New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) For Trinamool Congress founder and West Bengal’s former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the upcoming bypoll to elect three members of Rajya Sabha from the state will be a moment of reckoning, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) enjoying a huge majority in the State Assembly, and she witnessing a split within the Trinamool ranks. While the current numbers in the State Assembly decisively favour three-on-three for the BJP in the July 24 election, holding less than 20 of …
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Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief and Naoda MLA Humayun Kabir on Saturday appeared before the police in connection with a case over his recent controversial remarks. Kabir appeared at Rejinagar police station in Murshidabad district before 11:30 am today. Before entering the police station, Humayun said, “If I am arrested, 100 to 120 more people will court arrest voluntarily; the list is ready.”On June 26, Humayun Kabir delivered a provocative speech against the Bharat…
Jammu, July 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday criticised the writing of a joint letter by more than 100 prominent citizens from India and Pakistan to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif, urging an end to continued hostility between the two countries, terming it as “hypocrisy”.The BJP leaders also added that the those urging to resume dialogue between the two nations should instead write to the United Nations on the alleged human right vi…
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) Within 24 hours of Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s warning, the police have summoned Naoda MLA and Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief, Humayun Kabir, for questioning in connection with two cases lodged against him for making controversial remarks.On Tuesday, police reached Kabir’s house and issued notices for his appearance in two cases. He has been ordered to appear at Rejinagar and Shaktipur police stations on July 3 and 5, respectively, in two separate case…
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) Within 24 hours of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s warning, three organisers of Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief Humayun Kabir’s meeting were arrested for a controversial speech made by the Naoda MLA there. The names of the arrested persons are Golam Mustafa, Mohammad Aminuk Haque and Anisur Rahman.The Murshidabad district police arrested them in two separate operations on Monday night.Recently, AJUP MLA Humayun Kabir held meetings in Rejinagar and Shaktipur area i…
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday warned Naoda MLA and Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief Humayun Kabir for making provocative and derogatory public speeches and said that “enough is enough”. The Chief Minister also said that the process of registering an FIR has been started under some sections in view of the speeches that Humayun gave at the programme in Rejinagar and Shaktipur recently. According to him, Humayun Kabir is saying all this because h…
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded that the by-election for the two Assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal be conducted at the earliest and simultaneously. The Lok Sabha constituency where the bypoll is pending is at Basirhat in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Trinamool Congress’s Haji Nurul Islam was elected from Basirhat by a margin of over 3.70 lakh votes.However…
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) West Bengal’s Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief MLA Humayun Kabir on Thursday remarked that the BJP’s target is to “finish Trinamool Congress” in the state, while observing that, given the functioning of former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led party, a split was “bound to happen”.As many as 58 out of the 80 elected legislators of Trinamool Congress, led by expelled party legislator Ritabrata Banerjee, submitted a resolution on Wednesday carrying the signatures of the…
Dhaka, May 25 (IANS) India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma has reaffirmed India’s willingness to deepen multifaceted engagement with Bangladesh for the mutual benefit and shared prosperity of the people of both countries, the High Commission of India in Bangladesh said on Sunday.High Commissioner Pranay Verma paid a farewell call on the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Tarique Rahman, on May 24.During the meeting, Rahman thanked the High Commissioner for his contributions to bilater…
Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) After the first round of counting for the repolling of the Falta Assembly constituency on Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, Debnagshi Panda, is comfortably ahead of his closest opponents.As per available information from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, after the first round of counting, the total number of votes polled by the BJP candidate stands at 9,534, followed by CPI(M)’s Sambhunath Kurmi at 448 and Congress candidate Ab…