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Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) Police conducted a search operation at Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra’s house in the Kamarhati area of North 24 Parganas district on Sunday.Barrackpore Police Commissionerate Deputy Commissioner (South) Dyutiman Bhattacharya led the search operation.When the police reached Madan Mitra’s house on Sunday afternoon, it was locked and the MLA was not present. However, the police broke open the lock and entered the premises. After conducting a search for around an hour, the…

New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) When Union Home Minister Amit Shah set out to review and secure India’s international borders, it may have appeared to be a routine exercise. After all, border security falls squarely within the Home Ministry’s responsibilities. But there is something different about this exercise. In nearly eight decades of Independence, India has rarely witnessed a government pursue border security with such intensity and political focus. Previous governments spoke about strengthening …

Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) After six people were arrested in connection with the attack and harassment of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in Sonarpur, the party on Sunday claimed that the police action was merely a formality and alleged that the actual perpetrators were linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The party also raised concerns over the security arrangements available to Banerjee, questioning whether the central security cover provided to a sitting Member of Parliament would …

New Delhi, May 31 (IASN) A political storm erupted in West Bengal after Trinamool Congress National General Secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee was attacked by a mob during his visit to Sonarpur, with Union Minister of State Sukanta Majumdar condemning the attack while asserting that Banerjee would have to face the consequences of his statements.MoS and BJP leader Majumdar condemned the attack on Sunday but also took a swipe at the Trinamool leader.”Bharatiya Janata Party condemns t…

Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) Six people have been arrested in connection with the attack and harassment of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in Sonarpur in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, the police said on Sunday.Banerjee was heckled and attacked when he went to the family of a deceased Trinamool worker in Sonarpur on Saturday. He faced public outrage on the way, with some people throwing eggs and brick fragments at him while ‘thief’ slogans were also raised by a section of protesters…

Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) A state spokesman of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal, has posted a video on his social media handle where the Trinamool Congress supreme and the former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, was seen and heard threatening the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a private hospital at Minto Park in central Kolkata on Saturday night to get her nephew, Abhishek Banerjee admitted there.The purported video was shared by Debjit Sarkar, the BJP’s spokesman in We…

Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) Second hospital in central Kolkata, where Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee, who was heckled and assaulted at Sonarpur in South 24 Paraganas district of West Bengal earlier in the day, was shifted on Saturday evening, refused admission, and instead issued a medical certificate stating “no admission required”. After Banerjee was escorted out of Sonarpur by security forces, he was first taken to a private hospital near the East M…

Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee, who was heckled and assaulted at Sonarpur in South 24 Paragans district of West Bengal earlier in the day, has been shifted to a different hospital following the insistence of her aunt and former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. After being escorted out of Sonarpur, Abhishek Banerjee was first admitted to the emergency unit of a private hospital situated near the Eastern Metropolitan Bypa…

Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, who was heckled and assaulted at Sonarpur in South 24 Paragans district of West Bengal on Saturday, had been admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata after he was escorted out of Sonarpur and brought back to the state capital Kolkata. After reaching the hospital, Abhishek Banerjee was seen sitting in a wheelchair. He entered the hospital while sitting in a wheelchair.After receiving …

Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo and former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the new state government ruled by it responsible for the heckling and physical assault of Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee, also her nephew, at Sonarpur in South 24 Parganas district earlier in the day. The former Chief Minister issued a brief social media post on Saturday evening, claiming that the ruler in West Bengal h…