Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday, during an election rally, said that those who have looted the people of West Bengal in the last 15 years would be punished once the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power after the Assembly polls in the state.“Those who have looted people through their ‘cut-money syndicates’ during the last 15 years will be spotted one by one and hanged upside down after the elections. Those who have murdered the BJP supporters or tortu…
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Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) Amid the crucial two-phase West Bengal Assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be holding five back-to-back campaign programmes in the state on Monday.First, he will address two public meetings in Birbhum district, the first at Sainthia at noon and the second at Khayrasole at 1.15 p.m.Thereafter, at 2.35 p.m., he will address another public meeting in Raniganj, West Burdwan district. Again at 4 p.m., he will be participating in a roadshow at the steel city…
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Thursday strongly criticised the sudden increase in the price of cooking gas in the country, linking the development to the US-Iran conflict in West Asia.At a press conference held at Trinamool Bhavan in Kolkata, state minister Chandrima Bhattacharya and party spokesperson Tanmay Ghosh claimed that the Central government’s lack of planning had led to the present gas crisis.Chandrima Bhattacharya alleged that it was foreseeable that gas supply …
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday carried out a fresh raid at the residence of police officer Manoranjan Mondal in Durgapur of West Burdwan district, West Bengal, in connection with the ongoing coal smuggling investigation.This is the second time the ED has searched Mondal’s residence. Earlier, the central agency had raided his house on February 3 and questioned him for several hours.On Wednesday morning, central forces surrounded Mondal’s house located i…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Centre’s strategy of accelerating industrial development has picked up pace, with four National Industrial Corridors already being completed, while another four are nearing completion since the Rs 28,602 crore package was announced for 12 such corridors in 2024-25, according to an official factsheet issued on Thursday.Union Budget 2026-27 has added further momentum to this growth with the Rs 3,000 crore allocation for the development of an integrated East Coast Ind…
Kolkata, Feb 15 (IANS) After the rape of a second-year medical student, Durgapur’s IQ City Medical College Hospital is in the news again. A second-year student’s hanging body was recovered from the bathroom of the hostel of this private medical college hospital, said the police on Sunday.According to police sources, the student decided to end his life after failing the exam.The incident took place on Saturday night. On receiving the information, Durgapur police reached the spot and recovered the…
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) Amid the crucial Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled later this year, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to come for a two-day visit to the state in the third week of this month. A state committee member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that the Union Home Minister is likely to arrive in Kolkata either on the night of February 17 or the morning of February 18 and will be returning to New Delhi on February 19.However, unlike his last month-end visit …
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) continued its raids across West Bengal’s West Burdwan district on Tuesday in connection with a coal and sand smuggling case, with dramatic scenes unfolding at the residence of businessman Rajesh Bansal in Jamuria. According to ED sources, officials of the State Bank of India (SBI) arrived at Bansal’s house carrying sacks and were later seen exiting with three of them.Sources said that so far Rs 65 lakh has been recovered from the premise…
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers conducted raids on Tuesday at multiple locations in West Bengal as part of its investigation into sand and coal smuggling cases.The raids are currently underway in the West Burdwan district.A team of ED sleuths arrived in the district early in the morning and conducted a raid in Nabagram. Sources said that the ED is investigating allegations of illegal extraction and smuggling of coal from Eastern Coalfields Limited.The search is be…
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) The BJP’s newly-elected National President, Nitin Nabin, on Wednesday, asked the bureaucrats in West Bengal, especially the District Magistrates (DMs) and the Sub-Divisional officers, not to blindly follow orders of the ruling Trinamool Congress leaders.“I am telling the DMs and SDPs. The days of the current Trinamool Congress government are numbered. Do not dance to the tune of the ruling party leaders. Do not be their puppets. You are administrative personnel. So sta…