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New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, calling him “opportunistic” and accusing him of aligning with political rivals for power, while defending the BJP’s stance on governance issues in West Bengal. Reacting to Rahul Gandhi’s recent political outreach in West Bengal, where the LoP alleged that the Trinamool Congress-led government’s misgovernance paved the way for the BJP in the st…

Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee expressed objections over the arrest of Indian Political Action Committee co-founder Vinesh Chandel by Enforcement Directorate officials on Monday night in New Delhi.​ “The arrest of Vinesh Chandel, co-founder of I-PAC, barely 10 days before the Bengal elections, is not just alarming; it shakes the very idea of a level playing field,” Banerjee said in a social media post on Monday night…

New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Presenting the Budget for 2026-27 on Sunday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a dedicated freight corridor connecting Surat in Gujarat and Dankuni in West Bengal. The new freight corridor will establish a direct link between the two states, setting up new corridors for logistics and freight movement.The Finance Minister also proposed to operationalise 20 new national waterways over the next five years, to promote an environmentally sustainable route for …

Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) Trinamool Congress all-India general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday appealed to the people of Cooch Behar to completely uproot the BJP from the district and ensure TMC wins all nine Assembly seats there. Addressing a public meeting as part of his ‘Abar Jitbe Bangla’ (Bengal will win again) campaign, Banerjee took a dig at former Cooch Behar BJP MP Nisith Pramanik.”It shouldn’t be 6-3 out of the 9 Assembly seats, but 9-0 in favour of the Trinamool Congress. All the …