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‘Pre-planned violence’: Mamata Banerjee’s double-barrelled attack on BJP, ECI
Updated on Apr 18, 2024 03:33 PM IST
Mamata Bannerjee’s attack came a day after several people were injured in a clash during a Ram Navami procession in Murshidabad district’s Shaktipur town
Bengal BJP MLA allegedly threatens cops, locks them up in police station; booked
Paul, a fashion designer-turned politician, is BJP’s MLA from Asansol South in West Burdwan and the party’s candidate from Midnapore for the Lok Sabha elections
Updated on Apr 18, 2024 01:29 PM IST
Heatwave conditions force West Bengal government to declare early summer break
On Tuesday, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that mainly dry westerly to north-westerly wind at lower levels were likely in the region
Published on Apr 18, 2024 12:13 PM IST
Heatwave grips south Bengal as state heads to polls on April 19
Severe heatwave hits southern West Bengal, with temperatures reaching 42.8 degrees Celsius. More districts to be affected, while north Bengal expects rain.
Updated on Apr 17, 2024 10:41 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee says BJP won’t cross 200, names INDIA partners who will win
Mamata Banerjee said the TMC is a part of the INDIA bloc at the national level but accused the CPI(M) and the Congress of working with the BJP to split her party’s votes in West Bengal
Updated on Apr 16, 2024 09:47 PM IST
BJP fields Abhijit Das against TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee from Diamond Harbour
All eyes are on this constituency as Banerjee, who happens to be the nephew of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee
Published on Apr 16, 2024 01:52 PM IST
‘Not just another election’: Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP in north Bengal rallies
Mamata Banerjee also attacked the Election Commission, accusing the election watchdog of acting on the instructions of the ruling BJP
Updated on Apr 15, 2024 10:52 PM IST
Chopper raided by Income Tax dept, alleges TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee
A TMC leader said that the chopper was kept at the Behala Flying Club airfield on the southern outskirts of Kolkata when a team of IT department officials raided the airfield and searched the chopper
Published on Apr 14, 2024 05:25 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls: TMC, BJP woo Rajbanshi community in West Bengal
According to experts, Rajbanshi community, concentrated in north Bengal, can influence election results in around 20 assembly seats in five districts in the region
Published on Apr 13, 2024 03:09 PM IST
Bengal ration scam: ED attaches 2 houses of ex-TMC minister Jyotipriya Mallick
The Enforcement Directorate has appealed to the court to confiscate another 101 properties of Jyotipriya Mallick and his associates
Updated on Apr 13, 2024 11:30 AM IST
Day after HC order, CBI creates email ID for Sandeshkhali victims in Bengal
The Calcutta high court order was passed by the division bench that was hearing a suo motu motion on the alleged offences in Sandeshkhali
Published on Apr 11, 2024 08:39 PM IST
BJP aims to retain LS seat in tea belts of Alipurduar; TMC hopes for turnaround
Alipurduar, a reserved seat for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) is going to polls on April 19 along with two other constituencies in N Bengal, Jalpaiguri & Cooch Bear
Updated on Apr 11, 2024 02:33 PM IST
No NRC, no CAA and no UCC, says WB CM Mamata Banerjee
Banerjee stepped up her ante against the BJP at the centre without naming the party saying that she was ready to give her life for the country but won’t tolerate any muscle-flexing and atrocities
Updated on Apr 11, 2024 01:32 PM IST
At Eid prayer, Bengal CM says ‘ready to shed blood for country', no to CAA, NRC
Mamata Banerjee said Bengal will not accept the CAA, NRC, Uniform Civil Code. "Don't fall prey to the plot,” chief minister said at an Eid prayer in Kolkata.
