KOLKATA: “I have the list,” CM Mamata Banerjee said on Monday, referring to a list of Trinamool Congress workers to be “arrested ahead of the assembly elections”, and vowed to “fight every such case in court”.Speaking at a poll rally at Murarai in Birbhum, Banerjee said the “list” was circulating in the market, highlighting how…
Malda: Six people died in three accidents on the national highway in North Dinajpur’s Itahar on Monday. At Mahadevpur, about 5 km from Itahar, a stone-chip laden dumper collided with a truck. The driver of the dumper was declared dead at Raiganj Medical College.An ambulance that was to ferry Islam arrived after he had been…
KOLKATA: Supreme Court said on Monday a report would be sought from the chief justice of Calcutta High Court “by today” on the functioning of the tribunals set up to hear appeals against exclusion of names from the electoral roll during the SIR after a lawyer flagged their “non-functioning” status.Bengal’s assembly polls are scheduled for…
KOLKATA: BJP MLA Maithili Thakur, who is campaigning in the state for the upcoming assembly elections, commented on the law and order situation in West Bengal.Maithili Thakur expressed her views on the political atmosphere, stating that the ruling party can make any claims, while the role of the opposition is to speak out, and their…
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath’s misattribution of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s famous “give me blood, I will give you freedom” slogan to Swami Vivekananda has sparked widespread criticism. KOLKATA: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath‘s faux pas on Monday attributing Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s iconic “give me blood, I will give you freedom” slogan to Swami…
Kolkata: “Bulldozer”, “bullets” and “dead miscreants” analogies figured in the speeches of BJP’s central netas who campaigned in poll-bound Bengal on Sunday and Monday.Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s “bullets for a bullet” rhetoric was matched by Union defence minister Rajnath Singh, who referred to perpetrators of violence landing up in jail or dead after BJP…
Kolkata: The NIA on Monday moved Calcutta HC challenging the bail granted by a lower court to 15 accused in the Beldanga violence case. The bail was issued after NIA failed to file a charge sheet within 90 days. The lower court had rejected NIA’s plea to extend the deadline by another 90 days.Clashes in…
Mamata Banerjee at a Shakespeare Sarani housing complex on Monday evening KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a door-to-door campaign, the first time in 15 years in upscale complexes in her constituency, visiting seven condos along Shakespeare Sarani and Lord Sinha Road to seek votes and hear residents’ concerns.“The last time she visited…
Kolkata: EC will deploy 2,193 quick response teams (QRTs) across 152 constituencies in 16 districts for the first phase of assembly polls on April 23.Murshidabad will see the highest deployment with 288 QRTs, followed by East Midnapore (253) and West Midnapore (248). Other districts with significant presence are Bankura (180), Birbhum (161), Malda (157), Purulia…
New Delhi/Kolkata: A legal representative of I-PAC director Rishi Raj Singh appeared before the ED in Delhi on Monday to help the agency extract data from electronic gadgets seized during recent raids, officials said.Founded in 2015, I-PAC provides political consultancy to several parties, including the parties in office in two poll-bound states: TMC in Bengal…
