Tag: West Bengal
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ED Raids TMC Leaders’ Houses In Municipal Jobs Scam Investigation
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted raids at the homes of some leaders from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party in West Bengal. These raids are part of an investigation into the Civic Jobs Scam in local municipalities. Among those whose houses were raided are Sujit Bose, a minister in West Bengal, and Tapas Roy, a ... -
Mamata government will fall anytime, say BJP; TMC hits back
Sukanta Majumdar, President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of West Bengal, and other BJP leaders from the state unit, have said that the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government will fall soon in the state because various ruling party MLAs will withdraw their support. On Sunday, West Bengal BJP president spoke to the media outside ... -
BJP Candidates Can’t File Nominations Amid Attacks In West Bengal
On the last day of filing nominations for the West Bengal panchayat elections, BJP candidates faced violent attacks and intimidation, preventing them from submitting their papers. Arjun Sardar, a BJP candidate from Sandeshkhali, had to travel 100 km from his village to the Basirhat Sub-Divisional Officers’ office in Kolkata to file his nomination due to ... -
Mamata Might Have Competition In Muslim Cleric Leader
It’s a small village of West Bengal. But it might just give West Bengal another angle to its political fight. It is a cleric from the Furfura Sharif village in Hooghly District of the state of West Bengal has decided to float a new political party. Mr. Abbas Siddiqui is launching the Indian Secular Front (ISF). ... -
Mamata slams BJP calling the attack on Nadda’s convoy a nautanki
Mamata slams BJP: On Thursday, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed BJP concerning the assault on BJP chief JP Nadda’s convoy, adding that they (BJP) are doing ‘nautanki’ or doing drama to grab attention. BJP has no other work, one by one Ministers are visiting Bengal, she added. Mamata also alluded to BJP leader J.P, ... -
Bengal polls: TMC government launches massive outreach drive
Bengal polls: TMC govt has launched its biggest outreach campaign in West Bengal ahead of 2021 assembly polls Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal on Tuesday launched its massive outreach campaign in the run-up to the upcoming assembly elections in the state. With the “Duare Sarkar” (government at doorsteps) outreach campaign, the TMC ... -
West Bengal Might Never See Peaceful Polls
West Bengal Might Never See Peaceful Polls: Violence in Bengal over election frenzy is again leading to deaths of political party workers. Police has been implicated to shoot workers point blank and the social media is rampantly talking about. The BJP has taken a strong stand this time against such shooting that is happening over ... -
BJP demands ouster of TMC govt after MLA’s death
A party delegation from West Bengal met with the President two days after one of its MLAs was found dead in suspicious circumstances. Two days after the unnatural death of BJP MLA Debendra Nath Ray in Bindal village in North Dinajpur district, a delegation from the state unit met President Ram Nath Kovind asking for ... -
ITC-Sunrise deal: Spice market will get spicier
Indian businesses appear to be rejigging their strategies even as the economy attempts to reboot itself to survive the COVID lockdown. Companies which made headlines in recent time are Reliance getting Facebook on board to invest in Jio. US-based equity firms are also investing in the conglomerate. Then Vedantaannounced its decision to delist the company. ... -
Air travel resumes but with chaos, confusion and mismanagement
Domestic airlines took-off on Monday with a bumpy resumption. After two months of staying grounded as COVID-19 lockdown started on March 24, the domestic flights started operations on Monday ferrying about 39,000 passengers on 532 flights. But a large number of passengers were left disappointed and stranded at airports as many flights were canceled just ...