JPC chairperson and BJP MP Jagdambika Pal NEW DELHI: With opposition MPs “boycotting” the scheduled study tour of members of the joint parliamentary committee on the Waqf Bill, the LS Secretariat has postponed the trips to Kolkata, Patna and Lucknow from Nov 12 to Nov 14, with a notification being issued on Monday.The secretariat decided…
KOLKATA: Peace can be established in Bengal only when infiltration stops, said Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday. Urging voters to give BJP a chance, Shah said, “Bengal is witnessing state-sponsored infiltration. To stop this, you have to vote BJP to govern the state. Rabindra Sangeet has been replaced by bomb blasts. Only BJP…
NEW DELHI: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “parasite” attack on Congress concerning its allies, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) upped its attack on the grand old party with the fresh ‘Vikram-Betal‘ swipe following its defeat in the Haryana assembly elections. BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala on Saturday termed the Congress party ‘Batal’ — a ghost…
KOLKATA: More than 50 senior doctors of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Tuesday resigned en masse, a symbolic gesture intended as an appeal to Bengal govt to take immediate steps to end the fast-unto-death by seven junior doctors, whose health began deteriorating as the stir entered the fourth day.The senior doctors also wrote to…
Kangana Ranaut, Mahua Moitra and Nishikant Dubey NEW DELHI: Four-time BJP MP from Godda in Jharkhand, Nishikant Dubey and TMC’s Mahua Moitra, who had a running fight in the last Lok Sabha resulting in termination of TMC MP’s membership of the House over cash-for-query charges, have landed on the same parliamentary standing committee on communications…
NEW DELHI: BJP leader Dilip Ghosh criticized the ruling TMC government over the rape and murder of a student at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital. Ghosh accused the government of trying to bribe the victim’s parents to ‘shut their mouths’ on Tuesday.He stated, ‘They want to buy everyone. They (TMC & Mamata Banerjee) want…
West Bengal government invites junior doctors for talks over the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital. The meeting is set for 6pm at ‘Nabanna’, with doctors insisting on live streaming and demanding removal of key officials. NEW DELHI: The West Bengal government on Wednesday extended an invitation to representatives…
NEW DELHI: The mother of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder victim on late Monday claimed that the family was offered money by a district official, contradicting West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee‘s denial.“The CM (Mamata Banerjee) is lying. We were indeed offered money by DC (North). We told her we will take…
Former Trinamool MP Kunal Ghosh has reached out to the RG Kar rape-murder victim’s father, pledging party corrective actions based on their feedback. The father emphasized speeding up the slow-paced CBI investigation. Bengal assembly will discuss a bill to make rapes punishable by death, likely in tribute to the victim. KOLKATA: Former Trinamool MP Kunal…
BHATPARA: Two men were wounded during BJP‘s 12-hour Bengal bandh on Wednesday as unidentified shooters fired at least six rounds at the car of a member of the party’s youth wing at Bhatpara in 24 North Parganas district, about 33km from Kolkata. The bandh was called in protest against the violence in Howrah and Kolkata…
