Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted temporary protection to Sumit Roy, executive assistant of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, from coercive action until next Tuesday. The case was listed before Justice Tirthankar Ghosh, but the hearing was postponed as state lawyers could not attend due to the Rath Yatra. The next hearing has been scheduled for Monday, July 20.In a verbal order, Justice Ghosh said investigators cannot arrest Roy or take strict action agai…
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Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Tuesday once again pointed his finger at party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for the party’s downfall in Bengal politics. He also put the party’s former political consultant agency in the same row and criticised it, and did not spare Abhishek’s aides either.Kalyan also said that those who once benefited the most from Abhishek and the political consultant agency are now speaking against it. He clarified that there are pro-rebe…
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) A close aide and Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to former Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim has been suspended by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) following his arrest and subsequent police custody in connection with the recent collapse of the roof of an under-construction warehouse in Kolkata.A KMC official said on Wednesday that Kalicharan Banerjee has been suspended under KMC rules, which mandate suspension if an employee remains in police custody for more than 72 hours….
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday will hear the petition by Trinamool Congress’s General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee challenging the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) summons to him in the legislators’ signature mismatch case.Last week, Banerjee, also the nephew of the party chief and former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, approached the single-judge vacation bench of Justice Chaitali Chatterjee Das, challenging the CID summons and seeking protec…
Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) The leaders of the faction in Trinamool Congress that continues allegiance towards the former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew and the party’s General Secretary, Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday raised their voice against the raids and search operations earlier in the day conducted by the sleuths of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of state police at the party office adjacent to the former Chief Minister’s residence at Kalighat and another offic…
Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) While one team of the sleuths of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police have started conducting raid and search operations at a Trinamool Congress party office adjacent to the residence of former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Kalighat in Kolkata on Tuesday, another team of CID sleuths have started a parallel raid and operations at an office at the Camac Street in the city from where the Chief Minister’s nephew and the party’s General Secr…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) It is more than four decades now that India’s noted pop-singer Usha Uthup first rendered the celebrated lines in her ode to Kolkata (then spelt Calcutta), calling the city “beautiful” despite the several challenges and obstacles that its residents have been facing through the times.The song mentions the city then hosting incessant political rallies and marches, hawkers blocking footpaths, frequent power cuts, environmental and traffic problems, handcarts and rickshaw…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) The West Bengal government has decided to withdraw the ‘Z-plus’ security cover provided to Trinamool Congress General Secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee, a government official said on Monday.According to the official, the additional security personnel and special pilot car facility allotted to Abhishek Banerjee will no longer remain in force.It may be noted that Abhishek Banerjee had been provided ‘Z-plus’ security cover for more than 10 years. Howe…