Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) As the last leg of campaigning gains momentum before the first phase of Assembly election in West Bengal on April 23, Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Nabin stepped up the attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government. He said that the Chief Minister had gone to the court to seek justice for Bangladeshi infiltrators but not for the women who were “humiliated in the state”.Nabin was in Raiganj on Sunday for an election rally.Speaking to …
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Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) Congress MP and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi is all set to kick-start his campaign for the West Bengal Assembly polls with three rallies lined up in North Dinajpur, Malda and Murshidabad districts. However, ahead of his visit, the Congress accused the Trinamool Congress of demolishing the temporary helipad built in North Dinajpur district’s Raiganj where Rahul Gandhi’s chopper was supposed to land. District Congress leader Deepa Dasmunsi has …
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power in the poll-bound state, its division through the Assembly constituency rearrangement will be inevitable.”The BJP is plotting to divide West Bengal by rearranging Assembly seats. It has been planned to create a separate state with some areas from Bihar and some for West Bengal. They (BJP) will be able to do that only if they come to power. So we have to defeat…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The high-voltage battleground of Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in April election comes as a reminder of the 2016 clash in the same seat that also was much hyped as allegations flew, churning the political waters of West Bengal. Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee had then faced challenges from Congress candidate Deepa Dasmunshi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee Chandra Kumar Bose.The latter, grandnephew of Subhas Chandra Bose, joined …
Kolkata, Jan 10 (IANS) The ongoing cold spell in West Bengal intensified on Saturday as temperatures dropped further in Kolkata and several districts, and the chill is expected to continue for the next few days.According to the Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata’s Alipore, the temperature dropped as cold northerly winds are freely entering the state, resulting in biting cold. There is also a significant presence of fog at several places.The minimum temperature in the city rose slightly to…
Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress district youth vice-president in Uttar Dinajpur district was allegedly murdered on New Year’s Eve, said the police on Thursday. His body was recovered from the Milanpara area near Mohanbati market in Raiganj. The police are investigating whether the murder was politically motivated or if there was another reason behind it.Nabyendu Ghosh had only recently become the district youth vice-president of the Trinamool Congress in Uttar Dinajpur in north Bengal…