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TMC attacks BJP candidate Rekha Patra days after Modi spoke to her

Published on Mar 28, 2024 04:16 PM IST

Rekha Patra is among the women, who have accused TMC leaders of atrocities and land grabbing in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali

Rekha Patra, the BJP candidate from West Bengal’s Basirhat. (X)

Mahua Moitra skips ED summons in cash-for-query case, campaigns in Nadia

The former MP is accused of accepting bribes from businessman Darshan Hiranandani in return for asking certain questions in the Parliament

TMC leader Mahua Moitra campaigns for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Nadia district of West Bengal on Thursday. (PTI Photo)
Updated on Mar 28, 2024 02:33 PM IST

Ramakrishna Mission president Swami Smaranananda Maharaj dies at 95; PM reacts

Swami Smaranananda Maharaj became the 16th president of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission in 2017.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Ramakrishna Mission president Swami Smaranananda Maharaj. (PTI file)
Updated on Mar 27, 2024 05:01 PM IST

‘CBI conducted raids to create negative perception’: Mahua Moitra writes to ECI

Mahua Moitra said that the CBI conducted raids o hinder her campaign and create a negative perception about her, and urged the ECI to intervene so that all parties in the fray get a level playing field

Mahua Moitra (PTI File Photo)
Published on Mar 24, 2024 05:57 PM IST

Left Front fields Bengal CPIM secretary Md Salim from Murshidabad seat

Left Front names Md Salim as candidate from Murshidabad for Lok Sabha polls along with three others in their second list, all from CPI(M).

Bengal CPIM state secretary Md Salim (File Photo)
Updated on Mar 23, 2024 08:35 PM IST

WB recruitment scam: ED raids five places, including house of state minister

Three TMC legislators have already been arrested by the federal agencies in connection with the alleged scam for their alleged involvement in the scam

Representational image.
Published on Mar 22, 2024 11:21 AM IST

Modi ki guarantee has ‘zero warranty’: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee attacks BJP

Abhishek Banerjee, also attacked the BJP over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and for allegedly stopping central funds to the state

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee (File Photo)
Published on Mar 20, 2024 07:07 PM IST

Bengal: Several injured in TMC-BJP clash at Dinhata in Union minister’s presence

Cooch Behar district: Several shops were damaged during the clash in which a police officer sustained injury while trying to disperse the workers.

Udayan Guha, TMC’s Dinhata legislator and north Bengal development minister and Cooch Behar Lok Sabha member Nisith Pramanik admitted that they were present during the clash. (ANI)
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 07:29 AM IST

Election Commission appoints Sanjay Mukherjee as the new DGP of West Bengal

The Election Commission on Tuesday removed Vivek Sahay as West Bengal DGP, less than 24 hours after naming him for the post and appointed Sanjay Mukherjee

Mukherjee is a 1989-batch IPS officer. (HT fil ephoto)
Updated on Mar 19, 2024 05:29 PM IST

2 killed in Kolkata building collapse, Mamata assures stern action against illegal construction

2 killed in Kolkata building collapse, Mamata assures stern action against illegal construction

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Published on Mar 18, 2024 12:16 PM IST
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Kolkata: 10 rescued after 5-storey under-construction building collapses on slum

Kolkata building collapse: Locals said two of the injured slum dwellers died and 15 people were injured but there was no official confirmation till 6.40 am.

The incident took place around 12.10 am on Monday in the Garden Reach area of Kolkata,(ANI)
Updated on Mar 18, 2024 07:39 AM IST

Bengal: CBI arrests Sheikh Shahjahan’s brother, two others for attack on ED team

Bengal police handed over Sheikh Shahjahan to CBI this month following orders from Calcutta HC which asked the agency to probe the attack on ED officers.

Sheikh Shahjahan, who is alleged to have masterminded the attack on ED officials in Sandeshkhali on January 5, was arrested by the West Bengal police on February 29. (File)
Updated on Mar 17, 2024 07:22 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee head injury: Doctor clarifies his ‘push from behind’ statement

The West Bengal CM bled from her forehead and suffered a cut on the nose after falling at her Kalighat residence on Thursday

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee after her release from the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata on Thursday. (PTI Photo)
Published on Mar 15, 2024 04:33 PM IST

Commercial services of country's first underwater metro train commences

Commercial services of country's first underwater metro train commences

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Published on Mar 15, 2024 10:25 AM IST
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Bengal: 4th biggest source of migrant workers launches separate health card for them

Opposition parties in Bengal have used the outflux of migrant workers as a major issue against the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC)

According to the 2011 census, Bengal was the fourth biggest source of migrant workers in the country. (HT PHOTO/Representative)
Published on Mar 14, 2024 11:40 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee disowns sibling for demanding LS seat; he makes U-turn

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee said that she never practised dynastic politics and added that today she has set a living example

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. (PTI)
Updated on Mar 13, 2024 07:38 PM IST

Kolkata businessman allegedly killed by associate over money; CM visits family

Businessman Bhavo Lakhani killed by associate in Kolkata, West Bengal. Accused called him to return money, then murdered him. Two arrested.

