New Town, July 28 (IANS) On the alleged fake signature case involving Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday said truth will emerge after a proper probe. This comes as Abhishek Banerjee faced interrogation by the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) into an alleged signature forgery case involving the nomination of the Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly. The controversy centres on claims that 14 out of roughly 70 MLA signatures…
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New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Parliamentary Party meeting ‘Mangal Milan’ commenced in the Parliament Library Building (PLB) on Tuesday, a day after the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, was introduced in the Lok Sabha.For the first time, former Trinamool Congress rebels, now the NCPI MPs, are attending the deliberations.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, Union Law Minister Arjun …
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will travel to New Delhi on Tuesday to meet the 20 former Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha members who joined the National Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI) soon after the results of the state Assembly elections were announced. The meeting comes amid an intensifying political battle over the status of the rebel MPs, with the Trinamool pressing for their disqualification under the anti-defection law.The meeting assumes signif…
Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) West Bengal Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Ritabrata Banerjee, who leads the rebel but majority faction of Trinamool Congress, on Monday supported the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026. He also asked the central government to introspect why NEET-UG question papers were leaked in the first place.In an interview with IANS, Banerjee said the Bill was framed in the right spirit.He noted that the Bill talks about stringent measures and welc…
Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) In protest against the unrest that unfolded during the Left’s movement in Kolkata on July 24, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and workers on Monday took to the streets with national flags in two big rallies. One procession moved from Sealdah to Esplanade in central Kolkata, while the other went from Golpark to Jadavpur in south Kolkata. The procession from Sealdah began after 3:30 p.m. with the national flag. State Minister Tapas Roy, BJP MLA Sajal Ghosh, party lea…
Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) The scheduled meeting of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari with the 20 erstwhile Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha members who joined the National Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI) at 1 p.m. in New Delhi on Tuesday was cancelled, as per information communicated on Monday. The decision to cancel the meeting followed a sudden development after Sudip Bandopadhyay, a four-time Lok Sabha member and one of the most prominent faces among the 20 Trinamool-turned-NCPI MPs, me…
Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, requesting his intervention for expeditious disposal of disqualification petitions against 20 party Lok Sabha members who joined the National Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI) soon after the results for the West Bengal Assembly elections were announced.In his letter, Abhishek Banerjee, also the nephew of the party supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Bane…
Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) Calcutta High Court on Monday granted conditional anticipatory bail to Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal in a financial fraud case. Justice Tirthankar Ghosh granted the anticipatory bail application of Mondal, who is the Birbhum district president of the rebel but majority faction of Trinamool Congress led by Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly Ritabrata Banerjee.Earlier, Mondal had sought anticipatory bail in the lower court fearing arrest in the case….
Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday handed over compensation cheques of Rs 5,00,000 each to the family members of 11 migrant workers from the state killed at NHPC Limited’s under-construction tunnel at Namchi in Sikkim on July 20. At the same time, the Chief Minister also promised jobs as home guards in the state police to one member of each of these 11 families.The Chief Minister landed at the temporary helipad of the Jalpaiguri SAI Sports Complex by …
Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the West Bengal Police to ensure that former Trinamool Congress legislator and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Deputy Mayor Atin Ghosh is not arrested while his bail plea is pending before it.Ghosh’s plea for anticipatory bail in a case registered against him in connection with land-grabbing charges was scheduled to be heard by the single-judge bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh on Monday.However, for some reason, the hearin…