Suvendu Adhikari’s ‘Muslim MLAs to be thrown out’ claim: Why the Left-Congress may be the real loser (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: “We will follow what Kejriwal did in Delhi.” No, Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, wasn’t referring to model schools or mohalla clinics. Instead, the former TMC…
Mohammed Shami (Photo Source: X) Mohammed Shami‘s latest audition for an India combeback in Bengal‘s preliminary quarterfinal against Haryana in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Thursday should make a case for his return to national colours as he led the bowling chart for his team. After Bengal opted to bowl first at the Moti Bagh…
KOLKATA: Bengal is not Bangladesh, Mamata Banerjee declared on Wednesday amid the worst spell of public unrest in her three stints as CM. She asked PM Narendra Modi “not to play with fire”, suggesting that much of what had happened since the Aug 9 rape-murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar hospital was the…
KOLKATA: Bengal government submitted before the Supreme Court on Thursday that it is anticipating violent protests during a Nabanna (state secretariat) march scheduled for August 27, involving acid bombs, guns, and planned attacks against police, reports Dwaipayan Ghosh. The state highlighted a “volatile and surcharged environment” being misused by some people spreading false information on…
KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday dialled her Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren, urging him to check the “sudden and huge release of water” from Tenughat dam on Damodar river in Bokaro which is affecting her state. Banerjee said she had also told Soren that “Jharkhand waters have been flooding Bengal, and this was man-made”.Banerjee…
NEW DELHI: Anti-collision system ‘Kavach‘ was not installed in the Kanchanjunga Express that collided with a goods train on Monday claiming at least 8 lives and injuring over 20, chairman & CEO of Railway Board Jaya Varma Sinha said.Talking about the cause of the accident, Sinha said that the accident seemed to be a case…
Bengal witnessed polling at a brisker pace till 5pm on Saturday in the penultimate phase, compared to the earlier ones, but it was marred by the poll-eve murder of a Trinamool Congress worker in East Midnapore‘s Mahisadal and a near fatal attack on another in Moyna in the same district. Despite sporadic incidents of violence,…
After five rounds of polling, an analysis of turnout shows that of the 409 seats where data can be compared with 2019, nearly two-thirds, or 258, have witnessed a lower percentage turnout this year and 88 (more than one in five) have seen even the absolute number of votes drop from five years ago.Seats with…
BONGAON: A palpable quiet looms over the sleepy villages and bustling market places in Bongaon, with just a week to go for polling (May 20) in this Lok Sabha constituency, tucked away on the India-Bangladesh border.“We will vote on May 20, but no one has come here yet to ask for votes,” said Kalpana Sardar…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Arun Kumar is no stranger to navigating the bustling streets of Kerala‘s Kollam or racing down the highway to Thiruvananthapuram with sirens blaring. Yet, when faced with the daunting prospect of a 2,400km journey from Kollam to Raiganj in Bengal, doubts crept in. With the doctors advising minimal stops for food and fuel, the…
