Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday accused his predecessor, Mamata Banerjee, of not learning a lesson from the Trinamool Congress’s defeat, adding that she is continuing with old tactics of appeasement politics, deceit, and provocations. CM Adhikari substantiated his allegation against his predecessor, referring to the last comment by Mamata Banerjee where she described the recent violent protests, attack on policemen and vandalising of public property…
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Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Thursday came in defence of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after a video of her slapping a party worker surfaced online, saying that the alleged slap was “affectionate” and that all workers of the party faction led by the former Chief Minister are “like her own children”.A controversy erupted after a video showed Mamata Banerjee slapping a worker of the Trinamool Congress faction-led by her, amid chaos during the part…
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Thursday entrusted the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe and submit a report on the encounter killing of Pravas Mondal, one of the four persons accused in the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district.At the same time, an insider from the state secretariat of Nabanna said that a judicial probe as per norms has already been initiated into the matter, which will continue.Mandal was ki…
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) The West Bengal Police informed on Thursday that 22 more suspects have been apprehended in the last 24 hours. They have been identified in connection with the lynching of a youth, attacking police, vandalism of public property, including police vehicles and railway tracks, and the outbreak of violence that occurred after the death of a minor girl, who was allegedly raped and killed in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas district.With the arrests of these 22 individuals during the …
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the police of disobeying the Calcutta High Court’s order and warned of initiating legal proceedings against the officials concerned for alleged contempt of court.The Trinamool Congress leader made the remarks after chaos broke out during her party’s protest march in Kolkata against the alleged rape and murder of a minor in Baruipur. She alleged that despite the Calcutta High Court permitting the process…
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday lost her cool and slapped a party worker amid chaos during her party’s protest procession in Kolkata against the alleged rape and murder of a minor in Baruipur.The Trinamool Congress faction led by Mamata Banerjee had called for the procession in protest against the Baruipur incident. The march began from the Ballygunge outpost towards Hazra Crossing in south Kolkata following the order of the Calcutta High Cou…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Opposition leaders, particularly the Trinamool Congress, on Wednesday lashed out at the ruling BJP government in West Bengal, accusing it of following the “Uttar Pradesh police pattern of encountering criminals”.The reactions come following the death of an accused, the first of four arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old minor girl at Baruipur, in police encounter.Speaking to IANS, Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee said: “People in t…
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) The death of Pravas Mondal, the first of the four accused to be arrested in the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old minor girl at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, in a police encounter on early Wednesday morning, has evoked mixed reactions from the different political parties in the state.Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Mahua Moitra, a prominent face in the faction led by former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, Abhis…
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) The father of the victim, a minor girl from Baruipur in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, who was allegedly raped and murdered last week, thanked Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday for prompt action in the case. Speaking to the media persons in the afternoon, the victim’s father said the Chief Minister kept his promise of prompt police action to ensure justice for her deceased daughter.“The Chief Minister is like my elder brother. I have full fai…
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) In a striking reaction to the encounter death of Pravas Mondal, the first accused arrested in the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in West Bengal’s Baruipur, his mother on Wednesday said her son had received the punishment he deserved for his actions.Speaking to mediapersons, Sandhya Mondal said she would neither claim nor even see her son’s body. “I will not go to see my son’s body, nor will I go to receive his body,” she said.According to her, police…