Kolkata Police has detained Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari and MP Locket Chatterjee ahead of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) protest march to state secretariat ‘Nabanna’ on Tuesday. The BJP leaders were detained from Hastings in Kolkata when they were leading the Nabanna Chalo Abhiyan. Adhikari, Chatterjee […]
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West Bengal: Clash between BJP workers, police in Raniganj, Bolpur; several detained
A clash broke out between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and Police outside the Raniganj railway station as workers leave for Kolkata to take part in Nabanna Abhiyan on Tuesday. Police took many workers into preventive custody in Raniganj. Further, a clash broke out between BJP workers and police inside […]
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Coal scam case: CBI conducts raids at West Bengal Law Minister’s premises
The Central Bureau of Investigation is conducting searches at six locations in West Bengal including the residence of state Law minister Moloy Ghatak in Asansol in connection with the alleged coal scam case. The CBI raids are being conducted at five locations in Kolkata and one in Asansol at the […]
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West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee praises RSS, says “all are not bad in Sangh Pariwar”; other parties react
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who strongly opposes the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stirred up a hornets’ nest after praised the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) saying that “all are not bad in the Sangh Pariwar” and a section of right-wing organisation does not support the policies followed by the […]
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West Bengal: Chargesheeted in 2010 Mangalkot blast case, Mamata’s close aide Mondal produced in court today
Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal on Thursday appeared at the MP/MLA court in Bidhannagar in connection with the 2010 Mangalkot blast case. Mondal was produced in court by police from the Asansol Special Correctional Home where he is lodged in currently in an alleged cattle smuggling case. The […]
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West Bengal: Partha Chatterjee destroyed dreams of unemployed youth, should be punished severely
West Bengal Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday that Partha Chatterjee and his close associate should be punished “severely” in response to their extended judicial custody. In a veiled attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Adhikari told ANI that Partha Chatterjee took a bribe of Rs […]
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West Bengal: CBI searches underway in Bolpur, Kolkata in connection with cattle smuggling case
The CBI on Wednesday said that it is conducting searches at four places in West Bengal (in Bolpur and Kolkata) in connection with the cattle smuggling case. According to officials, CBI search is underway at the residence of a businessman, in Bolpur, Birbhum. He is a close aide of TMC Birbhum […]
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West Bengal: Buzz over posters with Abhishek Banerjee’s photo claiming ‘New TMC in 6 months’
After posters of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee claiming “new TMC will come in the next six months” were put up in Kolkata, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday took a dig at the ruling party in West Bengal, saying people no longer have faith in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Interestingly, […]
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West Bengal: BJP workers rejoice, distribute sweets in Birbhum after CBI nabs Anubrata Mondal
West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party workers rejoiced and distributed sweets among people in Birbhum, following the arrest of TMC district president Anubrata Mondal in a cattle smuggling case. On Thursday, workers distributed ‘Nakuldana’ and ‘Batasa’ to locals in celebration and played the drums. The TMC leader was arrested by CBI yesterday […]
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West Bengal Leader of Opposition Adhikari meets Union Home Minister Shah
West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Parliament here. The meeting comes in the backdrop of swift political developments in the Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal. Following a massive recruitment scam in the state the ED conducted raids and recovered crores in […]
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ED sends notice to West Bengal MLA linked firm under money laundering Act
The Enforcement Directorate has sent notice to West Bengal’s Raiganj-based Kalyani Solvex in connection with an investigation under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The local MLA Krishna Kalyani is the Chairman of this company. Kalyani Solvex was established in 2002 with the object to manufacture food products. The firm […]
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24 kgs of ivory seized, 2 held in West Bengal
Two people were arrested and two pieces of elephant ivory, weighing 24 kgs were seized by Ranger Sanjay Dutta and his troops in West Bengal on Wednesday. Hari Krishnan, Divisional Forest Officer, Baikunthupur forest division said, two people were coming from Malbazar area with a synthetic bag loaded with wildlife articles and […]
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West Bengal post-poll violence: CBI arrests seven accused in murder case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested seven accused in an ongoing investigation in a case related to the death of Sridhar Das in Bengal. The arrested accused have been identified as Pranab Barkait, Pritam Roy Sarkar (arrested from Kolkata), Ratan Roy Sarkar, Liton Shil, Liton Bhaumik, Nakul […]
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West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee to be taken to AIIMS Bhubaneswar today
Amidst the ongoing probe in the school jobs scam case in West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court has directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to transfer arrested West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee to AIIMS Bhubaneswar on Monday morning. The Court said that political leaders belonging to the ruling party (Trinamool Congress) had successfully avoided ED quizzing in […]
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West Bengal: 7 people die after consuming spurious liquor in Howrah
As many as seven people died on Wednesday morning in the Ghusuri area of Howrah district of West Bengal, after allegedly drinking spurious liquor at an illicit hooch joint. Six more people have been admitted to a nearby hospital and several of them are in critical condition. Speaking to ANI in this regard, Howrah […]