Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday outrightly rejected any deal between former Trinamool Congress legislator Humayun Kabir’s party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for ‘polarising’ Assembly elections in West Bengal, stating that the two are poles apart.He took a swipe at the Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee, hinting that the ruling party was behind the viral audio clip of Humayun Kabir, in which the latter purportedly “assures” state BJP leaders of “unflinc…
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Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Thursday accused its former legislator, Humayun Kabir, and his newly-floated Aam Aadmi Unnayan Party (AAUP) of striking a Rs 1,000 crore deal with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to divide minority votes in those West Bengal Assembly constituencies where his candidates are contesting in the forthcoming polls in alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM, drawing a swift rebuttal from him. At a joint press conference, ministers Firhad Hakim, Aroop Bi…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Trinamool Congress, on Thursday, accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of entering into a Rs 1,000 crore deal with its former legislator, Humayun Kabir, and his newly-floated Aam Aadmi Unnayan Party (AAUP), with a target to divide minority votes in those assembly constituencies in West Bengal where AAUP candidates are contesting in the forthcoming two-phase Assembly elections in alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM. At a joint press conference, ministers Firhad Hakim…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Saturday approached the Election Commission alleging several serious irregularities in the nomination papers of BJP candidate Rahul Sinha for the Rajya Sabha elections from West Bengal.State Power Minister Aroop Biswas has sent a detailed complaint to the Election Commission in this regard.According to the minister, the complaint states that serious procedural errors and irregularities were found during the verification of the nomination papers o…
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) The West Bengal Police on Tuesday said that the death toll in the massive fire at the warehouse in the Anandapur area of Kolkata has reached eight, while several others are still missing. According to the police, about 15 fire engines worked round the clock to douse the fire, which broke out at the dry food warehouse at around 3 a.m. on Monday. The search for others is still underway. With the fire under control, firefighters are now trying to douse some pocket fires.Till …
Kolkata, Jan 26 (IANS) The death toll in a massive fire at a warehouse in the Anandapur area on the southern outskirts of Kolkata rose to seven on Monday, a state police official has confirmed.At the same time, missing diaries have reported about 20 persons who were there at the warehouse when the fire broke out early Monday morning. However, the police have yet to reveal the identities of the seven charred bodies recovered from inside the warehouse.State police insiders said that bodies had bee…
Kolkata, Jan 26 (IANS) The Police on Monday confirmed the death of three people in a massive fire at a warehouse in Anandapur area on the southern outskirts of Kolkata, while several others are still missing.According to the police, about 15 fire engines are working on a war footing to douse the fire which broke out at the dry food warehouse at around 3 am in the morning. The search for others is still underway. With the fire partially under control, firefighters have entered the building with g…
Kolkata, Dec 27 (IANS) As the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls began on Saturday, a Trinamool Congress delegation visited the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in West Bengal and lodged a series of complaints regarding the hearing process.The delegation also submitted a written representation outlining its grievances and said that officials at the CEO’s office informed them that the letter would be forwarded to the Election Commission of India.T…
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the chaos during football legend Lionel Messi’s event in Kolkata held last week, has prevented the transfer of ticket sales money from the Yuba Bharati Krirangan to the account of the main organiser Satadru Dutta. At the same time, numerous documents related to Messi’s event have been recovered from Dutta’s house in Hooghly district’s Rishra, police sources said.It is also reported that Rs 22 crore have been seized from Dutta’s …