Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) Former Trinamool Congress legislator Humayun Kabir, who recently floated his own political outfit and is contesting the assembly elections, on Friday approached the Calcutta High Court with a plea seeking a probe into the video clip of him released by Trinamool Congress. In the video clip, Kabir was seen and heard speaking to an unidentified person about striking a Rs 1,000 crore deal with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to divide minority votes in the forthcoming We…
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New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s choice of Malda district to launch his party’s campaign on Tuesday ahead of the 2026 Assembly election in West Bengal reflects an attempt at a toehold where the ground has fast been eroding under its feet since over a decade. Malda is crucial for the Congress, once its bastion, which has since witnessed shifting political equations over the years. That shift, hopes the Congress, can be turned somewhat, riding on the work of party stal…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The political controversy escalated in West Bengal on Friday after Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) President Humayun Kabir strongly rejected allegations following the release of a purported video by the Trinamool Congress, which claimed his proximity to BJP leaders and sought an Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe.Responding sharply to the allegations, Kabir said, “….I challenge Bobby Hakim (Firhad Hakim) to bring forward the person shown in the video, the one with …
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) In West Bengal, where Assembly elections are scheduled to be held on April 23 and 29, there is a rush to “collect the spoils” from a direct political battle between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the principal opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — the minority mandate. Historically, this mandate has largely gone in favour of the party or bloc that has ruled the state — from the Congress to the Left Front and now, Trinamool Congress – but lately, there has be…
Hyderabad, March 5 (IANS) Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Vem Narender Reddy on Thursday filed nominations as the Congress party candidates for two Rajya Sabha seats from Telangana.They filed their nomination papers before the returning officer Upender Reddy at Telangana Assembly.The process was completed under the leadership of legislative affairs minister D. Sridhar Babu.Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud, ministers, Congress MPs, MLAs and other leaders were pres…
Hyderabad, Feb 15 (IANS) In a dramatic twist ahead of the election of Mayor of Karimnagar Municipal Corporation, five corporators joined the ruling Congress party on Sunday.Five independent corporators including two belonging to All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) formally joined the Congress party in the presence of state ministers Ponnam Prabhakar and D. Sridhar Babu.Sai Jyothi, one of the AIFB corporators who had joined the BJP on Friday, shifted her loyalty to the Congress on Sunday. The developme…
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) A demand has been made for the deployment of central paramilitary forces in the violence-prone area of Beldanga in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district. An application has been filed to register a public interest litigation (PIL) at the Calcutta High Court, sources in the court said on Monday.Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul has granted permission to file the case. If the case is filed on Monday, the hearing will likely be held on Tuesday.Leader of the Oppo…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) West Bengal’s IPS officer-turned-politician Humayun Kabir may not be the first leader to eye a favourable mandate from more than 30 per cent Muslim population in the state, but perhaps the leader holding an extra edge in capturing religious sentiments with his intent of building a “Babri Masjid” in Murshidabad district. Most political parties have been influencing minority voters in this state which shares a border with Bangladesh — that has witnessed immigration throug…