NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress leaders ended their 24-hour protest at the Mandir Marg police station here on Tuesday evening, a day after they were detained for staging a sit-in protest outside the Election Commission‘s office on Monday.The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC has been alleging that central probe agencies have been targeting opposition parties ahead of the…
NEW DELHI: The BJP could dislodge Mamata Banerjee‘s Trinamool Congress to become the No. 1 party in West Bengal in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, according to political strategist Prashant Kishore. In an interaction with PTI editors, Kishor said: “You would be surprised as, in all likelihood, to my mind, the BJP is going to…
NEW DELHI: Several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders on Monday decided to stage a 24-hour dharna outside the Election Commission’s office in Delhi, urging the immediate replacement of the heads of CBI, NIA, ED, and Income Tax Department. The police promptly detained the protesting leaders.The 10-member delegation, comprising Derek O’Brien, Dola Sen, Saket Gokhale, and Sagarika…
KOLKATA: Even if one affidavit was found to be accurate, it would be a matter of shame, Calcutta HC remarked Thursday, expressing deep concern over the contents of affidavits presented before it during a hearing on a PIL seeking an independent investigation into the Sandeshkhali sexual harassment allegations.A division bench comprising Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam…
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress‘s Lok Sabha election candidate Mahua Moitra has made public a WhatsApp conversation she had with her mother, where the latter expressed readiness to fight her daughter’s battle if central agencies arrest Mahua.“Keep a power-of-attorney ready in my name. In case they pick you up, I will file the nomination,” Mahua’s mother Manju…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said violence was the biggest challenge in West Bengal during elections and asked BJP workers in state to visit each and every house to encourage people to vote fearlessly. In a virtual interaction with BJP workers of the state, PM Modi said: “The biggest challenge in West…
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Sunday wrote a letter to the Election commission of India regarding a complaint against West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar for allegedly brazenly threatening functionaries of the AITC with coercive action by ED.The letter read, “Today, i.e., 30.03.2024, Mr. Sukanta Majumdar at a public meeting organized at Gangarampur made…
