NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday launched salvos at his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee over the recent violence in Murshidabad and accused her of turning a blind eyed on rioters in her state.While addressing a public rally, Adityanath said that Mamata, in the name of secularism, has enabled rioters.“Those who…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday launched salvos at his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee over the recent violence in Murshidabad and accused her of turning a blind eyed on rioters in her state.While addressing a public rally in Hardoi, Adityanath said that Mamata, in the name of secularism, has enabled…
Firhad Hakim (PTI photo/File) NEW DELHI: West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim on Monday made a bizarre remark amid ongoing protests against new Waqf laws, saying those fleeing the violence-hit areas “are migrating within Bengal” and not abandoning the state.Hakim, who is also the Kolkata mayor, claimed that “everything is alright” and that police would act…
Amit Shah and Mamata Banerjee (R) NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah, while replying in the Lok Sabha on the Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025, on Thursday accused Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government of obstructing border security efforts by not providing land for fencing and showing mercy to infiltrators.He said, “The fencing work of…
Amit Shah and Mamata Banerjee (R) NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah, while replying in the Lok Sabha on the Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025, on Thursday accused Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government of obstructing border security efforts by not providing land for fencing and showing mercy to infiltrators.He said, “The fencing work of…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee and members of the treasury benches had a heated exchange in Lok Sabha on Tuesday over the stoppage of MNREGA funds for West Bengal.During Question Hour, Banerjee said that the benefits of the MNREGA scheme were not reaching the state.“The constant stand by the ministry is 25…
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress party’s senior legislator from the Kaliganj constituency in Nadia district, Nasiruddin Ahmed, died of a cardiac arrest on Sunday, according to party officials.Ahmed experienced health complications at his home around 11.50pm on Saturday and was immediately taken to Palasi Hospital, where he passed away during the early hours of Sunday, as confirmed…
KOLKATA/MALDA: A 25-year-old murder accused, absconding after shooting two policemen escorting him to jail on Wednesday, was shot dead in an encounter while trying to flee to Bangladesh near the border in Chopra in West Bengal’s North Dinajpur on Saturday morning.Sajjak Alam, being escorted back to Raiganj prison from an Islampur court where he was…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has accused the Border Security Force (BSF) of aiding infiltrators to enter India to destabilise the state.Speaking at a public event, Banerjee charged the BSF with allowing entry through several border areas under its jurisdiction such as Islampur, Sitai and Chopra.She questioned the motives behind these actions,…
NEW DELHI: A day after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her willingness to take up responsibility as the leader of the INDIA bloc, a flurry of responses from alliance partners poured in. While the Congress played down her capability to assume a national role, Shiv Sena (UBT) adopted a different stance by accommodating…
