A team of seven “victims” from Sandeshkhali will meet President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday, to apprise her of crimes against women and land-grab allegedly by local Trinamul leaders and demand central forces in the area.A BJP ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphBarrackpore MP Arjun Singh on Thursday announced his decision to rejoin the BJP but refrained from discussing the possibility of contesting from the same seat as the party's nominee. "I am aligning with the BJP. Today, I am heading ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphAround 8,000 residents of five villages near the Bangladesh border in Jalpaiguri district have been facing a peculiar problem for the past nine years.Since 2015, they have neither been able to sell their land nor provide it to the ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's health condition is "stable", a senior official of the state administration said on Friday.The 69-year-old Banerjee, who suffered a major injury on her forehead and nose during a fall inside her Kalighat residence ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphThree workers hailing from West Bengal were killed after their motorcycle hit the railing of a bridge and they fell into a dry canal in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district, police said on Thursday. The accident took place on ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphDisgruntled TMC leader Arjun Singh on Thursday said he would return to the BJP after he was denied a party ticket from the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat which he represents.Singh also claimed that a "top TMC leader" would join ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphThe ED on Thursday conducted raids at the residences of two businessmen with “close links” to arrested TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh, in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, in connection with an alleged ration distribution scam, an official said.Sleuths of the probe ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphThree years after its historic victory halting the BJP's advance in Bengal, the Trinamul Congress (TMC), plagued by corruption allegations and internal power struggle and having withdrawn from the INDIA bloc in the state, is now engaged in a ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphObserving that public rallies and meetings are an inextricable part of Bengal's culture just as delicacies such as 'mishti doi', 'luchi' and 'alu posto', the Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed a march by a state government employees' organisation.'Luchi' ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphThe CPM has packed its first list of candidates with fresh faces for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, amidst differences with other electoral partners.The Left Front chairman Biman Bose on Friday announced the names of 16 candidates, 13 from ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphA court in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Thursday extended the CBI custody of Sandeshkhali strongman Shajahan Sheikh by eight days.Sheikh was arrested on February 29 after 55 days on the run following violent protests led by ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday evening suffered injuries on her forehead and was admitted to a hospital, the TMC said.“Our chairperson @MamataOfficial sustained a major injury. Please keep her in your prayers,” the party posted on ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphSeveral civil society groups in Bengal have begun drawing up plans to launch a campaign against the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls as part of a larger state-wide protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which came ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphLinen has been washed publicly by Bengal’s first family of politics and the audience eventually told the show’s over.Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday disowned her youngest brother Swapan (Babun) Banerjee for his show of defiance over the selection ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphThree workers hailing from West Bengal were killed after their motorcycle hit the railing of a bridge and they fell into a dry canal in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district, police said on Thursday. The accident took place on ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphDisgruntled TMC leader Arjun Singh on Thursday said he would return to the BJP after he was denied a party ticket from the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat which he represents.Singh also claimed that a "top TMC leader" would join ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphThe ED on Thursday conducted raids at the residences of two businessmen with “close links” to arrested TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh, in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, in connection with an alleged ration distribution scam, an official said.Sleuths of the probe ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphLinen has been washed publicly by Bengal’s first family of politics and the audience eventually told the show’s over.Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday disowned her youngest brother Swapan (Babun) Banerjee for his show of defiance over the selection ...
14 March 2024 TelegraphSeveral civil society groups in Bengal have begun drawing up plans to launch a campaign against the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls as part of a larger state-wide protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which came ...
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 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 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 Telegraph