Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) The new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal, led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday announced the portfolio distribution for the five other Cabinet ministers who took oath along with him on May 9, 2026.BJP’s former national vice-president and ex-West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh has been allotted the portfolios of Panchayat Affairs & Rural Development and Animal Husbandry.Ghosh was elected this time from the Kharagpur (Sadar) Assembly con…
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Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday took oath as the Chief Minister of the first BJP-ruled West Bengal government, along with four other members of the state Council of Ministers led by him.The other five members of the state Council of Ministers who were sworn in on Saturday include the former national vice-president and former state president of the BJP in West Bengal, Dilip Ghosh, fashion-designer-turned politician and two-time BJP legislator, Agnimitra Paul, former BJP Lok Sab…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Sunday stirred a political debate by posting a series of claims on X regarding the 1962 communal riots in West Bengal, accompanied by historical documents and archival references.In his post titled “The Dark Chapter of Congress,” Dubey wrote: “From May 3, 1962, to May 30, 1962, the entire West Bengal was engulfed in Hindu-Muslim riots. Thousands of Hindus kept dying in Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, and Cooch Behar; the same fate was befalling …
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) When West Bengal goes to poll in the second and last phase of Assembly election on Wednesday, the Matua community will hold an important position in determining the outcome of the May 4 results, especially in the two North Parganas districts, and Nadia.Primarily spread across North 24 Parganas and Nadia, the bloc is seen as the single most decisive swing-constituency within several key Assembly seats.From Gaighata and Bangaon Dakshin to Habra and Hasnabad, analysts est…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) West Bengal’s principal Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will need to significantly shore up its 2021 performance in phase two of Assembly election scheduled on Wednesday, April 29, where most of the 142 seats spread across seven districts have historically voted overwhelmingly for the ruling Trinamool Congress. The BJP had a favourable field among the 152 constituencies which went to poll in the first phase last Thursday, April 23, where it had won 59 of the …
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) Not a single Hindu refugee, taking shelter in West Bengal from a neighbouring country because of religious oppression there, will be deported, Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured on Monday. “The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union Government is in place at the Centre. Not a single Hindu refugee will be deprived of their Indian citizenship or deported,” the Home Minister said while addressing a gathering at Raidighi in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Monday…
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) The devastating fire at the factory-cum-warehouse of Wow Momo at Anandapur on the Southern outskirts of Kolkata earlier this week that killed 25 people, was not a simple accident but a result of rampant corruption on part of the Mamata Banerjee-led state administration in West Bengal, Union Home Minister, Amit Shah said on Saturday afternoon.Speaking at a mass rally-cum-BJP workers’ conference at Barrackpore in South 24 Parganas district, the Union Home Minister also cla…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday countered the Trinamool Congress’ claims that several voters from the Matua community in West Bengal will lose their voting rights following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state, underlining that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not only determined to protect the voting rights of the Matuas and other religious refugees in West Bengal but also ensure their long-term development.”I request the people from the …
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s Friday visit to Thakurnagar in North 24 Pargana district – the cultural and spiritual hub of the Matua community – and paying obeisance at a temple has sparked a political spat. This underscores the community’s importance in swinging political fortunes with Assembly elections slated in the first half of 2026.During the short visit, Abhishek accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of …
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee on Friday claimed that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had “deliberately” targeted the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) as the agency was assisting the Trinamool Congress with its poll strategy and also helping the party during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state.He also accused the ED of being habitual in harassing Trinamool Congress leaders, including…