Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) The police on Wednesday arrested Trinamool Congress councillor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Swapan Samaddar, on charges including attempt to murder and molestation. The police have taken action against Swapan Samaddar in the wake of a complaint filed at Narkeldanga police station in north Kolkata regarding an incident in 2022.He was arrested from the Phoolbagan area on Wednesday. With this, the total number of arrested Trinamool councillors at the KMC has r…
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Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Police have arrested Trinamool councillor Sachin Singh of ward number 36 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). According to Lalbazar (Kolkata Police headquarters) sources, there are allegations of extortion against the arrested councillor. On Tuesday afternoon, police personnel from Narkeldanga police station went to arrest Singh. At that time, a section of local residents protested in front of his house, alleging that he was also involved in threatening and beating up o…
Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee was severely heckled on Saturday after he reached Sonarpur in South 24 Paragans district of West Bengal to meet a party worker who reportedly became a victim of post-poll violence after May 4, when the results of the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections were announced. On Saturday afternoon, soon after he received a notice from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for …
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) Two female leaders of the Trinamool Congress, who are closely associated with the arrested party’s strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, have been apprehended in Sandeshkhali, located in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, in relation to the violent assault on ED officials that occurred in 2024.This action comes after the police stepped up the investigation in the Sandeshkhali case following a change of government in the state.Among those arrested are Sandeshkhali-I Panch…
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday promised jobs to the family members of the victims killed in the post-poll violence after the 2021 Assembly polls.Addressing a campaign rally at Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district, which is going for repolling on May 21, the Chief Minister said that besides taking responsibility for granting jobs to the family members of those killed in 2021 post-poll violence, he will also take responsibility fo…
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) A mild tension erupted at the premises of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday as Mamata Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress chief and former Chief Minister, was leaving the court premises after arguing as a counsel on a PIL filed at a division bench on the alleged post-poll violence in the state.The Chief Minister complained of being assaulted by a section of lawyers at the Calcutta High Court premises.As the former Chief Minister was leaving the court premises, a section of …
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday made a forceful argument at a division bench of the Calcutta High Court seeking the court’s intervention in preventing post-poll violence, especially against women and the people from the minority community, since the results of the recently-concluded West Bengal Assembly polls were declared on May 4.“The post-poll violence in the state has reached an alarming stage. No one, especially the people from the mi…
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) The BJP government led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has issued an order to reopen the cases related to the 2021 post-poll violence in West Bengal. A senior government official said on Wednesday that it was also instructed that strict measures must be taken against illegal cattle smuggling.The order issued by the state government read, “There are serious complaints regarding investigation of post poll cases. The old cases of political violence in your jurisdiction in …
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress has moved the Calcutta High Court seeking its intervention into post-poll violence in the state post the declaration of West Bengal Assembly election results.Trinamool MP and lawyer Kalyan Banerjee’s son Sirsanya Banerjee, who has filed this Public Interest Litigation (PIL), on Tuesday, mentioned the matter before the division bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and requested an urgent hearing on the petition.The lawyer alleged that more than 2.000 Tri…