New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to begin the Congress party’s campaign in West Bengal on Tuesday, marking a significant political push ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections. The campaign begins in Malda district, once considered a stronghold of the Congress, as the party attempts to reclaim lost ground in a state where political equations have shifted dramatically over the years.Gandhi is returning to Malda after a gap of nearly seven years, signalling a ren…
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Nandigram, March 31 (IANS) Ahead of the highly-anticipated West Bengal Assembly polls, locals from Nandigram on Tuesday said that this time the BJP will come to power with a huge majority, and the Trinamool Congress government, which has been accused of corruption, will be completely swept away. IANS spoke to several residents of Nandigram to gauge public sentiment.One local said, “The Bharatiya Janata Party will surge this time. The Trinamool Congress government, accused of corruption, will b…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan visited Nandigram in West Bengal on Sunday and interacted with dedicated Bharatiya Janata Party workers in the constituency represented by senior BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari. During his interaction, Pradhan described Nandigram not just as an Assembly constituency but as a powerful symbol of the spirit of change in the state. He expressed strong confidence that the local pe…
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court of India is scheduled to hear a plea on Wednesday filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), alleging interference by West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee during its search operations at the office of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its co-founder Pratik Jain in Kolkata.As per the cause list published on the apex court’s website, the matter is listed for hearing on March 18 before a Bench of Justices Prashant Ku…
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to February 18 the hearing on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging interference by the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during the Central agency’s recent search operations at the office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its co-founder Pratik Jain in Kolkata.The Bench comprising Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Sandeep Mehta …
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday the plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging interference by the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during the Central agency’s recent search operations at the office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its co-founder Pratik Jain in Kolkata.As per the cause list published on the website of the apex court, the matter is listed …
Patna, Feb 7 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that her opposition to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is aimed at protecting illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators.Speaking to media persons at Patna airport, Adhikari claimed that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government was shielding infiltrators for political gains.“She is objecting …
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will begin a three-day visit to West Bengal from Monday night, during which he will review the Bharatiya Janata Party’s preparedness for the crucial Assembly elections scheduled in the state next year.Shah will be arriving at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata this evening, and soon after, he will hold a closed-door meeting with the core team of leaders of the BJP’s West Bengal unit to take stock of preparatio…