Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) The death of Pravas Mondal, the first of the four accused to be arrested in the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old minor girl at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, in a police encounter on early Wednesday morning, has evoked mixed reactions from the different political parties in the state.Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Mahua Moitra, a prominent face in the faction led by former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, Abhis…
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Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) The All-India Congress Committee (AICC) on Saturday allotted the posts of leader and deputy leader of the Congress’s legislative party in the West Bengal Assembly to both the existing party legislators in the house. While Julfikar Ali from Raninagar Assembly Constituency in minority-dominated Murshidabad district has been allotted the post of leader of the Congress’s legislative party in the West Bengal Assembly, the party MLA from Farakka in the same district, Motab Shai…
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) Amid speculation that former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress’ national general secretary, are exploring the possibility of remerging the party with the Congress, Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday returned to Kolkata from New Delhi, while her nephew remained in the national capital.Speculation over a possible re-merger of the Trinamool Congress with the Congress gained momentum following Mamata Banerjee’…
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) Mausam Benazir Noor, the current Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member and former two-time Congress Lok Sabha member from Maldaha (Uttar) constituency in minority-dominated Malda district of West Bengal, on Saturday, had joined India’s oldest national party again. She returned to the grand old party at the All India Congress Committee’s (AICC) headquarters in New Delhi in the presence of Congress General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh, the party’s central coordina…
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday directed leaders of the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to place special emphasis on 28 Assembly constituencies under four organisational districts in and around the state capital Kolkata for the crucial Assembly elections scheduled next year.HM Shah issued the direction at a meeting with party leaders on Wednesday, the last day of his three-day visit to West Bengal. Besides core leaders of the BJP’s state u…