Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) Just days before the re-election in Falta Assembly constituency in Diamond Harbour, a Trinamool Congress leader close to party candidate Jahangir Khan has been arrested, said the police on Saturday. Falta Panchayat Samiti vice-president Saidul Khan has been arrested by officers of Falta police station. The arrested person is accused of attempted murder and spreading political violence, the police said.There have been multiple allegations against Saidul for a long time. One…
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Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) Congress Rajya Sabha MPs, Pramod Tiwari and Akhilesh Prasad, on Saturday claimed that the Congress will play a decisive role in forming the government in West Bengal after Assembly polls. The Congress is contesting the election in West Bengal on its own and without any alliance after 20 years.In this context, the leadership is targeting both the Trinamool and the BJP. According to Pramod Tiwari and Akhilesh Prasad Singh, the Congress is emerging as the third force here. …
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is set to address election rallies in West Bengal on Saturday, with public meetings scheduled in Kolkata and Serampore after an earlier setback when permissions for the events were initially denied.The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha’s campaign schedule was disrupted before being put back on track, albeit with a change of date.LoP Gandhi’s planned April 23 rallies in Kolkata and Serampore were initially cancelled due to a lack o…