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Muslims likely to support TMC in Bengal during LS Polls
Kolkata: Minorities in West Bengal, constituting nearly thirty per cent of the electorate, are likely to vote for the TMC to halt BJP’s advance, despite the presence of a secular alternative in…
- Kolkata
NIA arrests blast suspects amid mob attack in WB; political slugfest between TMC, BJP
Kolkata: A team of the NIA was allegedly attacked by a mob on Saturday when it went to arrest two main suspects in a 2022 blast case in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur…
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Sandeshkhali events do not match with official records on womensafety in Bengal: Calcutta HC
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday observed that what has happened with the women in Sandeshkhali in the state’s North 24 Parganas district, if true, is not in conformity with the…
- India
I am a victim of political conspiracy: Sheikh Shahjahan
Kolkata: Suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan, the accused mastermind behind the attack on ED and CAPF personnel at Sandeshkhali on January 5, on Wednesday said that he is a victim of…
- India
Victory will be fitting reply to expulsion from LS, says confident Mahua
Kolkata: Exuding confidence in securing her Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat with a bigger margin, senior TMC leader Mahua Moitra feels that her victory would be a fitting response to the “conspiracy” to…
- Kolkata
WB storm: Death toll rises to 5, CM meets families of victims
Jalpaiguri: The death toll due to a storm that wreaked havoc in parts of Jalpaiguri district in northern West Bengal has risen to five, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said. Over 100…
- India
TMC slams PM economic adviser Sanjeev Sanyal’s comments on Bengalis
Kolkata: Certain comments on the people of West Bengal by Prime Minister’s Economic Advisor Sanjeev Sanyal have created controversy, with the Trinamool Congress accusing him of “fanning open hatred” towards the residents…
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Adhir praises economist Parakala Prabhakar for his views on electoral bonds
Kolkata: West Bengal Congress president Adhir Chowdhury on Thursday heaped praise on Parakala Prabhakar, eminent economist and husband of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for his views on the electoral bonds saying…
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BJP’s latest list of candidates for West Bengal full of surprises
Kolkata: The BJP surprised many with its latest list of Lok Sabha candidates for West Bengal, nominating a protester from Sandeshkhali for the Basirhat constituency and changing the seats of its two…