NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Election Commission on Tuesday censured BJP neta and former Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay for his “low-level personal attack” on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and debarred him from campaigning for 24 hours from 5 pm on Tuesday.In a strongly-worded order, EC said the BJP candidate’s statement was a “direct affront on the…
KOLKATA/PURULIA/KHARAGPUR: A fortnight after the first of the purported Sandeshkhali videos emerged to give Trinamool ammo to accuse BJP of engineering the unrest there, PM Modi broke his silence on the row Sunday by accusing CM Mamata Banerjee‘s party of “questioning the character of the women of Sandeshkhali to save their (Sheikh) Shahjahan“. Modi also…
NEW DELHI: Campaigning for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections ended on Saturday amid the sweltering heat and high-pitch political rhetorics and promises by contestants in the fray.In the fifth phase, polling will take place in 49 constituencies across six states and two Union Territories, including the high-stake Rae Bareli and Amethi seats…
NEW DELHI: At least 11 people lost their lives and two sustained injuries due to lightning strikes in various locations across Malda district in West Bengal on Thursday, police reported. Among the deceased were two minors from the Manikchak police station area, three from Sahapur under Malda police station, two from Adina under Gajol police…
NEW DELHI: A day after Trinamool Congress chief and Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said she would provide “outside support” to the INDIA bloc if it wins Lok Sabha elections, Congress’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said he does not trust her and that she can even go with BJP if it wins. Chowdhary also accused Mamata…
NEW DELHI: In a relief to over 25,000 teachers and non-teaching staff recruited in West Bengal in 2019, Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a Calcutta high court order annulling their appointments but warned that those recruited illegally would have to refund salaries to the state.A bench, after daylong proceedings, agreed to examine modalities by which…
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NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has accused Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of being the “B-team” of the BJP after a video surfaced online in which he was heard saying that voting for the BJP is preferable to voting for the TMC.In the alleged video, Chowdhury, the current MP and candidate from Baharampur, West…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed her disapproval of the Election Commission‘s delayed release of the final voter turnout numbers for the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections. She also voiced her worries about the abrupt rise in polling percentages during those phases. The commission only disclosed the…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday did not stay Calcutta HC decision to junk appointment of over 25,000 teachers in West Bengal but stopped further probe by CBI into the recruitment scam as a spooked state apprehended that the central agency would destabilise the TMC govt by arresting the entire cabinet during electioneering.A bench of…
