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…
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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…
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday filed a police complaint against four‑time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member from Sreerampore constituency in Hooghly district and senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee, accusing him of making derogatory comments about Union Home Minister Amit Shah. In the complaint filed at Sreerampore police station by BJP leader Bhaskar Ghosh, Banerjee was accused of using highly derogatory and objectionable adjectives …
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) With dissent within the Trinamool Congress refusing to abate, MP Kirti Azad accused the BJP on Friday of causing the rift within the Mamata Banerjee-led party, quipping: “Operation Lotus never fails”.The former cricketer’s reaction comes after three pages carrying signatures of 19 rebel Trinamool MPs surfaced earlier in the day, reportedly claiming to be the main and majority bloc of the party’s representation in the Lok Sabha.Speaking to IANS, Azad said: “There is no l…
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Political leaders across parties on Friday reacted to the widening rift within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after senior party MP Kalyan Banerjee targeted Abhishek Banerjee, with BJP leaders alleging that the developments signalled “the end” of the Mamata Banerjee-led party.Reacting to the controversy, Union Minister of State Sukanta Majumdar said internal divisions within the Trinamool had become increasingly visible.“TMC members, especially MPs, have become increasi…