Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) After addressing three mega campaign rallies in three districts of West Bengal through the day amid the forthcoming two-phase Assembly polls in the state later this month, PM Narendra Modi participated in a mega road show at Bagdogra near Siliguri in Darjeeling district in the northern sector of the state on Saturday evening. As the Prime Minister’s convoy moved through the roads, thousands of local people stood on the roadside shouting “Modi-Modi” and “Jai Shree…
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Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Thursday launched a blistering attack on the Trinamool Congress-led state government and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing the latter of attempting to “spread” illegal infiltrators in the country. The BJP also held the Trinamool accountable for developmental issues in the state.The BJP leaders campaigned in different parts of the state for the upcoming two-phased Assembly elections, scheduled for April 23 and …
Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) Six days after the mysterious death of a minor girl in north Bengal’s Siliguri, the prime accused, a private tutor, has been arrested from Chennai along with another individual, the police said on Monday.Earlier, one person was detained in connection with the death of the girl. The girl’s death had triggered protests in the city and set off a political exchange between the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and the ruling Trinamool Congress.Deputy Commissioner of Poli…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Two-time BJP Lok Sabha member from Darjeeling constituency in North Bengal, Raju Bista on Saturday claimed there was a necessity for holding the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal under President’s Rule.He also said that he would speak to President Droupadi Murmu about the possibilities on this count, at the first opportunity.Bista said this while speaking to media persons on the sidelines of the 9th International Santal Conference being organised by the Inte…
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) In a crucial meeting with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Nabin in Siliguri of Darjeeling district in West Bengal on Monday, the Gorkha leaders from the state had demanded either separate statehood or Union Territory (UT) status for the hills comprising of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong in North Bengal. At the end of the meeting, BJP Lok Sabha MP from Darjeeling constituency, Raju Bista, said that in the meeting, BJP President Nabin had assured that t…
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) Rebel Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Kurseong Assembly constituency in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district, Bishnu Prasad Sharma, who had been vocal against the party’s state leadership for quite some time, on Thursday, finally joined the ruling Trinamool Congress.He arrived at Trinamool Bhavan, the party’s state headquarters in Kolkata, on Thursday afternoon, and was officially welcomed to the ruling party by state Education Minister, Bratya Basu and Women &…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) As Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2026, the BJP on Sunday hailed it as a people-centric budget guided by the principle of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’, focusing on every section of society and said that it will help India move from being the world’s fourth-largest economy to the third-largest. Speaking to reporters outside Parliament after the Budget was presented, Union Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia said, “This budget touches ev…
Kolkata, January 11 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Sunday, condoled the death of Indian Idol 3 winner and native of Darjeeling, Prashant Tamang, who died in Delhi after suffering a cardiac arrest. Tamang, 43, who rose to fame after winning the Indian Idol season 3 in 2007, was taken to the Dwarka hospital in New Delhi, where he was pronounced dead.Announcing the news of his death, Chief Minister Banerjee offered her condolences.”Saddened by the sudden and untimely demise t…