A sub-divisional court at Basirhat on Tuesday remanded three alleged associates of the now suspended TMC leader Sheikh Shajahan to ten days CBI custody following their arrest by the central agency in connection with the January 5 attack on ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphSenior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday slammed the BJP over the implementation of the CAA rules ahead of the Lok Sabha polls and asserted that there is no clarity regarding the legislation which has been brought hurriedly.As per ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphA 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 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee will be in Siliguri on a two-day visit on Tuesday, three days after Prime Minister Modi's much-publicised March 9 visit.Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, she will meet representatives of different communities and members of ...
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 TelegraphThe CBI on Monday arrested three close aides of Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan. Jiauddin Mollah, Didarbaksh Mollah and Faruque Akunji were arrested for their alleged role in the attack on a visiting ED team at Sandeshkhali on January 5.The ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphThe Centre’s notification to implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, on Monday evening set the decibel soaring as the Matua community broke into celebrations at Thakurbari, their holy abode in North 24-Parganas’ Thakurnagar.Around 1,000 Matua members gathered at Thakurbari ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphBarrackpore MP Arjun Singh, who left the BJP for Trinamul in 2022, on Monday regretted his decision to join Mamata Banerjee’s party after his name did not feature among the 42 party candidates that Trinamul leader Abhishek Banerjee announced ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphThe Jalpaiguri district administration will launch a drive on Tuesday to check the safety measures in all the cold storages of the district, following the incident of ammonia leak at a cold storage unit which led to a worker's ...
13 March 2024 TelegraphThe CBI on Monday arrested three alleged associates of suspended TMC leader Shahajahan Sheikh including his security guard in connection with the January 5 attack on an Enforcement Directorate team, officials said.The agency took into custody Sheikh's security guard ...
12 March 2024 TelegraphThe CBI on Monday arrested three close aides of Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan. Jiauddin Mollah, Didarbaksh Mollah and Faruque Akunji were arrested for their alleged role in the attack on a visiting ED team at Sandeshkhali on January 5.The ...
12 March 2024 TelegraphThe Centre’s notification to implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, on Monday evening set the decibel soaring as the Matua community broke into celebrations at Thakurbari, their holy abode in North 24-Parganas’ Thakurnagar.Around 1,000 Matua members gathered at Thakurbari ...
12 March 2024 TelegraphTrinamul Congress on Sunday announced the list of its 42 Lok Sabha nominees for Bengal, with a mix of the old and the new, including cricketers, academics and Tollywood celebrities. However, much interest lay in 14 names picked by ...
12 March 2024 TelegraphThe CBI has summoned nine close aides and associates of suspended TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh to appear before the agency on Monday, officials said. The agency suspects that these nine individuals were allegedly part of the attack on Enforcement ...
12 March 2024 TelegraphThe CBI visited Bongaon in North 24 Parganas district on Monday in connection with its investigation into the attack on an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team that went to arrest TMC leader Shankar Adhya on January 5, officials said.The ED ...
12 March 2024 TelegraphIn a setback to the West Bengal government, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed its plea challenging a Calcutta High Court order transferring to the CBI the probe into the January 5 attack on an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team ...
12 March 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she would fiercely oppose the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) if she found it to be discriminatory against groups of people living in India and if it curtailed their existing citizenship ...
12 March 2024 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate on Monday attached a demand draft of Rs 10.29 crore issued to the Trinamul Congress by the Alchemist Group, which is under probe by the central agency, just ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.“The ED, Delhi ...
12 March 2024 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee has said that the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Registry of Citizens will not be allowed in Bengal.“This is not freedom at midnight. This is an eyewash being played by the BJP ahead of ...
12 March 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday said the notification of rules of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act is a "logical conclusion" and example of "good governance in India".The CAA paves the way for citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants ...
12 March 2024 TelegraphThe BJP on Sunday picked up the Lok Sabha candidates’ list of the Trinamul Congress to counter the ruling party’s charge that the BJP was anti-Bengal and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was an outsider to the state. Speaking on ...
12 March 2024 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamul MP Abhishek Banerjee both tore into ex-judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay on Sunday, a day after he was seen clad in saffron and bowing before Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BJP’s Siliguri rally.A day ...
