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Mamata Banerjee asks state ministers to focus on areas where Trinamool trailed in LS polls
Kolkata; West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday directed the members of the state Cabinet to concentrate more on developmental activities, especially in the areas where the Trinamool Congress trailed behind its…
Have submitted all relevant documents to ED: Actress Rituparna Sengupta
Kolkata: Actress Rituparna Sengupta finally left the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office at Salt Lake here at around 6.30 p.m. after over five hours of questioning in connection with the multi-crore ration distribution scam in West Bengal…
Trinamool won’t be in power in Bengal forever: Biplab Deb
Kolkata; BJP MP and former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said on Tuesday that if anyone thinks that the Trinamool Congress will continue to remain in power in West Bengal, he or she is mistaken.
Biplab Deb was in West…
Mamata Banerjee has no respect for democratic setups: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has no respect for the democratic setups of the country although her party Trinamool Congress frequently accuses the Centre and the BJP of violating democratic norms, former Union…
Bengal train accident: Death toll rises to 9, 41 injured
Kolkata: The death toll in the train accident in West Bengal's Darjeeling district where a goods train hit the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express on Monday morning has risen to nine, officials said.
The took place close to the…
Bengal LoP requests Governor to ensure retention of CAPF till Durga Puja
Kolkata: The Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday requested Governor C.V. Ananda Bose to initiate the process for retention of 400 companies of central armed police forces (CAPF), already in…
BJP to review its Lok Sabha performance in Bengal at grassroots level
Kolkata; The BJP will review its Lok Sabha poll performance in West Bengal at the grassroots level to ascertain the reasons for the loss in seats.
The decision was taken at a core committee meeting of the party that started on Saturday…
CM Mamata announces Rs 293 crore aid to 2.1 lakh farmers for crop loss
The Bengal Chief Minister said the assistance of Rs 2,900 crore to farmers was under the state's crop insurance scheme 'Bangla Shasya Bima (BSB)'.
Trinamool replaces its organisational observer for North Bengal
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Monday replaced its organisational observer for the eight Lok Sabha seats in North Bengal, Power Minister Arup Biswas, with state Minister and Kolkata Mayor, Firhad Hakim.
Party sources said the…
Irfan Pathan congratulates brother Yusuf on winning Baharampur LS constituency
New Delhi: Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan congratulated elder brother Yusuf Pathan on winning the Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency of West Bengal on Tuesday.
Yusuf, who contested on the All-India Trinamool Congress ticket, has…
Calcutta HC directs ECI to ensure no contractual state govt staff is assigned counting duty
Kolkata: On the eve of the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections, the Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ensure that no contractual staff is assigned any sort of counting duty on…
Believe in people’s poll, not exit polls: TMC
Most of the exit polls have predicted that the BJP will get more seats than the TMC in the state.
ABP-CVoter Exit Polls project major gains for BJP at Trinamool’s cost in Bengal
Kolkata; The ABP-CVoter Exit Polls on Saturday projected a massive decline in both seat tally and vote share for the Trinamool Congress in the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal.
As per the Exit Polls, while the BJP is projected…
400 companies of CAPF to remain in West Bengal till June 6
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to retain 400 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in West Bengal till June 6, that is two days after the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls next Tuesday.…
Polling underway in Bengal’s 9 LS seats amid violence in Sandeshkhali, Bhangar
Kolkata: Polling is underway for the nine Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal in the seventh phase on Saturday amid reports of poll-related violence and tension surfacing from several pockets, including Sandeshkhali, Bhangar.
The…
Calcutta HC orders temporary shut down of Trinamool, CPI-M offices near polling station
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the immediate closure of temporary party offices of both the Trinamool Congress and the CPI-M, located within 200 metres radius of a polling station under Jadavpur Lok Sabha…
CBI files chargesheet against Shahjahan Sheikh in Sandeshkhali ED attack case
The ED team had come under attack from a 1,000-strong mob when they went to raid the house of Sheikh in connection with the multi-crore ration distribution scam in West Bengal.
Bengal’s Saradha chit fund victims await justice amid LS polls corruption discourse
Over a decade has passed, yet the quest for justice for these victims remains unfulfilled, their lives forever altered by the deceit and betrayal of those they had trusted with their lifelong savings.
Cyclone Remal: Death toll in Bengal rises to six
Kolkata: Weather conditions have improved in West Bengal since Monday evening with the strength of Cyclone Remal weakening substantially, but the death toll in the state has risen to six since Sunday night when it made landfall.
The two…
ED files chargesheet against Sheikh Shahjahan
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday filed a chargesheet against former Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan who has been described as the mastermind in the incident of attack on an ED team and CAPF personnel outside…