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Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Thursday that from the current status of the “national crime capital”, West Bengal will be reformed and converted into the “national cultural capital” if the BJP comes to power in the state following the forthcoming elections. He stated that no other political force, whether Trinamool Congress, the Left Front, or the Congress, would be able to match a “double-engineered government” of the BJP in West Bengal…

Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on the Trinamool Congress on Monday, saying its leaders are linked to all the corruption cases in West Bengal.“From cash-for-query to cash-for-job, from cattle smuggling to coal smuggling, from PDS scam to illegal land grabbing — name any field of corruption, and you will find the footprints of Trinamool Congress leaders there. The people are frustrated by this misrule, and hence they are determined to bring a c…

Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) A large number of crude bombs were recovered from a hotel owned by a Trinamool Congress leader in Bolpur area of West Bengal’s Birbhum district, police said on Sunday.Officers from two police stations conducted an overnight raid at the hotel in Bolpur owned by Trinamool Congress leader Babu Das, who is also the husband of Sangita Das, a Trinamool Congress leader and councillor of Ward No. 1 of Bolpur Municipality. A large police force was deployed at the spot during the …

Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) The beginning of the charge-framing process against Chandranath Sinha, the West Bengal minister, accused of involvement in the multi-crore cash-for-school job case in the state, might be delayed for an indefinite period.This is because the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which had mainly initiated the charge framing against West Bengal Minister in charge of micro, small and medium enterprises and textiles department, Chandranath Sinha, is yet to submit relevant documents to …