12 March 2024 TelegraphTrinamul Congress on Sunday announced the list of its 42 Lok Sabha nominees for Bengal, with a mix of the old and the new, including cricketers, academics and Tollywood celebrities. However, much interest lay in 14 names picked by ...
12 March 2024 TelegraphTrinamul on Sunday created a record of sorts in Indian politics when party supremo and Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee walked on a pair of cross ramps with 42 party nominees to introduce them to party workers and supporters, ...
12 March 2024 TelegraphThe flamboyant stage presence and performance of Abhishek Banerjee, the indisputable Number Two of the Trinamul Congress, on the Brigade Parade Grounds on Sunday appeared to match those of his aunt and chief minister Mamata Banerjee in terms of ...
12 March 2024 TelegraphThe CBI has summoned nine close aides and associates of suspended TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh to appear before the agency on Monday, officials said. The agency suspects that these nine individuals were allegedly part of the attack on Enforcement ...
12 March 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress (TMC), which unveiled its candidate lineup for all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, has introduced six political newcomers, among them former cricketer Yusuf Pathan and Padma Shri recipient Kalipada Soren.The other fresh faces are ...
11 March 2024 TelegraphAs a cricketer, Yusuf Pathan was known for hitting big sixes. He will now be trying his luck on a different pitch, against a seasoned opponent.The former India cricketer will be Trinamul candidate from Behrampore, fief of Bengal Congress ...
11 March 2024 TelegraphWhen commercial Metro services start between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade along the East-West corridor, the trains will run at around 70kmph, Metro officials said.But while crossing the 520m stretch under the Hooghly riverbed, the trains will travel at around ...
11 March 2024 TelegraphA Christian organisation has demanded the Other Backward Class (OBC) status for the community in the state and the formation of a development body for Christians in north Bengal. The All Christian Minority Organisation (ACMO) also requested the state ...
11 March 2024 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamul MP Abhishek Banerjee both tore into ex-judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay on Sunday, a day after he was seen clad in saffron and bowing before Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BJP’s Siliguri rally.A day ...
11 March 2024 TelegraphTo mark the 64th Tibetan Uprising Day on Sunday, protesters, which included Tibetan nationals, gathered outside the Chinese consulate in Salt Lake to raise their voices against Beijing’s alleged human rights violation and cultural genocide in Tibet.Led by the ...
11 March 2024 TelegraphPermanent political solution (PPS), an undefined term in the 2019 BJP’s Lok Sabha election manifesto that powered Darjeeling politics for the past five years, appears to have become unpalatable for BJP partner Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) ahead of ...
11 March 2024 TelegraphThe BJP on Sunday picked up the Lok Sabha candidates’ list of the Trinamul Congress to counter the ruling party’s charge that the BJP was anti-Bengal and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was an outsider to the state. Speaking on ...
11 March 2024 TelegraphThe Covid-19 pandemic created distress across the globe but those trying times successfully milked entrepreneurship among residents of the far-flung village of Lower Marming in the Kurseong subdivision of Darjeeling district.With dairy farmers finding it difficult to sell milk ...
11 March 2024 TelegraphThe TMC on Sunday announced the candidate list for all 42 Lok Sabha seats of West Bengal, dropping a few sitting MPs and bringing in several new faces such as former cricketers Yusuf Pathan and Kriti Azad.The party renominated ...
11 March 2024 TelegraphClaiming that "Modi ki guarantee" has "zero warranty", TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday labelled BJP leaders as "outsiders and anti-Bengal", who only visit the state during elections.Banerjee, the TMC national general secretary, asserted that the people of the ...
11 March 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul all-India general secretary Abhishek Banerjee used the “outsider” card against the BJP at the party’s “Jonogorjon” rally on Sunday.“Whose guarantee do you believe in? Modi or Didi? Didi promised Kanyashree, it happened. She said free ration will ...
11 March 2024 TelegraphA court in West Bengal's Basirhat on Sunday extended the CBI custody of Shahjahan Sheikh, key accused in a mob attack on ED officials at Sandeshkhali, by another four days on a prayer by the central agency.The Central Bureau ...
11 March 2024 TelegraphStating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi protested against atrocities on women at Sandeshkhali from all four rallies he addressed in West Bengal recently, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday claimed that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee did not find it ...
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