Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) The Kolkata Police on Saturday unfollowed former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee’s X accounts after Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal. At the same time, the list of those whom the Kolkata Police are now following includes the accounts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the new Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, the Prime Minister’s Office, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and his office.The results o…
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Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) BJP workers and supporters on their way to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday chanted ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans outside former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s house in Harish Chatterjee Street in Kalighat area.The street wore a deserted look and only a few policemen and CRPF personnel were present outside Mamata Banerjee’s residence.With the security cover outside the former Chief Minister’s house being reduced after her party’s defeat in West Be…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Suvendu Adhikari is set to be sworn in on Saturday as West Bengal’s first BJP Chief Minister at a ceremony to be held at Brigade Parade Ground.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president Nitin Nabin, Union ministers, and chief ministers of all NDA-ruled states are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony.Earlier on Friday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah officially announced Suvendu Adhikari as the next Chief Minister of West Bengal, m…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Ashok Kumar Lahiri has taken charge as Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog, the government think tank said on Friday.Lahiri brings extensive experience in economic policy and public finance, having previously served as Chief Economic Adviser to the government and as a member of the 15th Finance Commission.According to NITI Aayog, his experience across academia, public institutions and international organisations will further strengthen its efforts towards evidence-based policymak…
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata on Friday to choose the new leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Legislative Party in the West Bengal Assembly, who will assume the role of the new Chief Minister of the state following the BJP’s resounding victory in the recently held elections, the results of which were announced on May 4.His flight landed at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport at around 11 a.m. He was greeted at the airport by…
Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) A fake number plate was used in the motorcycle used in the assassination of Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant of the outgoing Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, confirmed Director General of Police (DGP) Siddh Nath Gupta. At around 1.30 a.m. on Thursday, Gupta arrived at the Viva City Hospital at Madhyamgram in the North 24 Parganas district, where Rath was declared dead after being brought there in bullet-hit condition on Wednesday n…
Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) In a shocking incident on Wednesday night, Chandranath Rath, a close aide and personal assistant of outgoing Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, was shot dead on a road in Madhyamgram in North 24 Parganas district while returning home from a party programme.Confirming the incident, newly elected BJP MLA and senior Calcutta High Court advocate Kaustav Bagchi claimed that the vehicle in which Rath was travelling had been followed for a consi…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) historic hat-trick victory in Assam and the unprecedented mandate in West Bengal Assembly elections is being seen and analysed as an outcome of its Hindutva politics and “anti-minority” poll plank, however, the real answer, experts argue, lies in its increasing connect with the grassroots level and overwhelming support from the downtrodden and Dalit communities. Amidst the political sparring over TMC’s connect with Bengali culture …
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) The police have arrested four persons, including a Trinamool Congress leader, in connection with the murder of a BJP worker during post-poll violence in the New Town area of Kolkata.Police said on Wednesday that the accused were arrested from areas near the India-Bangladesh border in Bangaon and Gopalnagar in North 24 Parganas district. Officers from the Technocity police station carried out the arrests.Initial investigations suggest that the accused were allegedly attempti…
Nandigram, May 6 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari, who emerged victorious from both Nandigram and Bhabanipur Assembly constituencies, on Wednesday remarked that outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government was “even worse” than its predeccesor CPM.Adhikari, who defeated Banerjee in the Bhabanipur constituency, was in Nandigram to thank the voters.”I had come here to express gratitude to the people. They have elected me as MP twice and…