Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday came down heavily on her Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath, accusing him of abetting lynchings and claiming that the saffron party leader will fail to win another election in his state. She was responding to a question regarding Adityanath’s public address[Read More…]
Kolkata, Attacking the Centre in his budget speech, West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Monday said the country’s federal polity has been shaken due to “blatant interference by the Central government” in the affairs of the statutory constitutional institutions and states. He also accused the Centre of presenting “a[Read More…]
On Monday, former IPS officer Bharati Ghosh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). For more than six years, Ghosh was the West Midnapore superintendent of police, after that, on December 26 last year, she was transferred as commandant of the third battalion of the state armed police. But she resigned[Read More…]
The Bhabanipur, Kolkata office of the Bhartiya Janata Party has been vandalised. Meanwhile the Twitter handle of BJP West Bengal has pointed its fingers to the “goons” of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. They tweeted, “@mamataofficial’s goons have vandalised the BJP party office in Bhawanipore, South Kolkata. Mamata represents the[Read More…]
New Delhi, A BJP delegation met the Election Commission on Monday and requested it to conduct the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal in a “violence free and fair” atmosphere. “In view of the ongoing violence by workers of the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, we requested the[Read More…]
Rajiv Kumar is an IPS officer of the 1989 batch who had headed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating into the Saradha and Rose Valley scams
Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar has reportedly gone ‘missing’ after he was summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Rose Valley and Saradha ponzi scams. Responding to the reports, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday she was “sorry” that Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar[Read More…]
The 50th Statesman Vintage & Classic Car Rally will take place in Kolkata on Sunday, 3 February. The rally will start from the Eastern Command Sports Stadium at Fort William at 7 am. The Sunday after, i.e. 10 February, will see the Delhi edition of the rally, which is in[Read More…]
Contai (West Bengal): Coming down heavily on the Mamata Banerjee government on the refugee crisis, BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday said if elected to power, the BJP will ensure citizenship to all refugees and drive away all the infiltrators from Bengal. “The infiltrators, the Rohingiyas are welcomed in Bengal,[Read More…]
Congress MP Mausam Noor joins Trinamool Congress in presence of Mamata Banerjee in Nabanna. Mausam Noor was a Second Term Member of Parliament Lok Sabha from the Indian State of West Bengal on Congress ticket. She entered politics when she contested and won from Sujapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency after the demise of her mother in 2009.
Kolkata: Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani, who was scheduled to address a public meeting at Suri in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Wednesday, could not reach the venue after her chopper failed to land due to lack of daylight, a state BJP leader said, smelling a conspiracy by[Read More…]
Kalo Mallick, a 50-year-old man from Kachaipara area is a hard-core worshiper of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Malda (West Bengal), Dismissing the January 19 rally of opposition leaders in Kolkata as a “gathbandhan” (alliance) of power-seekers and those only interested in serving their own interests, BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday said these people only want to give the country a “majboor” (helpless) government so that they[Read More…]
Kolkata: Amid high drama over denial of permission for facilitating the landing of BJP President Amit Shah’s chopper in West Bengal’s Malda ahead of his rally on January 22, the state BJP leadership on Monday said they have finally received the clearance at two places in the district. “We have[Read More…]
In 2014 elections, Mamata Banerjee hoped for backing from Gorkha Janmukti Morcha for their candidate Baichung Bhutia but GJM chose to support the BJP
Bengal has managed to rescue a total of 46,152 missing children between 2012 and 2017.
Kolkata: The West Bengal BJP on Thursday submitted a modified proposal to the state government requesting permission for the Rath Yatra as directed by the Supreme Court and promised that the programme will be a “peaceful political endeavour”, a senior state BJP leader said. The Supreme Court had on January[Read More…]
Satyarup Siddhanta is world’s youngest climber in the world at the age of 35.
Jadavpur University professor is again making headlines for all the wrong reasons. After making lewd remarks on women and comparing virgin brides to sealed bottles, the students of the Jadavpur University have revealed more such incidents wherein the professor, Kanak Sarkar has made disgraceful comments on their female students. Taking[Read More…]
In an eye shunning Facebook post, Kanak Sarkar, a professor at the prestigious Jadavpur University in Kolkata, wrote several controversial comments on women’s virginity. In the post, titled “Virgin Bride – Why Not? (Value Oriented Social Counselling for Educated Youth), Sarkar compared a virgin girl to a sealed bottle or packet.[Read More…]
New Delhi: In a setback to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saumitra Khan on Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Khan’s induction in the saffron party was announced at a press conference here following his meeting with BJP[Read More…]
Kolkata, Normal life was partly hit in West Bengal on Tuesday during the 48-hour nationwide strike called by central trade unions in protest against the “pro-corporate, anti-national and anti-people” policies of the Modi government. Sporadic incidents of vandalism and disruptions were reported from some parts of the state since earlier[Read More…]
Kolkata, West Bengal is exploring the possibility of coffee cultivation in Darjeeling on a large scale, encouraged by the success of some self-help groups, a state minister said on Tuesday. “Some of our self-help groups (SHGs) in Darjeeling are involved in coffee cultivation but not on a large scale. We[Read More…]
Kolkata: A young man attempted suicide by jumping in front of a Metro train here on Wednesday, causing brief disruption to Metro services, an official said. The youth was rushed to the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital for treatment. “There has been a suicide attempt in Dumdum station,” Kolkata[Read More…]
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday observed the 21st foundation day of Trinamool Congress party. “Today @AITCofficial turns 21. The journey which began on January 1, 1998, has been full of struggles, but we have been steadfast in our resolve to fight for the people #Trinamool21,” Banerjee[Read More…]