Barely four days after he was granted extension, the Centre on Friday night sought services of West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay and asked the state government to relieve the officer immediately, a move termed by the ruling Trinamool Congress as "forced deputation".
In a dramatic twist in the Narada case hearing Trinamool Congress' four heavyweights -- Firhad Hakim, Madan Mitra, Subrata Mukherjee and Sovan Chatterjee -- have been ordered to stay under 'house arrest' instead of 'judicial custody' as a new bench is being constituted to hear the case.
True to form, the Odisha unit of the BJP has latched on to the shock loss of Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram to gloat over the election results in neighbouring West…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday agreed to give an urgent hearing to applications moved by the CBI alleging destruction of electronic evidence related to the Saradha chit fund scam case by the Kolkata Police commissioner. The top court will hear the probe agency’s applications on Tuesday. The applications accusing Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar […]
Purulia: Taking on Mamata Banerjee on her home turf, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday accused her of trying to protect a “corrupt” officer and said there could be nothing more “shameful and unconstitutional” than a chief minister staging a sit-in to prevent “secrets related to corruption” from spilling out. The BJP leader, […]
New Delhi: There may be a Grand Alliance at the national level even before the Lok Sabha elections between parties like the Congress, TMC, AAP and TDP, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said here on Tuesday. He also said that other secular parties would join the alliance after the elections because of some […]
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today said the regional parties in their respective States still enjoy a political clout which is quite clear from the just announced Bengal poll…
Kolkata: West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday declared its list of Lok Sabha poll candidates, dropping 10 sitting MPs, nominating some turncoats and giving 41 per cent representation to women, including a number of Bengali screen celebrities like Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan. Announcing the candidates, Trinamool supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said […]
Kolkata: The BJP on Sunday alleged that one of its party offices in Hooghly district was set on fire, and some of its leaders, including Suvendu Adhikari, were heckled by…
Kolkata: Physical distancing went for a toss as TMC supporters, thumbing their noses at the raging Covid-19 pandemic, hit the streets, beating drums, bursting firecrackers and smearing ‘gulal’ on one…
Kolkata: An association of polling officials on Saturday approached West Bengal’s Chief Electoral Officer seeking stringent measures, including house arrest, against Trinamool Congress’ Birbhum district chief Anubrata Mondal to ensure free and fair polls on Monday. “We have information that ruling party leader Anubrata Mondal is threatening polling officials to conduct polls in his party’s favour. […]
Asansol: Union Minister and BJP candidate in West Bengal’s Asansol Lok Sabha seat, Babul Supriyo, feels the opposition alliance will never materialise or cause any trouble to Narendra Modi regime, as it is only a “desperate attempt by corrupt political leaders to take a backdoor exit” from the grave charges they face. Talking to IANS on […]
Asansol: Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Babul Supriyo, whose car was vandalised outside a polling booth and he himself was heckled repeatedly during the Lok Sabha elections in Asansol on Monday, expressed his disappointment with the role of the central paramilitary forces. The singer-turned politician’s car was vandalised in Barabani area in […]
Sreerampur (West Bengal): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday claimed that 40 MLAs of West Bengals ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) were in “touch” with him and would desert Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee whose party hit back by filing a “horse trading” complaint with the Election Commission against him. “When the lotus blooms all over Bengal […]
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday accused the BJP of indulging in horse-trading and said that it offered Rs 10 crore each to at least seven of its MLAs for joining the saffron party ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Speaking to the media, AAP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia […]
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