The BJP's Malda district unit brought Babulal Marandi, the former chief minister of Jharkhand, to unveil a statue of a prominent tribal face who had contributed to the Santhal rebellion against the British.The move is being seen as an ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday handed over land rights and dwelling units to over 1,000 people and inaugurated and launched a slew of infrastructure projects worth around Rs 330 crore in Jalpaiguri district.While attending a public service distribution ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphTwo alleged Indian smugglers were caught by the BSF from different locations in South Dinajpur district on Tuesday.Sources said the 91st battalion of the BSF posted at Hamjapur border outpost intercepted Akram Ali, 25, while he was allegedly trying ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphThe 82nd conference of the All India Ophthalmological Society will be held at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in New Town from Thursday to Sunday.About 7,200 delegates, 300 of them from overseas, will attend the conference, said ophthalmologist Abhijit ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphTwo alleged Indian smugglers were caught by the BSF from different locations in South Dinajpur district on Tuesday.Sources said the 91st battalion of the BSF posted at Hamjapur border outpost intercepted Akram Ali, 25, while he was allegedly trying ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday handed over land rights and dwelling units to over 1,000 people and inaugurated and launched a slew of infrastructure projects worth around Rs 330 crore in Jalpaiguri district.While attending a public service distribution ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphAmid apprehensions and lack of clarity on conditions set by the Centre to get citizenship, the pro-Trinamul Congress faction of Matuas has planned to launch an extensive campaign among the community from Thursday to convince them not to submit ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphThe BJP's Malda district unit brought Babulal Marandi, the former chief minister of Jharkhand, to unveil a statue of a prominent tribal face who had contributed to the Santhal rebellion against the British.The move is being seen as an ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that district magistrates should be given the responsibility to grant citizenship to people and reiterated that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was a precursor to the National Register of Citizens (NRC).“Earlier, district ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphThe BJP has devised a two-pronged strategy to address the concerns of Matuas over the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the state. While leaders of the state BJP are trying to impress on the Union government ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphJohn Barla, the Alipurduar MP and a Union minister of state, changed his tune on Tuesday and said he would campaign for the party's nominee. The BJP has fielded Manoj Tigga, Madarihat BJP MLA and the party's chief whip ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphTMC supremo Mamata Banerjee's younger brother Babun Banerjee on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the party re-nominating Prasun Banerjee from Howrah Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal.Babun Banerjee, who is presently in New Delhi, however, denied speculations that he might ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphThe body of a missing businessman was recovered from underneath a water tank on the outskirts of the city, a police officer said on Wednesday.The body of Bhavo Lakhani, who lived in Ballygunge area here, was found in a ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asserted that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is linked with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and that is the reason why she is opposing the new legislation.The TMC supremo said ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphTMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday disowned his younger brother Babun Banerjee after he expressed displeasure over the party re-nominating Prasun Banerjee from Howrah Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal.She made the remark while speaking to reporters in Jalpaiguri.Hitting ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphSwapan Banerjee, the 52-year old brother of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, flipped and flopped on Wednesday after an irate Mamata snapped all ties with him for going public with his grievances against the Trinamul’s Howrah nominee and sitting MP ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphTrinamul Congress (TMC) candidates in several Lok Sabha constituencies on Wednesday embarked on the 'Banglar Adhikar Yatra', advocating for the rights of the people of West Bengal.They alleged that the BJP government at the Centre was attempting to undermine ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphThe CBI on Wednesday summoned a brother of suspended Trinamul Congress leader Shajahan Sheikh and a few others close to him for questioning in connection with the mob attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali on ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphThe Union home ministry has issued a release making it clear that Indian Muslims need not worry after the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, as it has no provision that will affect the citizenship of 18 ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphMamata Banerjee on Tuesday vowed that she wouldn’t allow the saffron regime’s contentious citizenship matrix in Bengal and asserted her willingness to sacrifice her life for the cause.The Bengal chief minister pulled no punches in her attack on the ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphThe body of a