Kolkata, July 11 (IANS) Jadavpur MP Saayoni Ghosh on Saturday sent a legal notice to Tapas Mondal, one of the ‘middlemen’ in the teachers’ recruitment corruption case, who had made explosive allegations against her. The Jadavpur MP sent the legal notice because her name is being unfairly linked to the recruitment scam. She filed a defamation case for Rs 5 crore and served him with a notice.Elected as the MP from Jadavpur constituency on a Trinamool Congress ticket, Saayoni Ghosh joined the NCPI …
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Kolkata, July 11 (IANS) The rebel faction in Trinamool Congress under the leadership of the expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee will be announcing its state and district committees in West Bengal on Saturday.This rebel faction in the Trinamool Congress, which is claiming to be the “real Trinamool Congress,” had last month announced its new national working committee nominating veteran party legislator Arup Roy as the national spokesperson instead of former West Bengal Chief Ministe…
Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Friday gave an ultimatum to Trinamool Congress General Secretary, Abhishek Banerjee, asking him to appear at Bidhannagar Court and give his voice samples to sleuths of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), failing which the single-judge Bench would withdraw protection from coercive police action against the leader.The court asked Abhishek Banerjee to appear at Bidhannagar Court in North 24 Paragans district of West Bengal by 2 p.m. on Jul…
Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) A fresh police complaint had been filed against Trinamool Congress general secretary over the erstwhile community healthcare outreach initiative ‘Sebaashray’ launched by Abhishek Banerjee at Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas district where from he is a three-time Lok Sabha MP.The nature of the fresh complaint is quite serious. Malati Biswas, a resident of Maheshtala area under Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency had filed a police complaint against Abhishek Banerjee…
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) Three former Rajya Sabha members of the Trinamool Congress, who resigned from the Upper House of Parliament last month and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) earlier on Thursday evening, have been nominated by the BJP as its candidates for the Rajya Sabha bypolls to the seats vacated by them.On Thursday evening, BJP’s West Bengal president and Rajya Sabha member Samik Bhattacharya welcomed the three former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha members — Sukhendu Sekhar Roy,…
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police on Thursday recorded the statement of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from the Gosaba Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district, Bikarna Naskar, in connection with the case registered against Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, who has been accused of making hate speeches ahead of the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections…
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted the Trinamool Congress faction, led by Mamata Banerjee, conditional and limited access to three party accounts that have been subjected to debit restrictions by the bank authorities, following directives from the police and later from the Enforcement Directorate (ED).A petition filed by the Trinamool Congress challenging the debit restriction on these three bank accounts with total deposits of Rs 440 crore…
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) Hours after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday issued a statement alleging dubious transactions through three bank accounts of the Trinamool Congress, on which debit restrictions have already been imposed, the former ruling party in West Bengal issued a statement rejecting the allegations made by the central agency.The Trinamool Congress also described the ED’s action relating to the freezing of its three bank accounts, with total deposits of Rs 440 crore, as po…
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday again avoided appearing at the Bidhannagar Court in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal to give his voice samples in connection with a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probe into an alleged hate speech case linked to the recent Assembly elections. Banerjee, as directed by the same court, was supposed to appear at the court by 12 noon on Wednesday to give his voice samples in the presence of th…
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) As internal factionalism in the Trinamool Congress becomes more acute with every passing day, the CPI(M), which currently has only one representative in the West Bengal Assembly, is working on a well-calculated strategy to regain the space of the principal opposition party in the state as fast as possible. The logic of the CPI(M) leadership on this count is simple. While the “original and minority” faction in Trinamool Congress led by former West Bengal Chief Minister Mama…