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  • Politics16 mins ago

    Mamata Banerjee Writes to PM Modi Over Rejection of Bengal Tableau from R-day Parade

    West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee speaks during a press conference in Kolkata, Thursday, January 6, 2022. (PTI Photo) The proposed tableau was set to commemorate...

  • Politics22 hours ago

    Bengal BJP Faces Discontent Among Leaders Over Organisational Duties

    Disgruntled Union Minister Shantanu Thakur has demanded the resignation of a ‘key leader’ in charge of the party’s ‘organisation’ for ‘excluding’ 90 per cent of the...

  • Politics1 day ago

    Bengal Govt Likely to Propose Deferring 4 Civic Polls by 2 Weeks After Court Gives EC 48 Hours to Decide

    The West Bengal government may propose to the State Election Commission to postpone elections to four municipal corporations in the state after the Calcutta High Court...

  • Politics2 days ago

    Abhishek Banerjee’s ‘Diamond Harbour Model’ Kicks off Inner Party Debate, TMC Asks Leaders Not to Air Their Views in Public

    The ’Diamond Harbour model’ of TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee to contain the spread of COVID-19 in West Bengal has kicked off an inner-party debate...

  • Politics2 days ago

    Making Way for Rebels? Bengal BJP Dissolves Departments, Cells Formed Under Dilip Ghosh in 2018

    Amid growing dissent in the West Bengal BJP, state unit president Sukanta Majumdar took the bold decision of dissolving all departments and cells formed in 2018...

  • Politics4 days ago

    Pilgrims Undergo RT-PCR Tests, Many Seen Without Masks, Flouting Covid Norms

    Following the Calcutta High Court orders to ensure Covid norms are followed, pilgrims attending the Gangasagar Mela were made to take the RT-PCR test at Babu...

  • Politics5 days ago

    Civic Poll Schedule in Covid-battered Bengal under Calcutta HC Scanner, Asks State Govt and EC for Reports

    Barely a couple of hours after Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Kesang Doma Bhutia of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday allowed the hosting of...

  • Politics1 week ago

    West Bengal Police ‘Stops’ Suvendu Adhikari from Visiting Jhargram Memorial, Governor Calls DGP

    The tug of war between the ruling party in West Bengal and governor Jagdeep Dhankhar continues after police allegedly prevented BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari from attending...

  • Politics1 week ago

    Mamata Tells PM about Governor Questioning Bengal Govt Recruitments, Dhankhar Says CM ‘Factually Wrong’

    The protracted standoff between Mamata Banerjee and Jagdeep Dhankhar continues as the West Bengal chief minister told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday that the governor...

  • Politics1 week ago

    BJP Demands 4 Civic Polls to be Postponed, Calcutta HC Seeks Clarity from SEC

    In the wake of a Covid-19 surge, BJP leaders in West Bengal have demanded that four municipal elections scheduled to be held in the state should...

  • Politics1 week ago

    BJP, Left Want Bengal Civic Polls Deferred amid Covid Burst, TMC Points to 8-phase 2021 Assembly Elections

    A political tussle has commenced over the elections for four municipal corporations to be held in West Bengal where Covid cases are rapidly multiplying, fuelled largely...

  • Politics2 weeks ago

    Actor-Turned-Politician Hiran Chatterjee Quits Bengal BJP WhatsApp Group in Another Blow to Party

    Dismayed over the ‘ignorant attitude’ of the senior party leadership, Bengali actor turned politician Hiran Chatterjee joined the group of disgruntled party leaders who quit the...

  • Politics2 weeks ago

    Shantanu Thakur in Huddle with MLAs Post ‘WhatsApp Exit’, Seeks More Matua Representation in Bengal BJP

    After union minister Shantanu Thakur exited the West Bengal BJP WhatsApp Group on January 3, he held a meeting with five other party MLAs, at his...

  • Politics2 weeks ago

    TMC, BJP Attack Each Other, CBI Denies Media Reports

    The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday trained guns at each other over the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) probe into...

  • Politics2 weeks ago

    Nadda to Visit West Bengal Amid Increased ‘TMC Threat’, to Address New State Executive

    With West Bengal BJP under tremendous pressure from the ruling Trinamool Congress, the party’s national president JP Nadda is set to visit the state on January...

  • Politics2 weeks ago

    ‘Hon’ble CM is in 100% Breach of Her Duties Under Article 167 of the Constitution’, Says West Bengal Governor

    The standoff between the ruling TMC leaders and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar turned bitter after the ruling party MP Saugata Roy on December 29 alleged that the...

  • Politics3 weeks ago

    Action Replay of India’s Political Moments in 2021

    The Covid-19 pandemic, predictably, overshadowed almost everything that happened in the country, and outside, in 2021. However, India’s politics and politicians largely seemed to adapt well,...

  • Politics3 weeks ago

    TMC’s Firhad Hakim Takes Oath as Mayor

    Senior TMC leader Firhad Hakim took oath as the Mayor of Kolkata on Tuesday, promising to provide better civic services and ensure the city’s overall development....

  • Politics3 weeks ago

    Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Writes to PM Modi Over Setting Up Covid Hospitals in 2 Bengal Districts

    Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said both PM Modi and Mamata Banerjee were “playing a mutual ‘khela’”. (PTI photo) The Congress Parliamentary Party leader called upon...

  • Politics3 weeks ago

    Former Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Leader Binay Tamang Joins TMC, Says ‘Hills Top Priority’

    Tamang and Sharma were handed over TMC flags by state ministers Moloy Ghatak and Bratya Basu. (Image: Twitter) Former GJM MLA Rohit Sharma also joined Mamata...

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