Sandeshkhali strongman that saw the matter reach the highest courts. Around 7pm, a team of CBI officers left ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Five women meet PM to narrate Sandeshkhali horror, cops blamed as hundreds reach late

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met five women, allegedly victims of atrocities perpetrated by local Trinamul leaders in Sandeshkhali, on the sidelines of his Barasat rally.Many more Sandeshkhali women who arrived in Barasat late broke down in tears ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

TMC slams BJP's 'double standard' as PM Modi planks poll campaign on women security

The Trinamul Congress mounted a scathing counter-offensive on Wednesday on Narendra Modi, alleging that his party’s key campaign planks of women’s security and corruption in Bengal were contrary to the BJP's dubious track record of dealing with its leaders ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Mamata declares pay hike for ASHA, anganwadi workers ahead of Modi rally in Barasat

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced a hike in the remuneration of Bengal's nearly two lakh ASHA and anganwadi workers and anganwadi helpers from April, a little before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's women-centric event in Barasat.These grassroots workers ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

John Barla refuses to relent as BJP fields MLA Manoj Tigga from Alipurduar seat

A drama unfolded on the premises of Madarihat railway station in Alipurduar district on Wednesday as local MP John Barla continued to vent his ire on the party's Madarihat MLA Manoj Tigga.Barla, the sitting Alipurduar MP and the Union ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Cooch Behar police arrest trained militant of Kamtapur Liberation Organisation in Assam

Cooch Behar police have nabbed a trained militant of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KN faction) from Assam on Tuesday.Manojit Barman, a resident of Takaomari village under Boxirhat police station of the district, was nabbed from Dispur of Assam by ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Kamtapur Progressive Party, BJP start slogan war on Union minister Nisith Pramanik's turf

Protests and counter-protests rocked Bhetaguri, the native place of Cooch Behar BJP MP and Union minister of state Nisith Pramanik, on Wednesday as supporters of the saffron party and the Kamtapur Progressive Party (KPP) demonstrated and shouted slogans against ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Trinamul-backed teachers, employees at North Bengal University lock up key room

Academic and administrative activities at the North Bengal University (NBU) got disrupted on Wednesday as the Trinamul-backed contractual teachers and employees at the institution locked down the varsity's watch and ward building where keys of the administrative building, all ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Kamtapur Progressive Party, BJP start slogan war on Union minister Nisith Pramanik's turf

Protests and counter-protests rocked Bhetaguri, the native place of Cooch Behar BJP MP and Union minister of state Nisith Pramanik, on Wednesday as supporters of the saffron party and the Kamtapur Progressive Party (KPP) demonstrated and shouted slogans against ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Cooch Behar police arrest trained militant of Kamtapur Liberation Organisation in Assam

Cooch Behar police have nabbed a trained militant of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KN faction) from Assam on Tuesday.Manojit Barman, a resident of Takaomari village under Boxirhat police station of the district, was nabbed from Dispur of Assam by ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

John Barla refuses to relent as BJP fields MLA Manoj Tigga from Alipurduar seat

A drama unfolded on the premises of Madarihat railway station in Alipurduar district on Wednesday as local MP John Barla continued to vent his ire on the party's Madarihat MLA Manoj Tigga.Barla, the sitting Alipurduar MP and the Union ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Former TMC leader Tapas Roy joins BJP, slams Mamata govt over Sandeshkhali issue

Former Trinamul leader Tapas Roy joined the BJP on Wednesday and pledged to sign off his political career only from Narendra Modi's party while vouching to "fight" the alleged misrule of Bengal's ruling party.Accepting the party flag from BJP ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Mamata declares pay hike for ASHA, anganwadi workers ahead of Modi rally in Barasat

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced a hike in the remuneration of Bengal's nearly two lakh ASHA and anganwadi workers and anganwadi helpers from April, a little before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's women-centric event in Barasat.These grassroots workers ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

TMC slams BJP's 'double standard' as PM Modi planks poll campaign on women security

The Trinamul Congress mounted a scathing counter-offensive on Wednesday on Narendra Modi, alleging that his party’s key campaign planks of women’s security and corruption in Bengal were contrary to the BJP's dubious track record of dealing with its leaders ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Sandeskhali attack case: CBI takes over probe in two more cases, total FIRs three

The CBI has registered two more FIRs related to incidents on January 5, when officials of Enforcement Directorate were attacked by a mob in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali where they had gone to conduct raids, officials said on Wednesday. On ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Calcutta High Court again orders Bengal govt to hand over Shajahan Sheikh to CBI today

