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TMC’s Sudip Bandyopadhyay meets Union Minister, sparks speculation
Kolkata: A meeting between senior TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Union Minister Bhupender Yadav in New Delhi on Saturday, June 13, sparked fresh political speculation amid turmoil within the party, raising questions…
- India
Aaditya Thackeray slams TMC rebels as ‘timid, ungrateful’
Mumbai: Dubbing TMC lawmakers for rebelling against the party “timid”, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray has said those “ungrateful” to former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are now abandoning the…
- India
Defection buzz: Uddhav Thackeray calls for Shiv Sena-UBT meeting
Following the dramatic political developments in West Bengal, intense political speculation has shifted to Maharashtra. In a swift move, former Chief Minister and Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray has called an urgent…
- Kolkata
Kolkata fire destroys 4,000 EVMs used in Bengal elections
Kolkata: West Bengal minister Kaushik Chowdhury on Thursday, June 11, said that around 4,000 EVMs were gutted in a government building fire here, as the police launched an investigation following the registration…
- India
India, Bangladesh discuss illegal, forcible border crossings
New Delhi: India and Bangladesh discussed issues related to deaths at the border and illegal, inadvertent and forcible crossings during the four-day DG-level talks that concluded here on June 11, an official…
- India
Signature forgery: Abhishek reaches CID HQ for questioning
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday, June 11, appeared before the West Bengal Crime Investigation Department (CID) to face questions in the signature forgery case over the party’s…
- Kolkata
Won’t abandon Mamata Banerjee in hard times: Shatrughan Sinha
New Delhi: Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday, June 11, asserted that he would not abandon TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee in difficult times, saying she had stood by him when he was going…
- India
Questions remain unanswered over BJP win in Muslim locality
Kolkata: Questions remain unanswered as scepticism continues to rise over the landslide victory secured by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate in the Muslim-dominated Assembly constituency in West Bengal’s capital. The controversy…
- India
Bengal: Massive fire erupts at govt building in Kolkata
Kolkata: A massive blaze erupted at a multi-storey government building in Alipore area of Kolkata on the morning of Wednesday, June 10, fire officials said. One person trapped on the top floor…
- Kolkata
‘Fake signature’ row: CID enters Mamata’s residence-cum-office
Kolkata: A CID team on Tuesday, June 9, entered Trinamool Congress’s central party office-cum-residence of party supremo Mamata Banerjee in Kalighat area, after a brief standoff with security personnel and a party…
- India
Bengal women detained in Thane despite valid citizenship docs
Three women and a child from West Bengal are being held in a Thane detention centre on allegations of being illegal Bangladeshi nationals, with police claiming their documents, including passports, which require…
- India
TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray resigns from party
Kolkata: Veteran TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Shekhar Ray on Monday, June 8, resigned from the party and stepped down as a member of the Upper House, dealing a fresh blow to…
- India
TMC’s Jahangir Khan held near Nepal border on extortion charges
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Jahangir Khan was arrested by Bengal police near the India-Nepal border on Monday, in connection with an extortion case, officials said. The arrest brings to an end…
- Kolkata
Over 4K illegal immigrants sent to Bangladesh: Bengal CM
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday said around 4,800 illegal immigrants have been sent to Bangladesh from holding centres set up in the state’s border districts, and around 836…
- India
Migrant worker claims he was ‘trapped inside drain’ by magician
Kozhikode: A migrant worker who claimed to be from West Bengal was rescued from inside a drain here on Saturday, June 6, by fire force personnel, though the circumstances surrounding how he…
