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Kolkata, March 7 The TMC wrote to the Election Commission, alleging procedural irregularities in the scrutiny of nomination papers of BJP's Rajya Sabha candidate Rahul Sinha, and claimed that "discrepancies" in his election affidavit were overlooked by the returning officer.In the March 6...

Kolkata, March 7 Explosions occurred in a closed club room in Paikpara, a northern part of the city, on Saturday morning, a police officer said.There were no reports of any injuries or casualties in the incident, the officer said.A senior police officer, quoting eyewitnesses, said that two...

Kolkata, March 6 Bengali film star Subhashree Ganguly and her son, who were stranded in Dubai amidst the West Asia conflict, returned to Kolkata on Friday.Ganguly and her son, Yuvaan, arrived in the city via Mumbai. They were received at the airport by their filmmaker husband, Raj Chakraborty...

Kolkata, March 6 A car belonging to BJP MLA Baneswar Mahato was vandalized during the party's "Change Yatra" in Purulia district of West Bengal on Friday.The incident occurred in Mahato's constituency, Balarampur, with the BJP alleging that members of the TMC were behind the attack.The BJP...

Kolkata, March 6 TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee sparked a political controversy on Friday after saying he would have "cut off the finger" of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar if the latter had not been holding the constitutional post, alleging that the election panel chief had behaved "very...

Thane, March 5 The Thane Small Scale Industries Association (TSSIA) organized a training program on industrial and workplace safety as part of National Safety Week, an official said on Thursday.The program focused on crucial aspects such as first aid, occupational safety, stress management...

Kolkata, March 5 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will return to one of her most familiar political arenas – the streets – on Friday, beginning a protest at Kolkata's Metro Channel against what the TMC alleges are "arbitrary deletions" in the state's revised electoral rolls following...

Kolkata, March 5 Five Rajya Sabha candidates from West Bengal – four from the ruling TMC and one from the BJP – filed their nominations on Thursday, officials said.The four TMC candidates – minister Babul Supriyo, former Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar, senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy, and actor Koel...

Kolkata, March 4 Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir, who was constructing a mosque modeled after Ayodhya's Babri Masjid in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, was provided with Y-Plus category security by the central government, a source close to the politician said.A central security team...

Kolkata, March 4 Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday over the increasing visits of its leaders from outside West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections, describing them as "political tourists" and claiming such efforts would not...

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...

New Delhi, March 3 The Privileges Committee of the current Lok Sabha was constituted on Thursday, with Speaker Om Birla nominating BJP leader and former law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad as its chairperson.Birla has named 14 other MPs as members of the panel, according to a notification.The...

Kolkata, March 3 Amid the ongoing political tensions between the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the assembly elections in West Bengal approach, a scene of camaraderie was witnessed in Siliguri, where Mayor Gautam Deb of the TMC and MLA Sankar...

New Delhi, March 3 Former Law Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad was nominated as the chairperson of the Lok Sabha's Privileges Committee on Tuesday.Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has also named 14 other MPs as members of the panel, according to a notification.This is the first time...

Sandeshkhali (WB), March 2 Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Monday criticized the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal over the law and order situation, alleging that it was providing shelter to infiltrators.The BJP leader also accused the TMC...

In a coordinated political offensive launched a day after the publication of West Bengal's post-SIR electoral rolls, the BJP on Sunday sought to use the deletion of names as a central political platform, alleging that "over 50 lakh infiltrators" had been removed and declaring that "the time has...

Kolkata, March 1 Supporters of the ruling TMC and the opposition BJP clashed in Netaji Nagar, a South Kolkata area, on Sunday over drawing graffiti on a wall for the upcoming state assembly elections.A BJP leader alleged that when they were drawing graffiti on a wall, TMC members attacked...

Garbeta (WB), March 1 Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan alleged on Sunday that the TMC's objections to the omission of names during the SIR exercise stem from its fear that the voter base of "infiltrators" would not be useful in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.Addressing a rally...

Kolkata, March 1 The Trinamool Congress on Sunday claimed that the name of Richa Ghosh, a member of the Indian women's cricket team that won the World Cup, has been placed in the "under adjudication" category in the voter list released on February 28, accusing the Election Commission of...

Kolkata, March 1 The BJP will launch the 'Paribartan Yatra' across West Bengal on Sunday in an attempt to intensify opposition against the TMC and test its grassroots machinery ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.The program will begin a day after the publication of revised electoral...