In a fresh directive on Wednesday, the Calcutta High Court ordered the West Bengal government to hand over the Sandeshkhali ED official attack case accused Shajahan Sheikh to the CBI by 4.15 pm. The high ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Given BJP’s track record, PM Modi has no right to ‘lecture’ on women’s safety: Trinamul

Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “double standards”, the TMC on Wednesday said he has no right to lecture on women’s security as BJP leaders were charged with sexually harassing female wrestlers. ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Keep your faith in me, says PM Modi after meeting Sandeshkhali women

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a private meeting with five women from Sandeshkhali, all of them victims of atrocities allegedly perpetrated by supporters of Trinamul Congress strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, after addressing the BJP's Nari Shakti Vandan rally in Barasat ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

CBI team reaches CID headquarters to take custody of Shajahan Sheikh

A team of CBI officials on Wednesday evening reached the CID headquarters to take custody of Sandeshkhali ED official attack case accused Shajahan Sheikh, after a fresh directive by the Calcutta High Court this morning. A team ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Calcutta High Court's deadline over, CBI yet to get custody of Shajahan Sheikh from CID

A team of CBI officials on Wednesday evening reached the CID headquarters to take custody of Sandeshkhali ED official attack case accused Shajahan Sheikh, after a fresh directive by the Calcutta High Court this morning. ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Former Trinamul Congress leader Tapas Roy joins BJP ahead of Lok Sabha elections

Former TMC leader Tapas Roy, who had quit West Bengal's ruling party two days ago, on Wednesday joined the BJP.Roy had resigned as TMC MLA on Monday, citing disillusionment with the party leadership.“I have joined the BJP today, as ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Sandeshkhali: CBI gets custody of Shajahan Sheikh from CID after HC deadline ends

The CBI on Wednesday got the custody of Sandeshkhali ED official attack case accused Shajahan Sheikh from the West Bengal CID, following two orders by the Calcutta High Court to do so on two consecutive days.In a fresh directive ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

HC grants leave to ED to file contempt petition over WB cops not giving Shahjahan’s custody

The 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 Shajahan Sheikh to the CBI, despite ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

BJP slams Bengal govt for opposing Calcutta High Court's decision on Shahjahan Sheikh

The BJP on Tuesday slammed the Trinamul Congress government in West Bengal for opposing the Calcutta High Court's order to hand over custody of suspended TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh to the CBI and called it a matter of "great ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

The storm of Sandeshkhali will reverberate across Bengal. Trinamul not bothered

Prime Minister Narendra Modi kept his focus on the Trinamul government over alleged atrocities on women in Sandeshkhali on his third visit to Bengal within a week ahead of the Lok Sabha polls at the BJP's Nari Shakti Vandan ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Sandeskhali attack case: CBI takes over probe in two more cases, total FIRs three

The CBI has registered two more FIRs related to incidents on January 5, when officials of Enforcement Directorate were attacked by a mob in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali where they had gone to conduct raids, officials said on Wednesday. On ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Given BJP’s track record, PM Modi has no right to ‘lecture’ on women’s safety: Trinamul

Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “double standards”, the TMC on Wednesday said he has no right to lecture on women’s security as BJP leaders were charged with sexually harassing female wrestlers. ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

Keep your faith in me, says PM Modi after meeting Sandeshkhali women

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a private meeting with five women from Sandeshkhali, all of them victims of atrocities allegedly perpetrated by supporters of Trinamul Congress strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, after addressing the BJP's Nari Shakti Vandan rally in Barasat ...

7 March 2024 Telegraph

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates India's first underwater Metro line in Calcutta

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday unveiled multiple metro projects across the country, including India's first underwater metro line in Calcutta, reports PTI.The Rs 4,965-crore Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section of Calcutta Metro's East-West Corridor, which has the first transportation tunnel ...

6 March 2024 Telegraph

Trinamul is a party of goons says Abhijit Gangopadhyay after resigning as judge of Cal HC

Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay put in his papers as a judge of Calcutta High Court on Tuesday morning and even before the Supreme Court accepted his resignation, he held a press conference at his Salt Lake residence to announce his ...

6 March 2024 Telegraph

Election Commission of India engages Enforcement Directorate to sniff out illegal poll cash

The Election Commission of India has engaged multiple central agencies, including the Enforcement Directorate, to crack down on the use of cash, liquor and other freebies ahead of the elections.Agencies like the Income Tax (IT) department and the Directorate ...

6 March 2024 Telegraph

Trinamul blames BJP after NFR cancels former's bookings of two special trains to carry workers

The Trinamul leadership in north Bengal on Tuesday blamed the BJP after Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) officials on Sunday cancelled the former's bookings of two special trains to carry party workers to Calcutta for the March 10 mega rally.“We ...

