Kolkata, June 16 (IANS) Tension flared at Habra railway station in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district after protests broke out during a major anti-encroachment drive launched by railway authorities in the early hours of Tuesday to remove alleged illegal shops and structures from railway land and station premises.According to the police, owners of shops and structures built on railway property had been served notices earlier this month and were asked to vacate the land by June 15. As many o…
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Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Amid the growing rift in the Trinamool Congress, party MP Saugata Roy on Friday said that some of his fellow lawmakers are claiming they did not sign any document, yet their names are still being used, even as termed whatever is happening is immoral and unethical, as these lawmakers were elected on the party’s symbol and received full support from it, with campaigning led by party President Mamata Banerjee. Speaking to IANS, Saugata Roy said: “Some people are claiming tha…
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) A court here on Monday granted bail to five people, including CPI-M leader Srijan Bhattacharya, who were arrested on Sunday night during a protest against a hawker eviction drive in south Kolkata’s Jadavpur area.The court granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 1,000 each. The next hearing in the case has been scheduled for November 3.The Alipore Police Court judge said that Srijan Bhattacharya would have to cooperate with the investigation as a condition of bail.Incidentall…
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) At least 15 CPI(M) workers were injured and six were arrested after a clash broke out between party workers and police in the Jadavpur area of South Kolkata during a protest against a hawker eviction drive at the railway station.The clash occurred on Sunday night, and on Monday members of the CPI(M)’s student wing, Student’s Federation of India (SFI), protested against the police lathi-charge outside Jadavpur University campus, demanding the immediate release of those ar…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be in Kolkata on Friday to chair a crucial meeting of the BJP’s newly elected MLAs to decide the party’s chief minister for West Bengal, in a key step ahead of government formation in the state.The meeting of the BJP legislature party will determine the leader of the house, a process that will effectively finalise the next Chief Minister. Senior central leaders are overseeing the selection process as the party moves to form its first…
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday directed leaders of the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to place special emphasis on 28 Assembly constituencies under four organisational districts in and around the state capital Kolkata for the crucial Assembly elections scheduled next year.HM Shah issued the direction at a meeting with party leaders on Wednesday, the last day of his three-day visit to West Bengal. Besides core leaders of the BJP’s state u…