Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) Trinamool Congress leader and Pradhan of Shiuli Gram Panchayat, Arun Kumar Ghosh and seven other members have resigned from their posts, reducing the strength of the party in this gram panchayat in the Barrackpore area of North 24 Parganas district. They went to the BDO office of Barrackpore Block II and submitted their resignations. The outgoing Pradhan claimed that this decision was taken out of respect for the people’s verdict in the recently concluded state Assembly e…
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Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Amid the growing rift in the Trinamool Congress, party MP Saugata Roy on Friday said that some of his fellow lawmakers are claiming they did not sign any document, yet their names are still being used, even as termed whatever is happening is immoral and unethical, as these lawmakers were elected on the party’s symbol and received full support from it, with campaigning led by party President Mamata Banerjee. Speaking to IANS, Saugata Roy said: “Some people are claiming tha…
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw took a ride in a metro from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport in Kolkata on Saturday. After getting off at the Noapara station, the minister took an auto to the Belghoria Expressway, in keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to use public transport to conserve fuel.A senior official said the minister travelled on the Kolkata Metro from Jai Hind Station to Noapara Station and interacted with fellow pas…
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) Celebrity Bengali film, TV producer-turned-politician and former Trinamool Congress legislator, Raj Chakrabarty, has announced his permanent sabbatical from politics and has said that he will concentrate on his film career henceforth.Chakraborty, who was the Trinamool Congress legislator from Barrackpore Assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal from 2021 to 2026, was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and senior counsel of Calcutta …
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is on track to secure an absolute majority as the counting continues, according to the latest trends for 293 Assembly constituencies provided by the Election Commission of India (ECI).According to the ECI data, the BJP candidates were leading in 193 Assembly constituencies, followed by Trinamool Congress at 94, the Left Front- All India Secular Front (AISF) alliance in three and others in two seats.The total number of Assembly constituencies…
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) The police on Sunday arrested two persons in connection with firing at the house of a Bharatiya Janata Party leader in Noapara in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district. On Saturday night, two rounds of shots were fired at the house of BJP leader Kundan Singh in Noapara. The BJP alleged that Trinamool-affiliated miscreants were involved in the incident. A CCTV footage of the incident has also been circulated. Following the incident, the police arrested two people.Accordin…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Monday’s violence in Barrackpore, West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, has raised significant concern, especially since it occurred ahead of PM Modi’s public rally. The clashes between supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress have led to arrests, raising political temperatures ahead of Wednesday’s second round of Assembly elections in the state.The incident involved crude bombs being thrown at the residence of Bharatiya…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address a “Vijay Sankalp Sabha” in Barrackpore, West Bengal, on the final day of campaigning for the second phase of the assembly elections on Monday.The rally venue is teeming with surge of supporters as well as common people, wanting to have a glimpse of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Many of them, visibly excited and exhilarated over PM Modi’s rally, voiced confidence in his leadership and shared what they expect from the ne…
Barrackpore, April 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday shared an aerial photo showing a vast gathering with packed audiences from the rally venue in West Bengal’s Barrackpore, signalling high turnout ahead of his scheduled public address. In a post on X in Bengali (loosely translated to English), PM Modi said, “There is no place to hold sesame seeds in Barrackpore today. In a few moments, I will deliver a speech at the public meeting.””It’s a full house in Barrackpore,” he said in a…
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday directed the West Bengal Police to immediately track and arrest all those involved in violent clashes between workers of the Trinamool Congress and the BJP in Jagatdal in North 24 Parganas district on Sunday night, in which several persons were injured.On Sunday night, at around 11 P.M., there was a scuffle between Trinamool Congress and BJP candidates in Jagatdal. A bomb blast took place. A Central Armed Police Forces (CA…