West Bengal
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Won’t abandon Mamata Banerjee in hard times: Shatrughan Sinha
New Delhi: Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday, June 11, asserted that he would not abandon TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee in difficult times, saying she had stood by him when he was going…
- India
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…
- India
Bengal: Massive fire erupts at govt building in Kolkata
Kolkata: A massive blaze erupted at a multi-storey government building in Alipore area of Kolkata on the morning of Wednesday, June 10, fire officials said. One person trapped on the top floor…
- Kolkata
‘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…
- India
Bengal women detained in Thane despite valid citizenship docs
Three women and a child from West Bengal are being held in a Thane detention centre on allegations of being illegal Bangladeshi nationals, with police claiming their documents, including passports, which require…
- India
TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray resigns from party
Kolkata: Veteran TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Shekhar Ray on Monday, June 8, resigned from the party and stepped down as a member of the Upper House, dealing a fresh blow to…
- India
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…
- 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…
- India
Migrant worker claims he was ‘trapped inside drain’ by magician
Kozhikode: A migrant worker who claimed to be from West Bengal was rescued from inside a drain here on Saturday, June 6, by fire force personnel, though the circumstances surrounding how he…
- India
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…
- India
Row erupts after BJP MLA asks woman to chant ‘Vande Mataram’
Barrackpur BJP MLA Koustav Bagchi has come under criticism for insulting and harassing a Muslim woman during an event linked to the party’s Annapurna Yojana. The videos of the incident that surfaced…
- India
From 215 to 20 in a month: Collapse of Mamata’s political empire
Kolkata: For a politician who built her career on defiance, resilience and an instinctive understanding of Bengal’s political pulse, the past month — the one that marks the aftermath of the West…
- India
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…
- India
Gurugram: Bengali woman arrested after video cooking beef
Gurugram: Gurugram Police has arrested a woman after she uploaded a video in which she claimed to have cooked beef for West Bengal’s new chief minister, police said on Wednesday, June 3.…
- Kashmir
Srinagar airport to be shut for fortnight from Oct 1 for maintenance
Srinagar: The Srinagar International Airport will suspend all flight operations for 15 days starting October 1 to undergo crucial runway maintenance and repair work, officials said on Tuesday, June 2. The two-week…