missing businessman was recovered from underneath a water tank on the outskirts of the city, a police officer said on Wednesday.The body of Bhavo Lakhani, who lived in Ballygunge area here, was found in a ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asserted that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is linked with the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and that is the reason why she is opposing the new legislation.The TMC supremo said ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Wednesday lead a roadshow in Siliguri against the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019.Banerjee, who has been vocal against its implementation, on Tuesday claimed that the rules notified were "unconstitutional ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphMamata Banerjee on Tuesday vowed that she wouldn’t allow the saffron regime’s contentious citizenship matrix in Bengal and asserted her willingness to sacrifice her life for the cause.The Bengal chief minister pulled no punches in her attack on the ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphThe Union home ministry has issued a release making it clear that Indian Muslims need not worry after the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, as it has no provision that will affect the citizenship of 18 ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphMamata Banerjee held a meeting with members of various communities based in the hills and the plains of north Bengal, while her nephew Abhishek met around 3,500 Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) leaders in Calcutta on Tuesday ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphAbhijit Gangopadhyay’s candidacy has not been announced yet but the former judge of Calcutta High Court visited Tamluk on Tuesday to get a feel of his possible "battleground".Guided by leader of the Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, the potential BJP candidate ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphThe Bengal government has reconstituted the Kamtapuri Bhasa Academy and brought in several political faces, including the head of a Rajbanshi political outfit. On March 7, the state issued a notification, saying the academy would have an 11-member committee ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress and the Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM) are set to kick-start their joint Lok Sabha election campaign from near Sandakphu, which is the highest point in Bengal.BGPM leader Gopal Lama will contest from the Darjeeling Lok ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphThe Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Calcutta High Court order directing CBI probe into the Sandeskali violence in which ED officials were allegedly attacked by Trinamul leader Sheikh Shahjahan whose followers also reportedly subjected several local ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphJohn Barla, the Alipurduar MP and a Union minister of state, changed his tune on Tuesday and said he would campaign for the party's nominee. The BJP has fielded Manoj Tigga, Madarihat BJP MLA and the party's chief whip ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress and the Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM) are set to kick-start their joint Lok Sabha election campaign from near Sandakphu, which is the highest point in Bengal.BGPM leader Gopal Lama will contest from the Darjeeling Lok ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphThe Bengal government has reconstituted the Kamtapuri Bhasa Academy and brought in several political faces, including the head of a Rajbanshi political outfit. On March 7, the state issued a notification, saying the academy would have an 11-member committee ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphAbhijit Gangopadhyay’s candidacy has not been announced yet but the former judge of Calcutta High Court visited Tamluk on Tuesday to get a feel of his possible "battleground".Guided by leader of the Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, the potential BJP candidate ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphMamata Banerjee held a meeting with members of various communities based in the hills and the plains of north Bengal, while her nephew Abhishek met around 3,500 Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) leaders in Calcutta on Tuesday ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphTension sparked at Tinbatti More on the southern part of Siliguri on Monday afternoon as supporters and members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) organised a march towards Uttarkanya to protest the atrocities in Sandeshkhali and crimes reported ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphThe United Front for Separate State (UFSS), a joint forum of nine organisations demanding a north Bengal state, wants Bimal Gurung, the president of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, to contest the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat.Roshan Giri, the general secretary of ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphMd Mehedi Hasan, 27, from Narsingdi district in Bangladesh, was nabbed by the BSF in Jalpaiguri district on Sunday evening as he tried to infiltrate India.Some Indian currency, two cell phones and Indian ID proofs were found on him.During ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphAttacking the BJP-led government at the Centre over the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed the rules notified were "unconstitutional and discriminatory".Addressing an official programme at Habra in ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphThe implementation of the CAA by the Centre just ahead of the Lok Sabha polls is anticipated to intensify communal polarization, significantly influencing the electoral discourse in West Bengal with both the opposition BJP and the ruling TMC poised ...
13 March 2024 Telegraph