6 March 2024 Telegraph

Sandeshkhali: Move plea to CJI, he'll order listing: SC bench to Bengal govt

The 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 Telegraph

Mamata Banerjee demands fair and 'not BJP elections', lashes out at alleged agency raj

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday demanded impartial and “not BJP elections”, lashing out at the BJP-led Centre’s alleged agency raj, not long after the Election Commission of India announced the unprecedented decision to engage the Enforcement Directorate in ...

6 March 2024 Telegraph

Mamata Banerjee announces hike in remunerations of remunerations of ASHA, Anganwadi workers

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced that her government will hike the remunerations of ASHA and Anganwadi workers ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.In a video posted on Facebook, Banerjee said the remunerations of ASHA and ...

6 March 2024 Telegraph

Anit Thapa hands job letters to teachers with warning of action against bribing to make way

Anit Thapa, the chief executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), while handing appointment letters to teachers on Tuesday, threatened to take action against them if they were later found to have bribed their way to the jobs.Thapa’s assertion ...

6 March 2024 Telegraph

Abhijit Gangopadhyay says he'll join BJP, Trinamul few arrests away from collapsing

Justice Abhijit Ganguly, who stepped down from the judge’s seat on Tuesday, predicted the Trinamul Congress was a few arrests away from collapsing, soon after the former judge took the leap from the Calcutta High Court chambers to the ...

6 March 2024 Telegraph

Sandeshkhali: NCW chief meets Murmu, recommends President's rule in Bengal

National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma met President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday and recommended President's rule in West Bengal over the Sandeshkhali violence.Previously, other bodied including the National Commission for Scheduled Caste, National Commission for Scheduled Tribe and ...

6 March 2024 Telegraph

Sandeshkhali: CBI approaches Bengal police to take over case on Calcutta High Court order

The CBI has approached West Bengal Police to take over the investigation into the attack on Enforcement Directorate officials at Sandeshkhali on January 5 following a Calcutta High Court on Tuesday, officials said here. The agency team also reached ...

6 March 2024 Telegraph

Sandeshkhali: Bengal govt moves SC against transfer of probe into attack on ED to CBI

The 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 ...

6 March 2024 Telegraph

Sandeshkhali: HC says Bengal police biased, transfers probe into attack on ED to CBI

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered transfer of investigation into an attack on Enforcement Directorate officials at Sandeshkhali on January 5 from the West Bengal Police to the CBI, holding that the state police are "totally biased." The ...

6 March 2024 Telegraph

Sandeshkhali: ED attaches assets worth Rs 12.78 cr of Shajahan in money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said it has attached over a dozen properties worth Rs 12.78 crore of suspended TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh including bank deposits, an apartment, and agricultural and fishery land in Sandeshkhali and Kolkata in West ...

6 March 2024 Telegraph

ED officers attack case: CBI registers FIR within hours of Calcutta HC order, Sheikh not handed over by Bengal police

The CBI has taken over the investigation into the attack on Enforcement Directorate officers by a mob in Sandeskhali on January 5, registering an FIR on Tuesday hours after the Calcutta High Court directed the state police to hand ...

6 March 2024 Telegraph

PM Modi to open India's first under-river tunnel: Calcutta to realise dream it saw 53 years ago

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off a metro train between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade in Calcutta on Wednesday, it will open India's first under-river tunnel, fulfilling a dream which the city dwellers saw almost 53 years ago. Out ...

6 March 2024 Telegraph

Fresh ED summons for Mahua in 'cash-for-query': Quiz related to FEMA provisions

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sent fresh summons to Mahua Moitra, the former Trinamul MP from Krishnanagar, asking her to appear before interrogators on March 11 in Delhi. The central investigating agency, which is probing alleged irregularities against the ...

6 March 2024 Telegraph

Mamata said ED targeted Sheikh Shahjahan, this hurt me so much: Tapas Roy quits Trinamul

Trinamul veteran Tapas Roy on Monday tendered his resignation to Speaker Biman Banerjee as the party's Baranagar MLA after expressing his disappointment and hurt with his former party and its supremo Mamata Banerjee for allegedly leaving him in the ...

6 March 2024 Telegraph

Elections will come and elections will go. We are here to stay. Not these babus from Delhi

Mamata Banerjee on Monday rebutted several corruption allegations — momentarily losing her temper while doing so — that were levelled by Narendra Modi last weekend, in his defence of keeping central dues to Bengal frozen, and demanded forgiveness be ...

6 March 2024 Telegraph