Updated on Apr 11, 2024 11:18 AM IST
CBI to probe crimes against women, land grabbing in Sandeshkhali: Calcutta HC
The main accused, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan, and two TMC-run zilla parishad members, Uttam Sardar and Shibu Hazra, have been arrested by the state police
Published on Apr 10, 2024 03:19 PM IST
SS Ahluwalia replaces Pawan Singh as Asansol candidate for Lok Sabha polls
Singh had earlier withdrawn his candidature after the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) flagged his songs as misogynistic
Updated on Apr 10, 2024 04:03 PM IST
NIA moves Calcutta HC against FIR filed by Bengal police; TMC holds protests
A team of NIA officials were allegedly attacked by local women, who charged them with offences ranging from trespassing to outraging modesty, during a raid at Bhupatinagar in East Midnapore district on April 6
Published on Apr 09, 2024 10:02 PM IST
Cop attacked inside police camp in Bengal's Sandeshkhali; TMC leaders detained
The constable was alone in the police camp when unidentified miscreants, who allegedly came on a motorcycle, attacked him
Updated on Apr 10, 2024 01:52 AM IST
‘You have turned the country into a jail’: Mamata Banerjee targets PM Modi
Mamata Banerjee asked the BJP why it was getting opposition leaders arrested if it was confident of victory in the Lok Sabha elections.
Updated on Apr 08, 2024 09:30 PM IST
Bengal: Union minister seen breaking gate of Matua matriarch's house; TMC reacts
Shantanu Thakur and TMC leader Mamata Bala Thakur came face to face over the control of a house where Matua matriarch Binapani Devi lived.
Updated on Apr 08, 2024 06:47 AM IST
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TMC alleges Bengal BJP leader met NIA SP days before Bhupatinagar raid
TMC alleged that the NIA is being used by the BJP to arrest TMC’s election managers in the districts when the model code of conduct is in force.
Updated on Apr 07, 2024 11:22 PM IST
NIA team attacked in Bengal during probe related to blast at TMC leader’s house
Meanwhile, chief minister Mamata Banerjee condemned the NIA raid and alleged that it was the agency which led the attack and that the women were defending themselves
Updated on Apr 06, 2024 08:33 PM IST
Sandeshkhali a local incident, state government has acted: Mamata Banerjee
The BJP has fielded Rekha Patra from Basirhat, a resident of Sandeshkhali who first raised the voice of atrocities against women
Published on Apr 05, 2024 08:56 PM IST
In TMC vs guv, new row over Bengal Raj Bhavan’s order to set up judicial probe
A Raj Bhavan statement on Friday said the enquiry will be headed by a one-man commission headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court or high court
Published on Apr 05, 2024 06:03 PM IST
Nation’s progress, corruption-free Bengal key issues in Lok Sabha polls: Modi
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Cooch Behar had swept the 2019 Lok Sabha and 2021 assembly polls. PM Modi said that strengthening the BJP is necessary for Bengal’s development
Published on Apr 04, 2024 08:39 PM IST
PM Modi, Mamata Banerjee's rallies at north Bengal’s Cooch Behar seat today
This is the first time in this election season that PM Narendra Modi and Mamata Banerjee will be addressing voters of a constituency on the same day.
Updated on Apr 04, 2024 07:28 AM IST
Watch: Mamata Banerjee dances with tribals in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri
Following the cyclone's impact on West Bengal's Jalpaiguri, Mamata Banerjee visited cyclone victims at the Jalpaiguri Super Specialty Hospital on Sunday night.
Published on Apr 02, 2024 05:36 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee, governor CV Ananda Bose take stock of storm-hit areas in Bengal
Jalpaiguri storm: At least five people died and over 200 were rendered homeless, after a sudden storm and heavy rain wreaked havoc in Jalpaiguri town on Sunday.
Published on Apr 01, 2024 07:05 PM IST
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LS Polls: BJP fields ex-IPS officer from Birbhum, doctor from Jhargram in Bengal
Ex-IPS officer Debashish Dhar was suspended by the Mamata Banerjee-administration while Dr Pranat Tudu had to fight a legal battle against the state government after submitting his resignation
Published on Mar 31, 2024 10:52 AM IST
Visva-Bharati guest lecturer accused of sexual harassment, FIR lodged
Three students of West Bengal's Visva-Bharati university have accused the professor of sexual harassment. He has denied their allegations.
Published on Mar 31, 2024 07:10 AM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi