west bengal politics

Kolkata, March 14 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the ruling TMC of opposing the Systematic Identification of Voter Eligibility (SIVE) process to "protect infiltrators", alleging that unchecked illegal immigration under its rule had altered the demographic balance in several...

Kolkata, March 14 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that a change in government in West Bengal is now inevitable, and that is already evident in the state's people and their sentiments."The inevitable change in government is clear to everyone in West Bengal. Everyone wants the...

Kolkata, March 14 Clashes broke out between TMC and BJP supporters in central Kolkata on Saturday, just half an hour before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally at the Brigade Parade Ground, leaving a police officer and a leader of the saffron party injured, officials said.Allegations also...

Kolkata, March 14 – Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Kolkata on Saturday, allegations have surfaced regarding stones being thrown at the residence of West Bengal Minister Shashi Panja in the Girish Park area of north Kolkata.Trinamool workers claimed that BJP activists...

New Delhi, March 14: Supporters of the BJP from remote areas of the Sundarbans began their journey early on Saturday to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mega rally at the historic Brigade Parade Ground.Large groups of party workers and supporters from island regions such as Sagar Island...

Kolkata, March 13 Ahead of the West Bengal assembly election, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said her government would soon constitute five new cultural and development boards for specific communities, a move aimed at consolidating support among key social groups, particularly in the...

Kolkata, March 13 Amid reports that the Union home ministry may seek the services of Siliguri police commissioner C Sudhakar and Darjeeling DM Manish Mishra on central deputation following the controversy over President Droupadi Murmu's recent visit to North Bengal, the state government on...

Kolkata, March 12 – Former Intelligence Bureau (IB) super-cop and former Governor of Tamil Nadu, R.N. Ravi, was sworn in as the new Governor of West Bengal on Thursday morning.The ceremony began at 11:30 a.m. at Lok Bhavan (formerly Raj Bhavan) in Kolkata. The oath to the new Governor was...

Baruipur (WB), March 11 A local BJP leader was seriously injured after being shot, in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Wednesday, police said.The assailants, on a motorcycle, fled the area after firing two shots at Trilokesh Dhali's abdomen in Sagar Island, a police officer...

Kolkata, March 10 – A video has gone viral on Tuesday showing a Trinamool Congress Councillor and his wife physically assaulting a doctor within his office in Egra, in the East Midnapore district of West Bengal.Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal and a veteran leader...

New Delhi, March 10 – Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers, Jagat Prakash Nadda, launched a sharp attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal on Tuesday, alleging that the state "lacks respect for the law, the judiciary, or democratic...

New Delhi, March 10 Union Minister J P Nadda on Tuesday challenged the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, accusing it of lacking respect for the judiciary, the Election Commission of India, and democratic procedures, and alleging that "the rule of law has been disregarded" in the state...

Kolkata, March 9 Trinamool Congress All India General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday alleged a “bigger conspiracy” by the BJP-led central government, claiming that bank accounts of voters whose names are deleted from the electoral rolls could be frozen in the future.Addressing party...

Kolkata, March 9 – The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) questioned the Kolkata Police's justification for offering protocol salutes to the former State Director General of Police (DGP), Rajeev Kumar, on Monday. Kumar had appeared for a meeting with the full bench of the Election...

Chandigarh, March 9 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday accused the ruling AAP in Punjab of creating obstacles during his visits to the state.Saini further criticized the Bhagwant Mann-led government for distributing freebies at the end of their term while failing to fulfill...

Kolkata, March 9 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday advised state bureaucrats and police officers not to succumb to pressure or disciplinary threats from the Election Commission of India (ECI) or Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.However, the Chief Minister...

Kolkata, March 9 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her remarks on social media.On Monday, BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari sharply criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that she had issued an "open...

Kolkata, March 9 Four TMC Rajya Sabha candidates and one BJP aspirant from West Bengal were virtually elected to the Upper House on Monday and received their winning certificates from the Election Commission.With the last day for withdrawal of nominations for the Rajya Sabha elections falling...

Kolkata, March 9 Alleging that the BJP and "its agencies" were distributing leaflets at the site of her sit-in protest in Kolkata, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday directed TMC workers to apprehend them and hand them over to the police.Following Banerjee's direction from the stage of...

Kolkata, March 9 – A delegation from the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday urged the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take action against four-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member and Calcutta High Court senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee for...