 (Representative Photo)
Updated on Mar 13, 2024 06:26 PM IST

Kolkata businessman's body found in jute sack, biz partner arrested

The body of Bhavo Lakhani, who lived in Ballygunge area here, was found in a jute sack beneath the tank at the residence of his business partner.

Forensic tests and a post-mortem examination revealed that the deceased had been subjected to physical assault. (Representational Image)
Published on Mar 13, 2024 01:56 PM IST
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Truck crashes into e-rickshaw in Bengal’s Hooghly district, kills 7: Police

Police said that six persons including a child died before they reached the hospital while another person succumbed to his injuries at the hospital

Police said the truck driver has been arrested (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Mar 12, 2024 09:25 PM IST

Dropped by TMC, Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh vows to contest seat he won for BJP in 2019

Arjun Singh said he was promised the TMC ticket for the Barrackpore seat the day he returned to the party one and a half years ago

Barrackpore MP Arun Singh’s supporters have replaced photographs of Mamata Banerjee in his office with those of PM Narendra Modi (X/ArjunsinghWB)
Published on Mar 12, 2024 08:18 PM IST

TMC announces candidates for all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal

The most surprising candidate in the TMC list is Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan who has been fielded from Berhampore in Murshidabad district against incumbent Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of the Congress

Mamata Banerjee speaks during a rally in Kolkata on Sunday. (PTI)
Updated on Mar 10, 2024 03:56 PM IST

CBI raids TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan’s house, market in Sandeshkhali

Accused by local residents of extortion, land grabbing and sexually exploiting village women over several years, Shahjahan was arrested by local police on February 28

Around 20 CBI officials and forensic experts conducted an eight-hour search on Friday (Representative Photo)
Published on Mar 09, 2024 10:29 AM IST

800 crore project to transform Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Kolkata

The Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways has approved one of the ambitious projects.

Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal. (File photo)
Published on Mar 08, 2024 10:23 AM IST
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Mamata Banerjee's message to former HC judge who joined BJP and a challenge

Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who resigned as a judge of Calcutta High Court on Tuesday morning, joined the BJP on Thursday.

Former Calcutta high court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.(PTI)
Published on Mar 07, 2024 05:33 PM IST

Bengal Police hands over Sheikh Shahjahan to CBI after high court sets deadline

The Central Bureau of Investigation and the West Bengal CID were locked in a custody battle over the controversial TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan

Sheikh Shahjahan, who is alleged to have masterminded the attack on ED officials in Sandeshkhali on January 5, was arrested by the West Bengal police on February 29. (File)
Published on Mar 06, 2024 08:07 PM IST

Union minister John Barla challenges BJP’s decision to drop his LS candidature

Union minister John Barla publicly challenged the BJP’s decision to field Manoj Tigga from the former’s Lok Sabha constituency Alipurduar

Union minister John Barla. (File)
Published on Mar 06, 2024 07:22 PM IST

Sandeshkhali storm will sweep through Bengal, says PM Modi

BJP leaders said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi met five women who had come from Sandeshkhali to attend his rally in Barasat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being garlanded by BJP Mohila Morcha members during a Nari Shakti Vandan rally at Barasat in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday. (ANI)
Published on Mar 06, 2024 04:22 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates India’s 1st underwater metro connecting Kolkata-Howrah

The 4.8 km stretch of East-West metro from Howrah Maidan to Esplanade has been built at a cost of ₹4,965 crore. It will also have the deepest metro station in India at Howrah – 30 metres

The under-river section of the tunnel is 520 metres long, and a train will take around 45 seconds to cross it. (Metro Railway Kolkata | Official X account)
Published on Mar 06, 2024 11:24 AM IST

State machinery in WB assured they will hold violence-free polls: CEC Rajiv Kumar

Kumar, addressing a press conference, said the goal of the Election Commission is to ensure free, fair and violence-free elections in the state

Kumar said central forces will be deployed in the state in an “impartial manner” and in sufficient numbers. (Samir Jana | Hindustan Times)
Published on Mar 06, 2024 09:18 AM IST

TMC will not last till 2026, says ex-Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay

Abhijit Gangopadhyay, shortly after resigning from the judiciary, announced that he would be joining the Bharatiya Janata Party tentatively on March 7

Abhijit Gangopadhyay. (Hindustan Times)
Updated on Mar 05, 2024 08:43 PM IST
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