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Kolkata, March 4 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday claimed that the number of Muslims killed in West Bengal during the last three years was higher than in any other Indian state.“I request people from the Muslim community to calculate the number of people from their community who...

Kolkata, March 4 Alleging attacks on BJP workers in several districts ahead of the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, the main opposition BJP on Wednesday accused the ruling TMC of resorting to violence and intimidation to retain power in the state.Addressing a press conference, state...

Kolkata, March 4 Veteran Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy criticized the Centre's response to the West Asia situation and the role of the United States on Wednesday, alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was "deliberately maintaining silence" in order not to displease US President Donald...

Kolkata, February 26 – Sumitra Chattopadhyay, a fifth-generation descendant of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, the author of India's national song, "Vande Mataram," and the iconic Bengali poet and writer, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday.He joined the BJP at the party's state...

Kolkata, February 24 – As the Supreme Court allowed judges from the High Courts of Jharkhand and Orissa to participate in the adjudication of voter claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, the development drew mixed...

Kolkata, February 19 Amid a political row over allegations by the TMC against the NDA government in Bihar regarding a ban on the sale of "fish meat in open spaces", West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya has asserted that people in the state are free to consume the food of their choice...

Kolkata, February 18 Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the ISKCON headquarters in Mayapur, West Bengal, on Wednesday.Shah arrived at the Kolkata airport and then took a helicopter to Krishnanagar in the Nadia district for his journey to Mayapur.State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya and...

Kolkata, February 17 Ahead of the high-stakes West Bengal Assembly election, the BJP on Tuesday inducted several prominent figures, including a former NSG commando, a retired CRPF officer, and the daughter of a former Left Front minister, in a move seen as part of its broader pre-poll...

Kolkata, February 14 Asserting that the BJP is not against Muslims, the party's West Bengal unit president, Samik Bhattacharya, accused the ruling TMC on Saturday of using the community as a vote bank without ensuring their economic development.Addressing members of the party's Minority Morcha...