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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…
Ritabrata Banerjee claims 59 TMC MLAs support for state Assembly

Kolkata: As many as 58 dissident Trinamool Congress MLAs backed expelled legislator Ritabrata Banerjee as the leader of the legislature party and conveyed their decision to West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose…
Attack on Abhishek Banerjee shows public rage against TMC, says minister

Kolkata: West Bengal minister Agnimitra Paul on Sunday said her party, the BJP, does not support the attack on Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, but described the incident as a reflection of…
TMC claims BJP workers part of ‘planned’ mob attack on Abhishek Banerjee

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday, May 31, alleged the attack on its leader Abhishek Banerjee in West Bengal’s Sonarpur was “planned and Bharatiya Janata Party-sponsored,” and not a spontaneous expression…
Another TMC MP injured in Bengal a day after attack on Abhishek Banerjee

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee said he suffered head injuries after being mobbed in front of a police station he visited in West Bengal’s Hooghly district on Sunday, May 31,…
Mamata pressured private hospital to admit Abhishek Banerjee: BJP

Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday, May 31, alleged that Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee had pressured a private hospital to get her nephew and party leader Abhishek Banerjee…
Abhishek Banerjee called ‘Bangladeshi,’ attacked with stones, eggs; Mamata fumes

Kolkata: All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was roughed up on Saturday, May 30, allegedly by locals, when he visited West Bengal’s Sonarpur area to meet families of…
11 holding centres set up in Bengal, 335 suspected ‘infiltrators’ lodged

Kolkata: As part of its “detect, delete and deport” policy, the West Bengal government has so far set up 11 holding centres for suspected illegal immigrants, and 335 detainees are currently being…