Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress faction on Monday approached a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging the advisory from Kolkata Police imposing prohibitory orders for 60 days in front of CESC House near busy Esplanade Crossing, which is the traditional venue of the party’s annual Martyrs’ Day event.The single-judge bench of Justice Sougata Bhattacharya admitted the petition, and the matter will come up for hearing on July 15.Kolkata Polic…
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Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) The two rival factions in the Trinamool Congress, both claiming the rights to the party name and election symbol, and subsequently over the party’s funds, on Monday submitted documents placing their respective arguments to the Election Commission of India (ECI) headquarters in New Delhi. On one hand, Lok Sabha members Kalyan Banerjee and Mahua Moitra, and the party’s Rajya Sabha member, Sagarika Ghose, who are representing the “original but minority” faction led by former …
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress faction, which continues its allegiance to former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, has decided to approach the Calcutta High Court challenging the Kolkata Police’s decision to impose prohibitory orders in central Kolkata where the party organises Martyrs’ Day on July 21 every year.On Tuesday, the Kolkata Police informed both factions that this year’s Martyrs’ Day would not be allowed to be organised …
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested Shakir Ali, a Trinamool Congress councillor and husband of former party MP Aparupa Poddar, in connection with a violence case linked to a Ram Navami procession in 2023, officials said.According to the central investigation agency, a case was registered regarding a disturbance during the Ram Navami procession in Rishra of Hooghly district in 2023. The case was subsequently handed over to the NIA.Acting on this, th…
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, directed the West Bengal Police to submit a report on the actions taken by the police administration in the incidents of eggs being thrown at political leaders and workers in the state since the results of the recently concluded Assembly elections were declared on June 4.The division bench of the High Court’s Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee gave this direction to th…
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) The police have arrested a man on charges of cyber fraud, almost a year after he stole lakhs of rupees from the bank account of Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee, said a senior police officer on Saturday. The accused has been identified as Mokuleshar Reza. He was arrested from Rangapani area in Assam by the Cyber Crime division of Kolkata Police on Friday.The Trinamool Congress MP was a victim of cyber fraud. About Rs 56 lakh had disappeared from his bank accoun…
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed all parties, including West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, to file affidavits responding to the election petition filed by Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, challenging the results of the Bhabanipur assembly constituency in South Kolkata. At Bhabanipur, Mamata Banerjee, contesting as the Trinamool candidate, was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Suvendu Adhikari by a margin o…
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) Trinamool Congress, led by former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Monday filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Calcutta High Court, seeking intervention to stop the throwing of eggs on party leaders and workers. The PIL has been filed before the division bench of the Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, Tapabrata Chakraborty. Lawyer Prabhanya Banerjee filed the case and requested an urgent hearing. The matter is likely to be heard on Tuesday.The p…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) For some time, Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee’s means of travel — especially between Kolkata and Delhi — has been a subject of political discussions which has increased in pitch since his Friday visit to call upon the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. The party’s de-facto number two was in Delhi on Friday to meet Lok Sabha Speaker Birla and contest the legitimacy of a rebel faction within the Trinamool Congress.He urged the Speaker not to recognise the breakawa…
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Trinamool Congress rebel MP Kakali Ghosh Dastidar’s son Baidyanath Ghosh Dastidar on Saturday sent a legal notice to former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool MPs Sougata Roy, Kalyan Banerjee, Mahua Moitra and former Trinamool leader Sonali Guha for making false, defamatory and unwarranted references against him. In a statement, Baidyanath Ghosh Dastidar clarified that he never sought an MLA ticket from the Barasat Assembly constituency. He said claims suggesting…