Let Central forces stay on in Bengal, BJP tells EC

April 9, 2024

Fearing post-poll violence in the state, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said the Central forces deployed in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha polls should be kept for three more months after the elections. The BJP leader met the Special Observer appointed by the Election Commission. Adhikari said the deployment...

TMC’s multi-pronged attack on NIA, others

April 9, 2024

Forty-eight hours after a team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) was attacked in Purba Medinipur district’s Bhupatinagar when they went there to investigate a 2022 bomb blast case, the Trinamool Congress on Monday launched a multi-pronged attack on Central agencies alleging that the ruling BJP was using them for...

BJP Complains to EC Over Mamata’s Expletive Against PM Modi

April 6, 2024

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had uttered an expletive while referring to PM Modi during her rally in Mathabhanga in Cooch Behar. The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of India against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for using offensive...

Bengal Guv takes on Trinamool, orders judicial probe

April 6, 2024

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into allegations of corruption, violence and misuse of university campuses for political purposes, a statement by Raj Bhavan said on Friday triggering sharp criticism by the Trinamool Congress which said that Bose had set a “bad precedent”. The...

HC raps Bengal govt, calls case ‘shameful’

April 5, 2024

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday slammed the Bengal government as it continued hearing petitions on a suo motu motion on alleged sexual assault and land grabbing at Sandeshkhali in North 24-Parganas district and petitions seeking transfer of investigation of these cases to the CBI. Calling the case “extremely shameful”,...

PM Modi, Mamata cross swords in Bengal

April 5, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday engaged in a fierce no-holds-barred fight as their parties tried to outdo each other in the battle for the ballots in North Bengal. Both of them addressed well-attended rallies in North Bengal. While Modi addressed a meeting...

Defiant Mahua sees BJP hand behind ED move, unveils Plan B

April 4, 2024

A day after Enforcement Directorate registered a money laundering case against Mahua Moitra, the former Trinamool Congress MP from Krishnanagar, in the cash-for-query case, she hinted at a hidden BJP hand behind the move. She wrote on X: “Khule hai BJP ke Dwaar, Aa jao, Nahi to Abh ke Baar...

PM MODI GIVES PEP TALK TO BENGAL KARYAKARTAS

April 4, 2024

A day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee both address electoral rallies in north Bengal, the PM today interacted with Bharatiya Janata Party karyakartas in West Bengal via the NaMo App and exhorted them to inform the people about Mamata Banerjee’s obstruction of Central...

Tornado kills five in north Bengal, triggers political storm

April 2, 2024

A freak tornado and thunderstorms on Sunday evening cut a swathe of devastation through three north Bengal regions, killing five people, injuring more than 300 people, and rendered hundreds homeless. An ensuing hailstorm coupled with the storm, videos of which flooded social media, also damaged more than 800 houses, uprooted...

Dilip Ghosh, Supriya Shrinate get EC rap

April 2, 2024

Election Commission censured BJP’s Dilip Ghosh and Congress’ Supriya Shrinate for derogatory remarks against the dignity of women. Their communications will be specially monitored. The Election Commission of India has “strongly censured” Bharatiya Janata Party member of Parliament from Bengal Dilip Ghosh and Congress social media and digital platforms chairperson...