Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) The four-wheeler used in the assassination of Chandranath Rath, the deceased personal assistant (PA) of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, earlier this month, was sourced from neighbouring Jharkhand, preliminary investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has revealed.Sources said that, as per the confessions given by Mayank Raj Mishra, one of the three suspects arrested in the case, he was given the contract by a Jharkhand-based person to deliver …
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Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo and the former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, has convened a crucial organisational meeting of the party at her residence at Kalighat in South Kolkata on Friday to review the reasons for the landslide defeat of her party in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly polls.The meeting will be attended by the party’s candidates, both elected and defeated, in 294 Assembly constituencies, as well as some senior leaders of the party, as…
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Samik Bhattacharya said on Thursday that the state government’s decision to make the singing of ‘Vande Mataram’ compulsory in state-run schools is the party’s tribute to its writer Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.Speaking to IANS, Bhattacharya said: “Bringing ‘Vande Mataram’ into schools is part of our agenda, and we will continue to do this.””It is BJP’s tribute to Bankim Chandra Chatterjee on 150 years of the national song,” h…
Mumbai, May 14 (IANS) Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty has said that West Bengal has become liberated, hinting at the end of the 15-year rule of former CM Mamata Banerjee with the recent assembly elections. The actor attended a special event for the upcoming film ‘Aakhri Sawal’, and spoke with the media. He said that the start of a new era in West Bengal is abundantly clear with the formation of the BJP government in the state.He said, “It is for everyone to see, everyone to answer, everyo…
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Saayoni Ghosh on Thursday accused the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of using “fear psychosis” in West Bengal and said that such a thing is not going to work in the state.Her reaction came after Trinamool supremo and former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee complained of being assaulted by a section of lawyers at the Calcutta High Court premises.Talking to IANS, Saayoni Ghosh said: “This is the culture of BJP. Mamata Banerjee was the Chief M…
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo and the former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday reinstated the party’s four-time Lok Sabha member from Sreerampur constituency in Hooghly district and senior advocate, Kalyan Banerjee, as the Chief Whip of Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party in the Lok Sabha. Nearly nine months ago, Kalyan Banerjee had suddenly resigned from the same position and was replaced by four-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member from Barasat…
Kolkata/New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Bar Council of India (BCI) has sought detailed information from the Bar Council of West Bengal regarding the enrolment and practice status of former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, after she appeared before the Calcutta High Court on Thursday wearing advocate’s robes and arguing in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) relating to alleged post-poll violence in the state.In a letter to the Secretary of the State Bar Council of West Bengal, the apex s…
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MLA Kunal Ghosh on Thursday said that leaders such as Tapas Roy and Sajal Ghosh were forced to leave the Trinamool Congress and called for an “introspection” following the party’s electoral debacle. Kunal Ghosh made these suggestive comments after taking oath as the Beleghata MLA in the West Bengal Assembly. His comments have created speculation on social media.As Pro-tem Speaker, former Trinamool Congress MLA Tapas Roy, who won the Assembly electi…
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday evening ruled that no one in West Bengal should be evicted from his or her residence or business establishment just because of political affiliation. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen also directed West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police to take strong action to prevent incidents of post-poll violence in the state.The Division Bench passed the order while hearing a public inte…
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) National President and MLA Humayun Kabir on Thursday criticised former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her visit to the Calcutta High Court regarding alleged post-poll violence, terming it “pure drama” and claiming that no such incidents had taken place after the elections.Speaking to IANS, Kabir questioned the allegations of post-poll violence and accused Banerjee of ignoring incidents that allegedly occurred during her tenu…