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TMC protects infiltrators, opposes CAA: PM Modi

Balurghat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday flayed the Trinamool Congress, accusing it of “protecting” infiltrators but opposing the CAA, which gives citizenship to refugees. Modi, while addressing an election rally at…
ECI seeks report on I-T ‘raid’ at Abhishek chopper from CEO

Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday sought a report from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, on the reported search operation carried out by the…

PM Modi, WB CM Mamata wishes people on Bengali New Year

Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday wished the people of the state on the occasion of Poila Baisakh, Bengali New Year. The day was…
No search of helicopter in WB, Abhishek wasn’t present: I-T sources

New Delhi: As a row erupted over the TMC’s claim of a “raid” by income tax officials targeting a helicopter used by party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, I-T department sources claimed on…
IT officials raided Abhishek’s helicopter in Kolkata, claims TMC

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Sunday said its general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s helicopter was raided by Income Tax officials in Kolkata’s Behala flying club and alleged this was part of a deliberate…
Shahjahan submits ‘retraction’ petition to withdraw statements made before ED

Kolkata: The counsel for suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan on Saturday filed a ‘retraction’ petition in a special PMLA court, seeking permission to withdraw the statements made by Shahjahan before the…
Congress will get more seats than in 2019 elections: Chidambaram

Kolkata: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday asserted that his party would get more seats in the ensuing elections than in 2019 and predicted that the INDIA bloc would secure a…

Shahjahan ‘invested’ crime proceeds from land-grabbing in brother’s business: ED

Kolkata: A major portion of the money earned by suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan from land-grabbing at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district was shown as investments in his brother Sheikh…
Arrests in Rameshwaram cafe blast case trigger political slugfest in Bengal

Kolkata: The arrest of two accused in the Bengaluru cafe blast case from West Bengal on Friday kept the state’s political pot boiling ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, with the opposition…
Sandeshkhali: Cal HC orders CBI probe into alleged crimes against women, land grabbing

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered a CBI investigation into allegations of crimes against women and land grabbing in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, which had witnessed protests over the issues. Stating…
TMC delegation to lodge complaint against detention of party leaders in Delhi

Kolkata: Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee went to the Raj Bhavan on Monday night to lodge a complaint with West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose regarding the detention of party leaders…
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…
Calcutta HC orders NIA probe into death of BJP activist

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the central government to hand over to NIA the investigation into the death of a BJP activist in violence before the 2023 panchayat elections…
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…
Adhir Ranjan’s ‘traitor’ jibe at Mamata triggers war of words in Bengal

Kolkata: A political slugfest surfaced in West Bengal on Monday after state Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being a “traitor” to the opposition INDIA bloc. “What…