Bengal, along with Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, will vote in every leg of the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls that will begin on April 19 and continue till June 1, the longest stretch of parliamentary polls that the state has ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has constituted a team of experts to conduct a study of the lands in Sandeshkhali that were illegally grabbed from villagers and turned into fish farms, and suggest ways to utilise them, an ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphBimal Gurung, who once lorded over Darjeeling hills, has started an outreach ahead of the Lok Sabha polls after lying low for years.Gurung's outreach comes at a time when the United Front for Smaller States (UFSS) — a forum ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphThe CBI on Saturday arrested Sheikh Alamgir, brother of recently arrested Sandehskhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, and two others for allegedly spearheading an attack on the visiting ED team on January 5.Alamgir evaded questions and tried to mislead investigators, central ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphElections to the Sikkim Assembly and Lok Sabha will be held on April 19, the first of the seven phases of the 2024 general elections."The president of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) and also the chief minister of Sikkim is ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphGopal Lama, the Darjeeling Trinamul Congress candidate from its hill ally, the Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM), kick-started his campaign from the Terai region of the constituency with “development” on his lips. Trinamul has never won the Darjeeling Lok ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has constituted a team of experts to conduct a study of the lands in Sandeshkhali that were illegally grabbed from villagers and turned into fish farms, and suggest ways to utilise them, an ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphEstablished in 1774 by the then Governor General of Bengal, Warren Hastings, Kolkata GPO holds the distinction of being India's first general post office. Over its 250-year history, it has served as a testament to the evolution of postal ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphMembers of about a dozen civil society groups on Saturday decided to reach out to the Matua community in Bengal to explain why they should not apply for citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which came into effect ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphElections to the Sikkim Assembly and Lok Sabha will be held on April 19, the first of the seven phases of the 2024 general elections."The president of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) and also the chief minister of Sikkim is ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphThe CBI on Saturday arrested Sheikh Alamgir, brother of recently arrested Sandehskhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, and two others for allegedly spearheading an attack on the visiting ED team on January 5.Alamgir evaded questions and tried to mislead investigators, central ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphThe BJP is facing a bizarre situation in Darjeeling with two of its MLAs threatening to contest as Independents in this Lok Sabha election for contrasting reasons.Neeraj Zimba, the two-time Darjeeling MLA on a BJP ticket, on Saturday said ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphAbhishek Banerjee, Trinamul’s national general secretary, at Belda, West Midnapore, on Saturday, came down heavily on the BJP-led centre for not releasing MGNREGS wages in Bengal, making it clear that the Centre's funds freeze was a major Trinamul poll ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress on Saturday said the seven-phase polls in Bengal would work to the advantage of the BJP which got more financial resources and slammed the Election Commission of India (ECI) for not considering its demand for the ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphThe Howrah Maidan-Esplanade metro section, which passes below the Hooghly river through the country's first under-water transportation tunnel, carried more than 70,000 passengers on the first day of its operation, an official said on Saturday.Commercial operation on the stretch ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphBengal, along with Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, will vote in every leg of the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls that will begin on April 19 and continue till June 1, the longest stretch of parliamentary polls that the state has ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphAbhishek Banerjee, Trinamul’s national general secretary, at Belda, West Midnapore, on Saturday, came down heavily on the BJP-led centre for not releasing MGNREGS wages in Bengal, making it clear that the Centre's funds freeze was a major Trinamul poll ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress on Saturday said the seven-phase polls in Bengal would work to the advantage of the BJP which got more financial resources and slammed the Election Commission of India (ECI) for not considering its demand for the ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphThe BJP is facing a bizarre situation in Darjeeling with two of its MLAs threatening to contest as Independents in this Lok Sabha election for contrasting reasons.Neeraj Zimba, the two-time Darjeeling MLA on a BJP ticket, on Saturday said ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphMembers of about a dozen civil society groups on Saturday decided to reach out to the Matua community in Bengal to explain why they should not apply for citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which came into effect ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphMembers of the Kishan community in Malda district have expressed disgruntlement with the Trinamul Congress for not meeting their longstanding demand for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.On Friday, representatives of the Malda Jela Kishan Janajati Seba Samity, which represents ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphBJP leaders in at least four north Bengal districts have decided to seek voters’ suggestions which can be included in the party’s manifesto for the coming Lok Sabha election. In Alipurduar district, suggestion boxes were placed in front of ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's health condition is "fine", doctors treating her, said on Saturday morning.The 69-year-old is recovering well, they said."The chief minister is fine and stable. She is recovering well. The pain due to the injuries ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday expressed his commitment to actively engage in the upcoming general elections, pledging to put an end to violence and corruption in the state.He declared his intention to be present in the ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphBengal went into poll mode on Saturday afternoon and will remain so for from March till June with the announcement of the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls by the Election Commission of India in New Delhi. Bengal, ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphThe CPI(M) on Saturday said the Election Commission must ensure that people in West Bengal can cast their votes on their own in the Lok Sabha polls.With the EC announcing seven-phase polling for the 42 seats in the state, ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphWelcoming the Election Commission's decision to conduct the general elections in West Bengal in seven phases, Pradesh Congress Committee president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday expressed satisfaction with the move, saying it was necessary to ensure a peaceful electoral ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphHarsh Vardhan Shringla, former foreign secretary and one of the driving forces behind the success of India’s G20 presidency, is making waves in the Darjeeling hills with his multi-pronged outreach initiatives which have intensified speculation about his candidature as ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphAs chief minister Mamata Banerjee recovered from Thursday night’s forehead gash sustained at home, the “push from behind” narrative was given a swift burial and the police registered no complaint.A physician spoke of the possibility of a person having ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's health condition is "fine", doctors treating her, said on Saturday morning.The 69-year-old is recovering well, they said."The chief minister is fine and stable. She is recovering well. The pain due to the injuries ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphTwo Trinamul Congress MPs -- Arjun Singh and Dibyendu Adhikari -- joined the Bharatiya Janata Party here on Friday, saying that they were upset with the Sandeshkhali incidents.Singh represents West Bengal's Barrackpur in the Lok Sabha and Adhikari the ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphAs chief minister Mamata Banerjee recovered from Thursday night’s forehead gash sustained at home, the “push from behind” narrative was given a swift burial and the police registered no complaint.A physician spoke of the possibility of a person having ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphHarsh Vardhan Shringla, former foreign secretary and one of the driving forces behind the success of India’s G20 presidency, is making waves in the Darjeeling hills with his multi-pronged outreach initiatives which have intensified speculation about his candidature as ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphJustice Amrita Sinha of Calcutta High Court, who is dealing with the alleged scam in the primary teachers’ recruitment, observed on Friday that the quantum of money laundered was mindboggling and for the sake of a better probe, she ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphThe BJP’s plan to start an early campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in Bengal has suffered a setback in 23 constituencies, especially in six seats where the party won in 2019, because of a delay in the announcement ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphA six-year-old girl was charred to death in a fire that engulfed her home at Char Krishnapur near Ranitala on Thursday night.Tamanna Khatun was a Class I student. The blaze engulfed the house when the girl's father Abdur Rauf ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphCommercial services of the country's first underwater metro train commenced in Calcutta on Friday with hundreds of passengers erupting into jubilation on their first ride.A train began its journey from the Howrah Maidan station on the East-West metro corridor ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphA day after stating that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had a fall at her Kalighat residence "due to some push from behind" leading to injuries on forehead and nose, state-run SSKM Hospital director Manimoy Bandyopadhyay on Friday ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphA six-year-old girl was charred to death in a fire that engulfed her home at Char Krishnapur near Ranitala on Thursday night.Tamanna Khatun was a Class I student. The blaze engulfed the house when the girl's father Abdur Rauf ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphMembers of the Kishan community in Malda district have expressed disgruntlement with the Trinamul Congress for not meeting their longstanding demand for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.On Friday, representatives of the Malda Jela Kishan Janajati Seba Samity, which represents ...
16 March 2024 Telegraph