West Bengal
- Kolkata
Bengal’s BJP govt cuts funds for minority affairs, madrasas
Kolkata: The newly elected West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on Monday, June 22, announced a significant budget cut of over 50 per cent for the Minority Affairs and Madrasa Education…
- Kolkata
Bengal: VHP attacks Christian prayer, claims religious conversion
West Bengal: A Christian Sunday prayer meet was disturbed and attacked by members of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on June 21 in West Bengal. The Hindutva members stormed into the prayer…
- India
Bengal’s BJP govt announces DA hike for its employees
Kolkata: The BJP government in West Bengal on Monday, June 22, presented its maiden budget, announcing the filling of 1 lakh government vacancies, a 20 percentage point hike in DA for its…
- India
HC refuses interim order on Bengal Assembly Speaker’s decision
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, June 18, refused any interim order on the West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose’s decision to appoint breakaway TMC group MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as the…
- Kolkata
No relief to Mamata Banerjee from Calcutta HC in Bengal LoP row
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, June 18, refused any interim order on the West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose’s decision to appoint breakaway Trinamool Congress (TMC) group MLA Ritabrata Banerjee…
- Kolkata
HC lifts stay on arrest warrant against Abhishek in defamation case
Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday lifted the interim stay on the arrest warrant issued against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee, former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew,…
- 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…
- Hate Crime
Shah Alam dies after attack by BJP workers in West Bengal
Kolkata: An elderly Muslim man was declared dead on arrival at a hospital after being attacked by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Hooghly district of West Bengal over suspicion of being…
- News
Bengal CID grills TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee for over six hours
Kolkata: The West Bengal CID on Tuesday, June 16, interrogated Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for over six hours in connection with his alleged inflammatory statements made during the Assembly…
- Hate Crime
Arrested TMC leader Jahangir Khan paraded second time in a week
Kolkata: West Bengal police on Sunday, June 15, paraded Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Jahangir Khan on the streets of Falta in South 24 Parganas district for the second time in a week.…
- India
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee appears before ED
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee appeared before the Enforcement Directorate here on Monday, June 15, in connection with the alleged school jobs scam case, an official said. This came a day…
- Kolkata
Rebel TMC MPs announce merger with Nationalist Citizens Party
New Delhi: The rebellion in the Trinamool Congress (TMC) appeared to reach a crescendo on Sunday, June 14, as dissident MPs announced their merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party and met Lok…
- Kolkata
Bengal CID conducts marathon questioning of Abhishek Banerjee
Kolkata: The West Bengal CID on Sunday, June 14, conducted marathon questioning of Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and party MLA Kunal Ghosh in Kolkata in connection with its…
- Politics
TMC’s Sudip Bandyopadhyay meets Union Minister, sparks speculation
Kolkata: A meeting between senior TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Union Minister Bhupender Yadav in New Delhi on Saturday, June 13, sparked fresh political speculation amid turmoil within the party, raising questions…
- India
Aaditya Thackeray slams TMC rebels as ‘timid, ungrateful’
Mumbai: Dubbing TMC lawmakers for rebelling against the party “timid”, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray has said those “ungrateful” to former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are now abandoning the…
