murshidabad district

Kolkata, February 18 – The West Bengal Land and Land Reforms Department has issued a notice to Mira Sultana, the wife of Trinamool Congress legislator Humayun Kabir, accusing her of unlawfully changing the classification of a piece of land in the Murshidabad district.The notice was issued...

Kolkata, February 18 Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to declare a three-day holiday in West Bengal on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.In a letter to Banerjee on Tuesday, the former state Congress president said that like Durga Puja, the Eid...

Kolkata, February 18 – The announcement by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, stating that the seven Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) who had been suspended by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on charges of dereliction of duty would be utilized in state...

Mirzapur (UP), February 17 Amidst the controversy surrounding a viral video purportedly showing him aiming and firing with a rifle at members of a particular community, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has claimed that he always makes statements within constitutional limits, and...

Mirzapur (UP), February 17 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has ridiculed suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir's announcement to build a replica of the Babri Masjid in Murshidabad district of West Bengal.Asked about the proposed mosque, Sarma told reporters in Mirzapur on...

Kolkata, February 17 – The current deadline of February 21 for completing the ongoing scrutiny of identity documents submitted during the hearing sessions on the draft voter list in West Bengal may be extended by two to three days, according to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO)...

Kolkata, February 16 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) directly suspended seven Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) involved in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal on Monday, on charges of dereliction of duty, without waiting for the state government...

Kolkata, February 16 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) had directed the office of the West Bengal Chief Secretary, Nandini Chakraborty, to immediately suspend seven more assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs) involved in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state...

Kolkata, February 15 – Following the conclusion of the hearing session on claims and objections to the draft voter list in West Bengal, and with the scrutiny of supporting identity documents scheduled to continue until February 21, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has identified five...

Kolkata, February 14 – Humayun Kabir, founder of the Janata Unnayan Party, claimed on Saturday that being a part of the Trinamool Congress’ plan to defeat former West Bengal state Congress president and five-time Lok Sabha member, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, from the Baharampur Lok Sabha...

Kolkata, February 13 A row has erupted in West Bengal ahead of the closure of the SIR exercise, following reports that unauthorized forms are being circulated to include "unmapped voters" who failed to submit required documents during enumeration.Allegations have surfaced that such forms were...

Rejinagar, February 11 – Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir began construction of a mosque, modeled after Ayodhya's Babri Masjid, in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, on Wednesday.Kabir, who recently formed the Janata Unnayan Party (JUP) after being ousted from the Trinamool Congress, announced...

New Delhi, Feb 11 The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the National Investigation Agency to file a report in a sealed cover before the Calcutta High Court, justifying the invocation of a UAPA provision pertaining to terror acts in a case related to repeated incidents of violence and unrest in...

Rejinagar, February 11 Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir began construction of the much-hyped mosque – modeled after Ayodhya’s Babri Masjid – in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Wednesday.Kabir, who recently launched Janata Unnayan Party (JUP), announced that the mosque in Rejinagar...

New Delhi, February 11 The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to submit a report in a sealed envelope to the Calcutta High Court, justifying the invocation of a UAPA provision related to acts of terror in a case involving repeated incidents of violence...

Kolkata, February 10 The West Bengal Police have started the process of attaching assets worth approximately Rs 11 crore, belonging to a relative of suspended Trinamool Congress leader Humayun Kabir, in connection with an alleged drug trafficking case, a senior officer said on Tuesday.A total...