New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Tension prevailed outside a polling booth in the Nawada Assembly constituency of West Bengal on Thursday after unrest broke out involving Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) founder, Humayun Kabir, and local Trinamool Congress leaders. The situation turned volatile as Kabir alleged hooliganism by Trinamool workers in what he described as their stronghold, while locals accused him of attempting to create disruption.Amid the chaos, a local resident claimed, “Humayun Kabir …
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Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) An explosion damaged the roof of the house of a Congress worker in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Tuesday morning, days ahead of the first phase of the Assembly elections. No injuries were reported in the incident, police officials said.The explosion took place at the house of Saimul Sheikh, a resident of Maniknagar village in the Nayansukh gram panchayat area of Farakka block, and also a Congress booth president. The intensity was so great that the roof c…
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday approached the Calcutta High Court in the Beldanga violence case, challenging the decision of a lower court, which had granted conditional bail to 15 accused people. The NIA has alleged that the accused were granted bail, ignoring the Supreme Court’s directives. The agency claimed in the High Court that the lower court cannot grant bail in this way during the investigation.The 15 accused were given bail after the agency f…
Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday granted “default bail” to 15 of the 35 accused in connection with the violence that erupted at Beldanga in West Bengal’s minority-dominated Murshidabad district earlier this year.The default bail was granted to these 15 accused persons after the investigating agency failed to submit a charge sheet against them within 90 days from the day of their arrest. However, the court had imposed certain co…
Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) Veteran and three-time Trinamool Congress legislator from Jalangi Assembly constituency in minority-dominated Murshidabad district in West Bengal, Abdur Razzak, on Thursday announced the decision to quit the party out of grievance of not being renominated this time.While announcing the decision to quit Trinamool Congress at a press conference, he also launched a scathing attack against the party leadership and forecasted that the party candidates this time will be defeat…
Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) has removed the Inspector In-Charge (IC) of Beldanga police station in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, a poll panel official said on Tuesday. On April 11, the Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Beldanga was also removed. This time the IC of the Beldanga police station has been removed by the EC.The Commission said that Ashutosh Rai is being made the new IC of Beldanga police station. He was an Inspector of Howrah Police Commissionerate.Anim…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Since the Trinamool Congress came to power in 2011, it has slowly but steadily consolidated seats for itself, starting with 184, rising to 211 in 2016, and finally collecting 215 in the 2021 Assembly election. Murshidabad, a district making headlines for protests turning violent on occasions earlier, and on Tuesday, for having the maximum number of names deleted from the voters’ list, is an example where the state’s ruling party managed to establish itself convincin…
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday held a public meeting in Jalangi of Murshidabad district and launched a strong attack on the opposition Congress and the CPI-M. In his address supporting Trinamool candidate Babar Ali in Jalangi Assembly constituency, Banerjee said: “Our candidate is very transparent and dedicated.” He warned the voters by calling the CPIM and Congress the ‘B-team of the BJP’.Attacking the CPI-M and the Congress simultaneous…
Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) Tensions escalated once more during Congress candidate Adhir Chowdhury’s campaign rally in Berhampore in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Sunday, where he encountered ‘go back’ slogans from Trinamool Congress supporters in three different locations.Incidentally, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to hold an election rally in Berhampore later in the day. Meanwhile, a large number of Central forces and police were deployed to avoid an untoward incident.Earlier…
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) West Bengal Police have initiated disciplinary action against IC Berhampore and taken lawful action against four accused Trinamool Congress (TMC) members for unlawful obstruction during the election campaign and for the filing of nomination by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, an official of Bengal Police, said on Saturday evening. The action was taken after tensions flared in Berhampore, Murshidabad district, on Saturday morning over the Congress’s election campaign.Congress …