West bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari
- Kolkata
Kolkata road where Eid namaz was denied, now closed for Yoga Day
Kolkata: Ahead of the National Yoga Day event in Kolkata attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the city’s arterial Red Road was ordered to remain closed for seven days, effectively blocking transport…
- India
Jahangir Khan’s wife held for ‘leading’ attack on police station
Kolkata: The wife of Trinmool Congress (TMC) leader Jahangir Khan was arrested on Saturday, June 20, for allegedly masterminding a violent attempt to free him from police custody and leading an attack…
- Kolkata
Those who tried to free Jahangir Khan won’t be spared: Bengal CM
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday, June 17, said stringent action would be taken against those who allegedly tried to storm a police station in the South 24 Parganas…
- Kolkata
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…
- Kolkata
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…
- India
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…
- Hate Crime
Kolkata municipality serves demolition notices two days before Bakrid
Kolkata: With only two days for Bakrid, residents of Tiljala-Topsia neighbourhood in West Bengal’s capital city woke up to demolition notices pasted on their doors from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), declaring…
- Kolkata
BJP sweeps Bengal’s Falta Assembly repoll by over one lakh votes
Kolkata: The BJP on Sunday swept the repoll to Bengal’s Falta Assembly seat with a victory margin of more than one lakh votes in the constituency long seen as a citadel of…
- Politics
Withdrawing from repoll as CM promised special package for Falta: TMC’s Jahangir Khan
Falta: TMC’s Falta candidate Jahangir Khan on Tuesday, May 19 announced he was withdrawing from the May 21 re-election in the assembly segment, stating that Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari‘s promise of a…
- India
Dozens protest against ban on roadside namaz, police intervene
Kolkata: Days after the newly sworn-in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government prohibited roadside namaz and restricted loudspeaker volumes, members of the Muslim community staged a major protest in West Bengal’s Kolkata following…
- Kolkata
Mamata updates bio on X, Facebook after Bengal poll defeat
Kolkata: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday, May 9, updated her profile on social media platforms X and Facebook and described herself as “Founder Chairperson, All India Trinamool Congress.…
