Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee was injured while submitting a memorandum at Chanditala police station in West Bengal’s Hooghly district on Sunday to protest the arrest and detention of party workers. He claimed that a stone was hurled at him. The Trinamool MP was seen falling on the road with a head injury. He pointed his finger at BJP workers for the attack. However, the BJP has denied the allegation and said Banerjee faced the wrath of the people who have been tortured by …
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Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) After making himself almost homebound since the results of the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections were announced on May 4 and restricting himself to occasional issuing of social media statements, Trinamool Congress’ general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, will resume his public political activities from Saturday onwards.According to information shared by Trinamool Congress on Friday, Banerjee, the three-time Lok Sabha membe…
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Two Trinamool Congress leaders have been arrested in two separate districts of West Bengal on charges of corruption, the police said on Tuesday. The police have arrested the Chairman of Baduria municipality, Dipankar Bhattacharya in Baduria of North 24 Parganas district. Nearly Rs 80 lakh and several bundles of tarpaulins bought with government funds were recovered from him.Meanwhile, large amount of government goods were also recovered from the house of Trinamool regional…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Falta in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district made it to the national lexicon last month when a political contest, framed almost like a cinematic clash with a “Singham vs. Pushpa” narrative, caught the people’s imagination. The “Singham” label was for Ajay Pal Sharma, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer known for his tough policing style and reputation as an “encounter specialist” in Uttar Pradesh. He was deployed as an Election Commission police obser…
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted temporary relief to Paresh Ram Das, Trinamool Congress MLA from Canning Paschim constituency in South 24 Parganas district. The MLA had approached the High Court seeking protection from arrest in the wake of several criminal cases filed against him.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya on Thursday ordered that the police will not be able to take any action against the MLA till June 30.However, at the same time, the court also ordered that th…
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Re-polling commenced for Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal from 7 a.m. on Thursday under a blanket security coverage provided by the 35 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel, a number significantly high for a single constituency.The polling process had been peaceful till the time the report was filed.With Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan announcing his withdrawal from the contest recently, political o…
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Just two days before the re-election in Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district, Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan said he will not contest the election. However, the Trinamool has categorically stated that this decision is Jahangir’s personal call and not the party’s directive. On the last day of campaigning on Tuesday, Jahangir announced, “I am not contesting this election.” However, an insider from West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer’s office …
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…
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) West Bengal government officials said on Tuesday that two policemen in the state’s South 24 Parganas district have been suspended for allegedly assaulting a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate. The police officers are Inspector-In-Charge Samar Dey and Sub-Inspector Sukumar Ruidas of Baruipur police station in South 24 Parganas district.According to the allegation, on May 5, the day after the declaration of the West Bengal Assembly election results, the police physically…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Subrata Gupta, a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, whose role as the Election Commission of India (ECI)-appointed special poll observer for the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly polls received praise from all quarters, on Saturday was appointed as the advisor to the new and ninth Chief Minister of West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari. On May 7, the ECI relieved Gupta as well as the special police observer from their respective poll duties.On Saturday, soon…