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Abhishek Banerjee granted interim relief from coercive action

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court granted interim protection from coercive action to Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday, June 11, in the alleged forged signatures of newly…
Questions remain unanswered over BJP win in Muslim locality

Kolkata: Questions remain unanswered as scepticism continues to rise over the landslide victory secured by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate in the Muslim-dominated Assembly constituency in West Bengal’s capital. The controversy…

TMC leader arrested for extortion, people throw eggs, cow dung

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Sabyasachi Dutta was arrested early on Tuesday from West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on charges of extortion and criminal intimidation, and was remanded to police custody for…
‘Fake signature’ row: CID enters Mamata’s residence-cum-office

Kolkata: A CID team on Tuesday, June 9, entered Trinamool Congress’s central party office-cum-residence of party supremo Mamata Banerjee in Kalighat area, after a brief standoff with security personnel and a party…
TMC crack deepens as 20 rebel MPs write to Speaker backing BJP-NDA

Kolkata: The crisis engulfing the TMC deepened on Monday as 20 Lok Sabha MPs, led by Chief Whip Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, wrote to Speaker Om Birla declaring support for the BJP-led NDA,…
TMC’s Jahangir Khan held near Nepal border on extortion charges

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Jahangir Khan was arrested by Bengal police near the India-Nepal border on Monday, in connection with an extortion case, officials said. The arrest brings to an end…
Over 4K illegal immigrants sent to Bangladesh: Bengal CM

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday said around 4,800 illegal immigrants have been sent to Bangladesh from holding centres set up in the state’s border districts, and around 836…

No ration if off voter rolls? Owaisi questions Bengal govt move

Hyderabad: Residents of West Bengal who were excluded from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls face the prospect of losing their ration and other welfare benefits, after the state’s Civil Supplies…
TMC to move Calcutta HC against recognition of Ritabrata as LoP

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) will move the Calcutta High Court on Monday, June 8, challenging the West Bengal Assembly Speaker’s decision to recognise rebel leader Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of…
No IndiGo flights to six international routes till September 30

New Delhi: IndiGo has announced the temporary suspension of flights to six international destinations starting from July 1 to September 3. There will be no flights to Langkawi, Krabi, Ho Chi Minh,…
ED summons Abhishek Banerjee in primary school recruitment case

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate served a summons to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday, asking him to appear before it on June 15 in connection with the primary school recruitment irregularities…
TMC split: Ritabrata elected LoP with support of 58 rebel MLAs

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday, June 3, suffered its first split in its 28-year history as 58 rebel MLAs elected expelled leader Ritabrata Banerjee as Leader of Opposition, wresting control of…
From seeing Lenin in Mamata to rebellion: Ritabrata’s political arc

Kolkata: Not long ago, Ritabrata Banerjee used to invoke Vladimir Lenin to explain Mamata Banerjee; today, the former communist is spearheading a “legislative revolt” against the very leader he once hailed as…
Voice of Hind Rajab finally set to release in India on June 19

Mumbai: “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” the Oscar-nominated true story about the killing of a five-year-old Palestinian girl by Israeli forces in Gaza, has finally received a censor certificate, paving the way…
Ritabrata claims Speaker accepted rebels bid, seeks Mamata advise

Kolkata: The TMC on Wednesday suffered its first split in its 28-year history as 58 rebel MLAs elected expelled leader Ritabrata Banerjee as Leader of Opposition, wresting control of its legislature party, and…