Monk demands Mamata’s apology

May 21, 2024

Within 36 hours of allegations that monks of Ramakrishna Mission, Bharat Sevashram Sangha and ISKCON were canvassing for the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was on Monday slapped with a defamation notice by the monk she had mentioned by name. Kartik Maharaj, also known as Swami Pradiptananda, of...

Woman alleges abduction bid by TMC

May 17, 2024

Sandeshkhali, a small riverine island on the Indo-Bangladesh border which hit the headlines after womenfolk rose in protest against sexual abuse and land grabbing by Trinamool Congress, is on the boil again after a local woman alleged that Trinamool Congress workers had abducted her and pressurised her to tell courts...

Mamata’s prediction: 315 seats for I.N.D.I.A bloc, BJP will win 195

May 14, 2024

Weeks after predicting that her I.N.D.I.A. ally Congress would struggle to get 40 seats in the Lok Sabha, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday predicted that the I.N.D.I.A. bloc would win at least 315 seats while the BJP would win a maximum of 195 seats. “The I.N.D.I.A. bloc...

PM Modi peddling lies on Sandeshkhali, alleges Mamata

May 13, 2024

Claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was continuing to “peddle lies” about Sandeshkhali, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday questioned why he was maintaining a stoic silence on the allegations of molestation against Governor CV Ananda Bose and not asking him to resign. Addressing an election rally in...

Modi sure of NDA crossing 400 mark, iterates ‘5 guarantees’

May 13, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday claimed that based on feedback after the first three phases of elections, he was confident that the BJP-led NDA would get more than 400 seats in the Lok Sabha. Addressing four back-to-back meetings in West Bengal today, the Prime Minister also made it clear...

Sandeshkhali: TMC, NCW move ECI

May 11, 2024

Even as the Trinamool Congress threatened to complain to the Election Commission about National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma for “misusing her chair and “being one of the major conspirators of the Sandeshkhali matter”, the NCW chief wrote to the poll panel head Rajeev Kumar highlighting the “alarming situation...

Sandeshkhali women tortured on basis of religion: Amit Shah

May 11, 2024

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today alleged that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee turned a blind eye to the torture of women of Sandeshkhali “due to their religion”. Shah was in Bengal to address three election rallies for his party’s candidates in Ranaghat, Birbhum and Asansol constituencies. “Shame on Mamata. She...

Trinamool, NCW move poll panel

May 11, 2024

Even as the Trinamool Congress threatened to complain to the Election Commission about National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma for “misusing her chair and “being one of the major conspirators of the Sandeshkhali matter”, the NCW chief wrote to the poll panel head Rajeev Kumar highlighting the “alarming situation...

Amit Shah asks for detailed report on Sandeshkhali ‘sting’

May 7, 2024

Home Minister Amit Shah, who spent the day in West Bengal on the campaign trail, is learnt to have asked for a “detailed report on the Sandeshkhali sting”. BJP sources said that the Union Home Minister held an organisation meeting late last night and asked the BJP State leadership to...

Waiting for next grenade, hidden bullets: Bengal Guv

May 4, 2024

A day after the Trinamool Congress highlighted a case of a woman contractual staffer at the Raj Bhavan accusing West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose of sexual harassment, he released a strongly worded audio message on Friday, saying: “Waiting for the next grenade and your hidden bullets…. Please fire”....