Shillong, Jan 28 (IANS) The Meghalaya government is looking to seek assistance from Central agencies to thoroughly investigate posters allegedly issued by the terror outfit ISIS-K, which surfaced in West Garo Hills and triggered security concerns across the region, officials said on Wednesday. Deputy Chief Minister in charge of Home (Police), Prestone Tynsong, said the matter is being treated with utmost seriousness, and investigations are currently underway.Responding to media queries, Tynsong …
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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 …
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) An Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid conducted last week in Kolkata at the premises of a political consultancy group professionally linked with West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress has turned into a centre-state confrontation, again leading to questions over operational issues in a federal structure.Thursday’s raid, along with subsequent media coverage and ground reports, underscore how such relations in a federal setup are increasingly tested when central agencie…
Guwahati, Jan 9 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday strongly criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress supremo over her conduct during and after the recent Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid at the Kolkata office of political consultancy firm I-PAC, as a legal confrontation between the Trinamool Congress and the Centre is set to unfold on January 14.Reacting to the developments, CM Sarma said CM Banerjee’s behaviour at the site of the ED …
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) Acting on a call given by party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, leaders and workers of the Trinamool Congress on Thursday evening held protest rallies across the state to condemn the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids at the Kolkata office of political consultancy firm I-PAC and the residence of its director and co-founder, Pratik Jain.Banerjee announced the protest programme after visiting the I-PAC office at Salt Lake in Kolkata earlier in the day….